Proud of my players: Pusic appreciates victory against Young Boys

Shakhtar’s coach shared his impressions of the successful Champions League match.

Shakhtar head coach Marino Pusic commented on the Champions League fourth round match against Young Boys.

The previous day, the Pitmen won a strong victory over their opponents with a score of 2:1, which was their first in this tournament.

“Overall, after watching this game I am very happy with the performance, the way we played and how difficult we were at some points. I am proud of my players and what they showed in general. They deserve the a lot of praise for this game.

We don’t change our style. Of course, there are always certain details during the game when we adapt to certain situations or situations, but that’s how we play. As I said, this is our problem – we make the game interesting until the very end, without realizing our good moments, but we create them, and this is important. In many moments we came out and showed quality football. I also enjoyed the game from the outside, except for the last five minutes, but it was very interesting because the opponents have a lot of physicality, play vertically and try to catch us with messy goals. But again, our team spirit, our work rate was great tonight and I’m very proud of this performance.

We can finish the game earlier. But, you know, it’s football. We have a lot of young, talented players and not every chance can be a goal. It is very important to me as a coach that we create opportunities – and how we create them is the basis for development and success at a high level. But all our forwards are working hard without the ball, so I also praise them for this part of the game.

It’s always easier when you score faster and create a two-goal difference, but I have to say that we lost 0:1 at a bad moment, trying to make an attack from our own goal – that’s what I like, so not Bondarenko’s fault, but mine. If you want to blame someone, blame me, because I gave my players such a task. But after that moment we continued to play as usual, the way we like: playing in the middle of the field and looking for scoring opportunities. And we recovered immediately, in the same half where we lost 0:1.

Therefore, I am proud of my players, their courage. Not only the courage they showed today, but also the courage throughout this time, because many of you know or do not know that we work and live under normal conditions, especially as footballers and professionals: the moves we need to make. do, the efforts we need to make. In general, what these guys show every day is really incredible, so I’m proud of them,” Shakhtar’s official website quoted Pusic as saying.

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