Olympic midfielder Vitaly Balashov spoke about the details of his departure from Chernomorets, his career and his favorite position on the field.

"I trained with Chernomorets, talked to the coach, we decided that I would not stay in the team. Then I called Roman Sanzhar, asked if it was possible to get into the team somehow. Roman Nikolayevich said that he needed a day or two to talk to the president. Soon he called back and said that I need to come, train and talk, and then we'll decide. I collected my things and came to Kiev ", - quotes Balashov official website of the Olympic.

"With whom of the" Olympians "was familiar earlier? In Odessa, they crossed with Emerson and Dima Nemchaninov, with Temur Parzvania played together in the youth team. Many know about the confrontation on the field ".

"I can play at any position in the top four. I can play "ten", I can and on any flank, I can and on the edge of the attack ".

"I grew up in Odessa, this is my hometown where my family lives, my native team. Thanks to Chernomorets I became a professional football player, I reached a high level. I can only say positive words about Chernomorets ".

"Semen Altman invited me to the first team of Chernomorets, I was 16 at the time. I started playing under Victor Vasilyevich Grishko and Igor Anatolievich Nakonechny, they started to trust me on the field. Then I worked with the late Andrei Balom, but I experienced the best times in Odessa, of course, under Grigorchuk. I consider Roman Iosifovich a great specialist, this is the strongest coach with whom I had to work before the transition to the Olympic ".

"Chernomorets is in a certain psychological pit, but one should not pay attention to this. Their task is to stay in the Premier League, which means they will play to win. We in Odessa will not easily be ".

"My task is to show my level of play, which was before. To help Olympique, and at the same time to make a leap in professional career ".