Midfielder Desna Maxim Banasevich told about the plans of the team and their own.
Midfielder Desna and the student team of Ukraine, speaking at the Universiade-2017, Maxim Banasevich in an interview with the press service of the Chernigov club recalled his achievements and shared his plans for the future.
- I started my football way in Obolon, signed the first professional contract there, but then the club ceased to exist, Obolon-Brovar appeared, for which I played several fights in the Second League. And then there came an offer from Dawn.
- In Zarya you became the champion of Ukraine among the youth teams in the season-2012/2013, but in the Premier League they did not make their debut.
- It was very difficult for us to win the youth championship at Dynamo and Shakhtar, for, for example, when the Kievites came to us, they included Milevsky, Aliev, Kravets, Buyalsky. And in order to gain a foothold in the first team, probably not enough fart and confidence. My competitors were Karavaev, Petryak, Totovitsky, although I had a chance. He made his debut in the Cup of Ukraine, got into the application for the matches of the championship, but still something was not enough.
- To realize a dream and to play in the UPL you could already with Desna.
- Yes, we did everything we could, but we were not allowed into the Premier League. Now the club management again set the team the task to win the championship of the First League. In Desna, everyone is always dreaming of being in the Premier League, proving that we are worthy of a place in the elite.
- When they signed the contract with Desna, did they not think about the possibility of entering the Premier League?.
- At first I was on lease in Desna, and, as coach Yuri Mikhailovich Vernidub said, it was necessary to play more to adapt to the "adult" football - that's what I thought about it at the time. But now, when I signed a full-fledged contract, I understand that all the necessary conditions for the growth of both the team and the players have been created in Chernigov. Initially, the task of entering the Premier League was not, but the team gained momentum, began to win, and all decided - why not?.
- Recently you returned from the Universiade-2017, which was held in Taiwan. You went for medals. Why did not it work out?.
- Yes, there was a goal - to win one of the sets of medals. But no luck in the quarterfinals against Mexico. We missed an early goal, ran to recoup, missed the second.
But in general, the tournament was vivid impressions, it was very interesting to play against Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Korea. We defeated the Koreans defiantly, but they played the youth national team of the country in full force. I am very grateful to Anatoly Ivanovich Buznik for the challenge to my first team in Ukraine. I hope not the last.
22-year-old Maxim Banasevich played in the Desna 33 matches in the championship and the Cup of Ukraine, marking with four goals scored and four assists.