Football player of the Lviv Carpathians Yan Kostenko commented on his team’s victory in the UPL opening round match against Kryvbas (4:1).

“I think that the first 20-25 Krivbass pressed us very kindly, we did not bother to work against those who were trying to beat us. Then we missed a goal from the penalty spot, and just when we had a drink, the coach told us that everything is fine, we need to calm down, we still have a lot of time. I think that this just stuck and I think that in the other half of the first half we looked better, scored penalties, equalized, and in the other half we scored all those who didn’t score in the first - that’s the result.

Moments that in the other half helped Kryvbas overcome such a goal? I think for the strength of our pressure and for the strength of the fact that Krivbas rose high on the defensive line. Singingly, the thrashers have run out of energy. When I scored the third goal, there was a space of 50 meters, they passed the ball into this zone and quickly passed. So the same and another goal – there were already great explosions in the center of the field, there were few gravers. Possibly, Krivbas podsiv physically and just for the sake of which we were able to play in our game.

Two more years ago, since Vladislav Viktorovich Lupashko was our coach, we played at training camps in Turechchina and we didn’t have an attacker. I, one might say, started playing in this position – and looked pretty bad, scoring three goals at the training camp. Therefore, I have already studied all aspects. They just transferred me back to the left winger position.. And now all the money has been earned by the attacker, and today I am trying to beat those who are against me. So for me, in principle, it’s normal, there’s nothing like that. How to say grati of the right zahisnik - gratimu of the right zahisnik, gratimu of the zahisnik simply - gratimu of the zahisnik. Those that the coaches force me to do, I will work, that’s all,” quote Fernandez UPL TB.

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