The head coach of Mariupol Alexander Babich commented on the result of the match of the second qualifying round of the Europa League against Djurgarden (1: 1).

Mariupol led the whole bout against Djurgarden in the account, but missed the victory in the compensated time (1: 1).

"I was pleased. The guys fulfilled our chosen strategy for the game. In principle, it worked, "Babich said..

"Somewhere we did not have enough experience and benches. At the end, the opponent began to expand, load the ball forward, and if we had fresh, fast attackers, we could catch the opponent on the counterattack. There were times when we could calmly bring the match to the end, but we are happy with the score. It was difficult, but we did a good job ".

"I thanked all the guys. They say that they received many bruises, rivals pushed their elbows, bites. This is our first experience, we finished this match with a high head ".

"Understood that the opponent will press, will be filing in the penalty area. I note that we won the horse fight, our defenders worked qualitatively on the second floor. There was not enough strength to pick up the ball in the middle line and hold a counterattack ".

"We really appreciate our chances.

The first half of this confrontation, we played, the second we will hold in Odessa. We need to recover to the return match. It seems like the guys are upset, but we understand that this is our first game, the debut in the Europa League. Let's not anger God, we played well ".

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