The midfielder of the national team told about expectations from the match against Mariupol in Kharkov already this weekend, Ruslan Fomine and the national team.

- Why at the end of last season it was difficult in the match with Mariupol, then you won only 1-0 at the end of the meeting, then you were very happy, as if winning the cup final?.

- We played then early, it was very hot plus a difficult road to Mariupol. They then played five defenders, a rich defense, we could not score an early goal, and then it was hard to open such a defense.

- Why did Ruslan Fomin, after returning from Mariupol, never play a match for Shakhtar and again returned to the Azov club?.

- It's hard for me to talk about this, I'm not a coach. So he did not show that level and did not fulfill the requirements that the attacker must demonstrate in this team.

- Have you thought about the national team, because very soon you will have to participate in the League of Nations.

- Of course, the team met in June and we then discussed that we need to achieve a positive result in the League of Nations to directly get to the European Championships. We want to win in the upcoming matches.

- During the week you together with Andrey Pyatov and Victor Kovalenko worked at the gas station. Who has coped with his duties best of all?.

- Probably, Pyatov, because only he was given a tip. But now I do not give anyone to refuel my car.