Viktor Kovalenko spoke about his impressions of the victory over Scotland and about preparing for a fight against the Netherlands national team..

- Victor, congratulations on the important victory gained on the character. Now that emotions have subsided, can you analyze the fight?.

- Thank! We understood that it would be very difficult. But it turned out that they missed the first minute and at first could not do anything. It’s good that Alexander Zubkov scored: this ball turned everything upside down, and then we were dictating our conditions on the field until we took the lead.. The rival tried to change the course of the match, but we managed to put the squeeze on and with the third goal to finally calm the game.

- You, as the captain, had to tune the team after quickly missed?.

- We understood: when, if not now, to give strength and win? We needed glasses, we wanted to win. There is no need for additional motivation from either the captain or the coach.. All the guys are adult qualified football players, professionals, and they realized the importance of meeting.

- All three goals were scored by Shakhtar's students: Alexander Zubkov's double and the third goal in your performance. Pleasant emotions?.

- I am very happy for Alexander, but it is worth remembering that this is the Ukrainian team and there is no division into clubs here. Everyone arrives and equally wants to help the team..

- Ahead key selection game with the Netherlands. Do you have time to recover and what are the expectations from the confrontation?.

- Yesterday was a restorative training for those who spent the entire match with the Scots, and the control match for the rest, so as not to lose tone.

And today we are going to the Netherlands. Frankly, it will not be easy. Impressions of our first meeting in Kiev? Good team, fast, with high-class performers in the composition. But we have to impose our game on them and make them adapt to us.. We will make every effort to win and hope that we will be able to reach the final of Euro 2019.

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