The head coach of Luhansk Zarya commented on his team’s start in the Conference League.
Zarya could not lose the first match in the group round of the Conference League, hoping to leave the group. Lugansk head coach Valery Kriventsov said this at a press conference after the match with Ghent.
The mentor noted the strength of the opponent, who is now the leader of the Belgian championship, and also thanked his players for their defensive actions.
“This is the first qualifying match, therefore, considering the tournament table that has just started, it is impossible to lose. The team has completed this task.
About the game – Ghent is the leader of the Belgian championship. The team shows active, aggressive, fast football, which we are ready for. We can consider that the result is positive for us, the guys worked actively in defense, not allowing the opponent to play close to our goal. There were good enough opportunities to capitalize, but the match was a bit shaky – we could lose, but we could win.
In the last ten minutes, my requests are to meet the enemy as much as possible in our goal, and to carry out counterattacks. I hope that the substitutions will be able to refresh our game and strengthen our attacking potential, but this, above all, is not enough for the final positive result. In the end, the result is still good, and I’m happy with it.
Of course, we hope and hope only for success, but the game makes its own adjustments. Right now it is difficult for us to play open, attacking football with Ghent. Therefore the result is what it is.
We studied the opponent, watched about nine matches, tried to study their style of play as much as possible, and also looked at individual players. There was an intention to play active football, but at the moment we are not ready for open football with such an opponent,” Zarya’s press service quoted Kriventsov as saying.
We remind you that Zorya played a draw in the nominally home match of the Conference League against Ghent.
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