- Your team has already held three matches in the Premier League. Did you feel the difference compared to the first division?.

- Of course. Here, the level is higher, and the speed is different, and no one forgives mistakes.

- Mariupol is currently in the group of leaders. How ambitious are the goals for you personally and for the team as a whole?.

- We want to get into the six. As for me, I do not separate myself from the team. We will try to do everything to achieve this goal.

- And on forces to your club to win the permit in League of the Europe?.

- I think yes. But absolutely to say that by the end of the season we will get into the European Cup, I will not. You can say, and then nothing will turn out. Still, it's football, anything can happen, anything. Although, of course, all the guys really want to try their hand at the international arena. Well, we will strive for this.

- Last season you scored 17 goals. What prevents to open an account goals in this championship and when do you plan to distinguish yourself?.

- It's hard to say (laughs). Now I'm playing more for the team and it's kind of like I'm good at. By the way, by the way, I'm very happy. It does not matter who scores. The main thing is for the club to achieve victories. And as for me, then, I hope, will soon be able to excel and then everything will be fine.

- You are a pupil of Miner. How important to you will be the game with the "miners" in the next round?.

- Yes, I'm familiar with some guys who used to play in the Donetsk club. But I would not say that the upcoming fight will be personally so important for me. Of course, I want to show myself, help to achieve a positive result. But the important and important the forthcoming meeting will be for the whole team as a whole. All the same, we meet with the champions of Ukraine and, like everyone else, we want to test ourselves against their background, to understand what we stand for.

- In the last round, "Steel" very disciplinedly played with Shakhtar on counterattacks and almost took away points. Is it possible to assume that Mariupol will act in the same manner, from defense?.

- I must say that in games with Shakhtar you always need to think about defense (smiling).

After all, in the case of a quick missed ball it is very difficult with such a command then something to fix. In any case, we will try to play our football, and there will be seen. "Mariupol" has already shown that it does not sit on the defensive, and also stakes on the attack. The task is not to allow the opponent to differ.

- What is the result of the upcoming match in Kharkov that will suit you?.

- I think a draw will be a positive outcome for us.