Oleksandr Khatskevich: “You need to be able to play without the ball and endure”

04.08.2018 00:17

Photo by Nicholas Barrel

After face-to-face meeting Dynamo coach Oleksandr Khatskevych noted not only the skillful actions of his wards, but also certain personnel problems. In turn, Shakhtar manager Paulo Fonseca drew attention to the similarity of the scenarios of the last matches between these teams.  

- Compact football was organized on our part, - said Hatskevich. - At the beginning of the match we did not have enough way out of defense to attack. You have to be able to play without the ball and be patient. But then there were counterattacks in our performance, we managed to push the game away from our goal. In the second half in general started well. But it felt like we lacked a creative player who could give a sharp pass during quick exits from defense.

- Today the team that was able to score at one point won. The same thing happened in our previous meetings, - Paulo Fonseca recalled. - This game was a copy of the previous match for the Super Cup of Ukraine. We had the initiative, but Dynamo managed to score a goal.