Atalanta midfielder Viktor Kovalenko, who plays for Spezia on loan, shared his impressions of the first year in the Italian championship.

The pupil of Shakhtar joined the ranks of the Bergamasks in February 2021. Kovalenko's contract belonged to Shakhtar since 2013.

" In Ukraine, when you play for Shakhtar and Dynamo, you know that now we will go out, beat and go home calmly. And here each game is its own story, and everything can change. How can you win and how can you lose. I have already stopped, there was not such a strong progress, but now I think that I am growing.

For the first two months, I was not at all glad that I moved to Italy, because it is difficult to move from one country to another. And now I am as happy as possible that I am here, I enjoy football as much as possible. Now there are five thousand, but many fans, and they live for football. This is what I like best.

Closed at the stadium?

Yes, we lost in the Cup, and they didn't let us out until the whole team came to talk to them.. I don’t think there is such a thing in Ukraine, but there are a lot of such things here, in the same Genoa,” Kovalenko shared in a commentary to Football Hub.

Kovalenko has made 15 appearances in all competitions this season. On account of the midfielder of the national team of Ukraine one goal and three assists.

Spezia in 15th place in Serie A. On January 23, Kovalenko's team will meet with Sampdoria in the Italian Championship.