Grigorchuk: I would call the game against Shakhtar our achievement at the moment

Chernomorets head coach Roman Grigorchuk commented match of the 19th round of the UPL with Shakhtar (2:2).

“It so happened that we conceded in the first minute, but then we started playing the way we wanted from the very beginning. Fortunately, this did not upset us, and the team very clearly did what we agreed on and worked on. And I will say that today’s game, both on the part of the opponent and on our part, included very serious football components. We are very pleased with this, because there were indeed signs of real progressive football, which we want to play. Yes, there were mistakes, there was no complete picture, but I would call this game our achievement at the moment.

“We get our own space, opportunities – and this is the result of both physical and tactical work. This is one of the components related to very serious football. Compared to the first round, our team has changed a lot – a number of players have come in who are quickly integrating into our game. At the same time, the group of people that we had began to understand each other better and the style that we want to play. And therefore I can say that we are now acting much better than it was in the first part of the season.

“I can’t say that this game is the best in precisely such deep tactical and strategic things. If we analyze all our games, then I would say that in tactical terms, our best game was the match with Metalist, no matter how strange it may seem. I really liked the game in a tactical sense. There were a lot of moments that we can put into the asset and say that we were able to do it. In general, in each game we were different, but different in a good way, in the right way – the guys were tactically flexible, and in the functional aspect there is a certain level that we keep.”

Chernomorets is 11th in the UPL. In the next round of the Ukrainian Championship on April 9, Chernomorets will play with Oleksandriya.