Head coach of Bukovina Sergei Shishchenko commented on his team’s defeat in the 1/16 finals of the Ukrainian Cup against LNZ in the post-match penalty shootout.

" Viyshov is a very fighting match, for whom in the previous episodes it was not easy for us, so for LNZ. In this case, there was no good dynamics, and the offending teams created a number of chances.

I want to thank our patients very much for their continued encouragement, and it’s very important for us. For the first time in a long time we played an official match against Chernivtsi at the Bukovyna stadium. We understood that the patients would support us, knew about it and really wanted to overcome it.

A series of post-match penalties is a kind of lottery, and you never know how it will end. I'm happy with the team's actions. We played a wonderful match, except for the penalty shootout, as if we really didn’t want to go further, we were simply not spared. Now we turn our attention to the championship - in just three days we are facing a very difficult match against Kharkov, so it is critically important to clearly understand.

The boys themselves were at home, whoever beat us. During training, we also took penalties, and the football players conceded them even better. Of the 25 players, only two did not convert their shots. Therefore, the boys themselves decided who would break through, who would feel confident and ready to take on responsibility. Of course, in such matches psychology also plays an important role..

Of course, we wanted to overcome it at the main hour. As always, we create a lot of moments, and most importantly, we manage to hold even good and dynamic matches - both in the championship and in the Cup. Therefore, in terms of game, in terms of self-satisfaction, the attitude of the players to the right has less than a lot of pressing claims, but the axis of the completed attacks we still need to add to the brilliance, or to convert the moments from the goals scored,” suggest Shishchenko’s words.

Previously it was reported that the match Trostyanets - Chernihiv was postponed due to the current alarm.