Shakhtar managed to beat Mariupol thanks to the goals of Bernard, Marlos and Krivtsov - "miners" missed only from Tishchenko. The match was held in a very hot heat.
"It's hard to play when it's so stuffy. You make a jerk - and then it's very hard to catch your breath. I can not even say how many liters of water have been drunk, "Stepanenko quotes the official website of the Miner.
"It's good that we scored a quick ball. We thought, however, after that, that we will distinguish ourselves more than once, but, we should pay tribute to Mariupol, the opponent had quite good counter-hits, he created moments and eventually held a goal. In general, we made a number of mistakes, were inaccurate in the broadcasts, strokes, not always on time to select. So this has yet to be worked on. Although, I repeat, the weather factor left its mark ".
"A Mariupol - a good team with qualified players. I think if they continue in the same spirit, they will be able to cling to the first six ".
In the next round Shakhtar on the road will fight with Alexandria, while Mariupol will try to defeat the Carpathians at home.