Brazhko: Zorya has three finals ahead, and how Shakhtar has changed compared to the first round, we’ll find out on Wednesday

Zorya’s central midfielder Vladimir Brazhko again became one of the best players of his team in the match against Ingulets. Volodymyr scored the seventh (!) goal of the season, becoming one of the discoveries of the current Ukrainian championship. For the 21-year-old midfielder, the 2022-2023 season is by far the best of his career. It will be the most successful if the Luhansk team enters the Champions League.

– The victory over Ingulets turned out to be difficult …

– Ingulets is a good opponent. If you let them feel confident, it becomes difficult. In the second half, we sat down a little, I don’t know if it was because of the heat or not. But the main thing is that we won.

– For what reason did you fail to score the second goal for a long time?

– The guests played with five defenders, it’s hard to open such a defense. Only in the counterattack we were able to increase our advantage. Here, well done Nazariy Rusin, he did everything.

– The guests had only one clear scoring chance …

– Well done all the guys, fought back in that episode.

– What damage does Guerrero have?

– I don’t know yet.

– Will someone be able to replace him if the Paraguayan is absent on Wednesday?

– Certainly. We have a large group of players. Here everything is decided by our head coach.

— In the first round, Zorya drew with Shakhtar 2:2. What do you remember about that fight?

– It was a tough match. In the first half we played much stronger than Shakhtar. But in the second half, the Pitmen put more pressure on us, and it became more difficult. I think that a draw then was natural.

– Has the miner changed compared to the first round?

I don’t know, we’ll see on Wednesday.

— Do you communicate with any of the Shakhtar players?

– In the youth team, when we get together, we all communicate normally. Probably more with Bondarenko and Sudakov.

— What do you expect from the match against the Pitmen?

We always play to win. We have three finals ahead of us. Zorya can finish both in first and second place.

– Zorya is only two points behind Dnipro-1, which is in the Champions League zone. You saw their game with Kolos. What are the emotions from Sarapiya’s goal in the 94th minute of the meeting?

– Of course, I saw this fight. We need to watch our game. Our competitors are winning, but we are not far behind them.