Lviv lost to Alexandria on the road
Head coach Karpat Vladislav Lupashko commented on the defeat from Alexandria (0:3) in the 13th round match Ukrainian Premier League.
“The result does not correspond to what happened on the field. It’s always hard when you’re holding your opponent back. It’s not that you sit in your penalty area, but press high. Against a team that likes to be pressed, they have built mechanisms through which they come out. When you take that away and cause them problems by taking the ball high… Then you get a free-kick, good execution.”
“However, when you concede three goals and it’s two penalties and a free kick, it’s hard to take. Subsequently, we opened up, and Alexandria had moments. They went on the attack in large numbers, but overall the score does not correspond to what is happening on the field.”
“Alexandria is a well-organized team, both on and off the ball. It was very interesting for us to play with them in our style. If we look to the future, this game provided us with a lot of information: coaches, players, and management. I’m sure of it.”
“Bruninho was injured. He missed the match with Left Bank. Stenio came on as a substitute in the last match. It was our decision. We wanted to put intense pressure in this match. Yan Kostenko looked good in training this week and he deserves a place in the starting line-up, but…”
“We didn’t have enough quality in the final phase to turn the number of moments where we worked well under pressure, so we had these opportunities to turn into great danger. from which goals are born. Alexandria’s second goal – there was no targeted pass, but an Alexandria player turned it into a penalty. I don’t know if there was a penalty, I didn’t see this episode.”
“We have to be better in the final phase, in the third zone. Must squeeze out more quality. With such opponents, when the game is equal, moments and personalities decide.”
The hero of the meeting was the Portuguese defender of Alexandria Miguel Campos. At the end of the first half, the center back hit Alexander Kemkin’s goal from the game, and after the break he scored a hat-trick, converting penalties twice.
Karpaty are in seventh place in the UPL with 18 points. In the next round, the Lupashko team will host Kolos on November 22.
Source: Sportarena
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