Shakhtar’s head coach commented on his team’s loss in the Premier League match.
The defeat from Dnepr-1 was very painful for Shakhtar. Pitmen head coach Marino Pusic said this after the Ukrainian Premier League match. According to the specialist, his players dominated and scored a goal. However, going into the end of the first half and the beginning of the second, we lost faith in victory.
“We played a very good first half. And when you play well in the first half, dominate, create a lot of chances to score a second, third goal and increase the gap, and then get a goal back from literally nothing , from a corner , then those goals are very expensive “. It changed the pace and mood of the game. The reason for replacing Rakitsky is because he felt more tired, and we want new energy, we want to use fresh players so that the full-backs can attack more often. Obviously, this is not enough. We will win and lose together “The thing is not about Yaroslav, he is a wonderful person and fighter, he loves to play and is a good football player. So, it is not about him. We win together and we also lose.
We tried to change the rhythm of the game with the help of substitutions, in attack, because it is very difficult for a team when you concede two goals in a row – a very good goal from a set piece, from a free kick, and one from 25 meters to the left corner. You lose energy, your faith in a positive outcome also decreases. We tried to change it, revive the team with new players, used all the strikers, took all the risks. It is not easy to break such a wall. There are several options to do this, but we didn’t use them today.
As I said at the beginning, my destiny is very fast, we are still at the stage where I am studying the players. That’s why we organized a sparring session next week to see how the other players perform. We will continue to play as before, and I hope that the results will be better than today. Do we need to add anything? We’ll see during the winter break, I can’t comment on that right now. I am happy with my players, and during the winter break we will see if we need more,” Pusic was quoted as saying by Shakhtar’s official website.
We remind you that Dnepr-1, thanks to its victory over Shakhtar, took the lead in the Ukrainian championship standings.
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