Dnipro lost the battle for the title to Shakhtar
Mentor of the Dnieper-1 Alexander Kucher after the defeat to Shakhtar (0:3) in the 29th round, the UPL emphasized that the Donetsk club deservedly became the champion of the country.
“We lost this match even after the game with Vorskla. After this fight, we tried to cheer up the guys, to influence them emotionally, but that match gave us a big aftertaste. Well, an early goal today influenced the game, because it is, of course, very difficult to start a match with such a team as Shakhtar with 0:1. I would like to congratulate Shakhtar on the title – they deservedly deserved their victory.”
“If we want to win and fight for the championship, we should not lose points where we did it. It showed up at the end of the season. As for the newcomers, yes, new players came, some right away, some in the middle of the training camp, and they needed to play together, to feel each other. Such teams make two years, and we had little time to teach the guys to understand each other perfectly on the football field.”
“Shakhtar were winning 3-0 and there were moments when the opponents started to provoke us. The same Taras Stepanenko. Of course, it is clear that they will win an important match and they are emotional. And the fight began, if I’m not mistaken, after Nazarina jumped from two legs into Peglow, whose emotions could not stand it anymore – the Brazilian grabbed the opponent, this crush began and in the end everyone ran to the field.
“But I don’t support all this, and I already told the guys about this that these players will be fined. We can’t behave like that because even when we lose 0:3 we have to respect the opponent. For the guys, this will be a lesson and there will be fines. I won’t tell you how much.”
“You know, not all the guys coped with the pressure when the team took first place. They were not always in such races. Someone just started playing in the Premier League. They could not withstand this pressure, perhaps, and that is why they acted like that.”
The match with Shakhtar ended in a mass brawl, during which Peglow, Nazarina, Trubin and Fedoriv were sent off the field.
Dnipro-1 continues to fight with Zorya for the second place in the standings and in the last round Oleksandr Kucher’s team will play against Kryvbas.
Source: Sportarena
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