Sergiy Kovalyets: “First of all we were lucky to play at home…”

28.08.2019 21:38

Obolon-Brovar players have already won the calendar game of the Girnyk-Sport championship in the current season. Photo of FC Girnyk-Sport

Today was the draw of the third preliminary stage of the Cup of Ukraine. One of the of his matches will be held in Kyiv, where Obolon-Brovar will host Girnyk-Sport.

- At one time I was lucky to win the Cup of Ukraine, I participated in the final twice more and I know how difficult it is to reach the top, - said the head coach of "Obolon-Brovar" Serhiy Kovalets to the official website of UAF, commenting the results of the draw. - Cup battles have their own laws, here you have to respect every opponent, no matter what level he played, otherwise trouble will not be avoided. Here and at the second preliminary stage my wards had to make a lot of efforts to snatch a victory from fans from "Vovchansk" at the end of overtime. And it is impossible to say that we went to the duel with a hat-throwing mood.

I think we were lucky with the next cup opponent - "Miner-Sport". The main thing is that we will accept him in our field. This is very important, because on September 14 and 21 we hold calendar matches of the first league championship in Odessa and Lviv, respectively, and if we had to play away on the 25th, there could be problems with functional training. After all, only a club bus is at our service to travel through Ukraine…

By the way, this season we have already clarified the relationship with "Miner-Sport", in the third round we won in Horishni Plavny. And it is necessary that after our duel "Miner-Sport" began to gain points!

We expect a sharp rivalry, because there is no shortage of experienced performers among Volodymyr Mazyar's wards. Our team is staffed mainly by young players, and we really appreciate our capabilities. Of course, it is tempting to stay as long as possible in the cup distance, in the end, we must not forget that in this tournament, lower-ranking teams have the opportunity to challenge the elite. And believe me, this is a great experience.