In the 22nd round of the Ukrainian Championship, the Dnipro played 0: 0 against the Carpathians.
"We dominated the game in the second half, but we see that a large number of technical defects and wrong decisions in the attack phase does not allow us to score and create more moments. We had a moment with going one on one, but it did not even end with a clear blow - there was a throw on goal. If you implement such moments, there will be another result that will impose another imprint on your opinion about the game, "said Mikhailenko.
"All the moments of the Carpathians were created after our mistakes. These errors allowed Vakulko and Vlad, who were not defenders, but played today closer to the attack. The same Svatok, Lopyrenok or Field did not make such mistakes. The Carpathians did not make efforts to create a moment. Either we ourselves gave them the ball, or, knocking out, did not hit the ball. We have to make a lot of efforts to create a moment ".
"Each player has his own playing ceiling. We see all this in training, in control games at the training camps. Today we again return to our autumn conversation: this is our level. We are trying to progress. It's already hard for us all. We do not lose six games already, playing with the teams from the top of the table. But while we are not strong enough to win. Carpathians are very intensified before the second part of the season - the composition of the team is one of the best in Ukraine. They had cramps in the end, and we dominated. But again, they dominated to the third zone. And to score or create a moment is not enough just to control - you need to beat one-on-one, give the targeted transfer, beat on goal. And here we have problems with this. If we add to this - the victories will come. But this does not happen quickly, it takes time. I think the guys themselves understand. They are upset. The guys are trying, they really want, but everything takes time ".
"We say that we physically crush the team, players lie down and ask for help, and we try to add and calmly maintain the pace. Cards come because after losing in the center, unsuccessful processing or inaccurate transfer, you have to catch up with your opponent and foul. Even fouls need to be able to competently - to convince the judge that it was not a card, but an ordinary foul ".
"If we talk about the feelings - my and the whole team - then I'm upset. We thought only of victory. Immediately after the match in Alexandria, they talked only about this game and hoped to win. Most importantly, we absolutely knew exactly how the enemy will play, and were ready for this. But our passive game in the first half, when there was not enough aggression, there were childish mistakes and movements, did not allow to act intensively. In the second half, it became more and more, and the Carpathians thought more about the defense. It is necessary to score, to create pressure in the penalty area. For this you need to be able to fight, earn standards, as do the same football players of the Carpathians. We can not either earn or substitute - it's all the experience that we lack ".
"We wanted to beat the Carpathians and climb up two lines in the standings. I'm not used to being in last place, and I think it's unpleasant for you too.. If there is an opportunity to rise, it must be used. And this involves a nervous state and behavior. At the same time, a lot did not work out. Such games are simply not won. It is necessary to squeeze out all that is, leave everything on the field, give more. In the first half, it seemed to me that many did not understand how such frontal games are won against a direct competitor ".