Head coach of Kryvorizk Krivbas Yuriy Vernidub after another match of the third qualifying round of the 2024/25 Europa League against Czech Victoria Pilsen - 0:1, commenting on the game at the press conference.

" I hope he goes through Hearts and has a long tournament run in this tournament.. Kryvbas plays in the playoffs of the Conference League. Another strong rival is upon us - Spanish Betis. For us this is school. Victoria was successful in both matches and continued her success in European tournaments. The supernik here is also the strongest in anthropometry. If we wanted to die, we also had bad moments, but we didn’t get rid of them.

What didn't work? Lots of factors. This is a lack of evidence, and even we are afraid of only the first results in European tournaments. Victoria apparently has much more. In other words, logistics. Supernik has a lot easier time with moving. Krivbas can’t go home, but beyond the cordon. Our home stadium is in Kosice. You see, we are playing in Slovakia, then we are heading back to Ukraine by bus.

A lot of hours are spent at the border. Graemo in Ukraine, and then back behind the cordon. Ten of our graves do not figure in this plan.

Doesn't have the same freshness that our superniks have. Here we can’t physically fall in love. I think it's more than that. In general, Victoria is a nasty opponent, but Krivbas looks good. One thing is that they achieved two victories, and we lost twice. According to the first word: it was not our fault to compromise in Kosice, but that’s what happened. Once again I’m fighting a rival with a victory,” said Yuriy Vernidub.

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