Yuri Koval commented on the match of the fifth round of the Conference League against the Belgian Ghent.
Zarya’s players did not finish the task for the match against Ghent, which is why the team lost with a devastating score. Lugansk head coach Yuriy Koval said this after the Conference League match.
In addition, the specialist noted the class of the opponent’s players, which is now higher than his players.
“The score of the game. The opposing team is very good. Today’s players are higher class than the Zarya players.
The players didn’t hear me. We have to play reliably, especially in the first minutes. We know that after the break the opponent’s pressure will increase. The players wanted to play a short pass, which led to the loss of the ball and a goal. This is an important point in the game. With a score of 0:2, it was difficult to hold the defense. The game is interesting for the audience, there are many moments. For the coach it was a heart attack.
Unfortunately, we have been without a home stadium for a long time. In Lugansk, even the first league games attracted 20 thousand fans. When we arrived in Ghent, we looked at the stadium. I had nostalgia for Lugansk, the fans, the stadium. Playing with the fans is completely different.
There were good matches: with Braga, with Feyenoord, with Manchester United, with Leipzig, Leicester, Hertha. You can’t remember everything at once. We were always called “boys” because, no matter the situation, we fought to the last.
Unfortunately, now almost all the guys in the team have never been to Lugansk. The war forced us to leave home. We are in Zaporozhye. I had to leave too. Today we are in Kyiv. There are difficulties. But the team lives thanks to the president, thanks to the support of the fans. This year we started unsuccessfully, but I am confident that Zarya will take her rightful place,” Koval is quoted as saying by Zarya’s official website.
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