The Kharkov club suffered its 13th defeat of the season
Mentor Metalist 1925 Victor Skripnik summed up the results of the meeting with Rukh (1:4) in the 21st round of the UPL.
“The way we played the first half, everything was on point. When they realized how to play, it was already too late. There is what we have. Nobody expected us to be spectacular. Rukh is a powerful team, they are fighting for European Cups, the guys have been playing together for many years. Everything is on point…”
“A penalty early in the game? This is not my competence, I don’t like to talk about the actions of referees. I look at my team and it’s hard when the guys don’t do what we agreed on. We expected a tough game, a lot of fighting, which we lost. In general, everything is to the point.”
“Probably the game changes if something happens on the field. Any goal changes the game, but there was still time. A penalty is a penalty, but it’s not that tragic, but not in our case today.”
“Football is not played by tactics against tactics, but by the principles when you are in possession of the ball or the opponent. When we had the ball, we were occasionally in a diamond formation, as well as the classic 4-4-2. We will work even harder and get ready for the next game. This is our chance to rehabilitate ourselves.”
Metalist 1925, who scored only one point under Skripnik, remains with 16 points in the zone of transition matches – in 14th position. In the next round, the Kharkiv team will play Zarya on March 29.
Source: Sportarena
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