Kermanich LNZ Vitaly Ponomariov shared his thoughts about the first European Cup champion in the club's history, the official website of the Buzkovs reports..

The Cherkasy team will compete with Ghent in the other qualifying round of the Conference League 2026/27 (23. 07 and 30. 07).

" Once again, this is our debut season of European Cups. We will be able to compare ourselves with a good opponent, with a good championship. So it’s normal to be hostile, let’s get ready.

Let's win Ghent, since it's already completely twisted, then we'll get ready, lest we forget that we're just starting to collect. It will be necessary to prepare for the championship, and not just for the European Cup competition.

Belgium has a championship of a good level, there are already a lot of good and promising footballers who play as they pass through and lose to the top five European championships. Play even more intense and current football.

I would also like to ask the patients to support the team, and we, in our turn, report to our maximum efforts to play clearly. In any case, we will fight to move to the offensive stage, and I don’t care that we are afraid of anyone,” Ponomariov said.

It seems likely that LNZ qualified for the European Cup at the end of the 2025/26 UPL season on another site.