The head coach of Mariupol Alexander Babich gave his comment on the eve of the new season.

On Sunday, July 22, Mariupol will play in the match of the 1st round of the UCP against Zarya.

"I can say that the fees were fairly high. Weather conditions have contributed to our work, good quality fields. Spent the whole program, sparred. By the end of the charges we had good rivals. We had to work in the attack, and play in the positional defense running away in counterattacks. In general, I think the fees were held qualitatively, "Babich quotes the official website of the Azovites.

"We are still working on strengthening. The guys who left are, first of all, the attack line. We are still in search and expect to strengthen these positions. On defense, I have no special complaints ".

"The task will be set to us depending on our configuration. For ourselves, we understand that the task, as a minimum, is to repeat last year's result. But we must go from game to game. All the guys understand that this year we are debuting in the European League, and the burden of responsibility will be pressing on us. But, nevertheless, now we are preparing specifically for the first game with Dawn. And then we will prepare for the European League ".

"The start of the championship is never easy. I'm not sure that there will be a strong open game on both sides, the teams are only rolling in the season. Nevertheless, we understand that the Dawn rival is very important for us. For us it will be a principled match ".

"We have small problems. Not all the guys are healthy, but we hope that in the near future everyone will return to the general group ".