Shovkovsky: I’ve seen red cards and worse

The head coach of Dynamo Kyiv praised his players’ victory against Rangers in Glasgow.

The referee correctly punished the Rangers player with a second yellow card, and with it a red card, in the game Rangers – Dynamo. This is what the head coach of the Kyiv club, Alexander Shovkovsky, thinks.

At the same time, the specialist admitted that the departure of the host player greatly helped his players win the match, because it was very difficult to play against the Scottish club with equal strength.

“Congratulations to all Dynamo fans on the victory A very important victory, very important emotions for our country, for our fans, we know very well what a good team we have to fight today, we understood that it will not be easy . that there will be pressure from the audience But we also understood that we have nothing to fall back on, we have our own tasks, and the game will be difficult.

We are ready for it and I think it is important to withstand the pressure of the opponent from the first minutes, and then to feel the understanding and rhythm of the game. They also told the boys that they had to play football. There may be some provocations, but do not give in to them, play to the end and be ready for everything that happens.

Of course, this is the most important achievement for us. But now it is history, and we must move on. Only by hoping, facing the future, will we progress and move on.

It’s easier to play when you have a numerical advantage. We tried to increase the pressure from the flank so we had speed and we understood the creativity of the substitutes. Additionally, I felt that small changes needed to be made to make some adjustments to how our players behaved. Exactly what I told them will remain between us. Yes, the substitutions worked, but that’s not the important thing, but the fact that the players are ready to go on the field and strengthen the game, which they, in principle, helped us achieve a positive result .

I’ve seen worse red cards in my career. But now there are some rules that all teams follow. And if the fight continues in the air and a player gets hit in the face, it’s a yellow card at the very least. It wasn’t a straight red card for the Rangers player – it was a second yellow.

The Rangers players were motivated, you saw it, sometimes it seemed to me that they acted aggressively. And I understand it too, because this is football, there is a desire to win, and it is in the blood. If you look at history, the desire to win is in the blood of Scots, as well as Ukrainians. But when entering big tournaments as a team, players must calm their emotions, especially if you have a yellow card, you have to act more cautiously and carefully,” the Dynamo website quoted Shovkovsky as saying

We remind you that Dynamo defeated Rangers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League and reached the decisive stage of the playoffs of the tournament.

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