Head coach of Lviv Ruhu Vitaly Ponomariov commented on his team’s victory in the UPL match against LNZ (1:0).
“We realized that the game would be difficult against a handy opponent and that’s how it turned out. I'm so excited for the boys that the stinks have been so loud that I can still get it out. Such matches, where we show character, are very important for the progress of the team. We will always ensure that the football players don’t turn off the heat until the final whistle, so it’s really valuable that the boys achieved such a result.
Congratulations on how Vitaliy Kholod and Oleg Fedor showed themselves at the start. I really want our team to have 18-20 players of approximately the same age, so that they can completely replace each other. Yuri Klimchuk and Marko Sapuga cannot be killed due to injuries, Vitaliy Roman is disqualified, Yaroslav Karabin was recently diagnosed with appendicitis. Even though the important football games for us didn’t play today, the players who replaced them played well. In our warehouse there are a lot of guys who can show themselves: the Gravs from Ruhu-2, the U-19 team, and today the 16-year-old Muhammad Djurabaev from the U-16 team. We have a strategy for the skin match and we collect the starting warehouse before it.. Grample those steps that are best prepared before the match.
Today we were not able to play with the intensity that was typical for us. LNZ is an important opponent who does not allow his opponent to play. There was a lot of struggle and the game developed according to the scenario of the Cherkasy team. It is possible that those who played for the youth and Olympic team of Ukraine and missed a significant part of the preparation for this match also played a role.. As a result, not everyone was in optimal condition and this impacted our group.
Ostap Pritula sings that he clearly tries the penalty, without noticing anyone. Our regular penalty kickers could not reach the point: Yuriy Klimchuk was injured, and Denis Pidgurskyy was already being replaced at that time. It’s good that Pritula took responsibility for herself and already at the compensation hour cold-bloodedly implemented her test. This is a psychologically important moment and Ostap miraculously coped with it.
You could already feel the support of the spectators in the stands. We play football primarily for the patients and we were able to satisfy them with a good result. The presence of spectators varies depending on the atmosphere in which the matches took place in the first part of the season. This encouragement gave the boys strength and drove them to attack.
I want to show my gratitude to the club, as it does not put pressure on the boys and does not rely on the team for immediate results. Everyone understands that we are moving forward with the future, even though we have a young team. Before the start of the season, we had the task of creating a competitive team and it will no longer be valid,” Ponomarova’s press service said to the club.
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