Serhiy Shishchenko: “There are no weak rivals at the stage of fighting for a place in the quarter-finals”

29.09.2019 12:07

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In 2017 football players of the first league «Nikolaev» became violators of rest, only in a semifinal of the Cup of Ukraine conceded to Kiev «Dynamo». Not against at least to repeat this achievement and players of present «Nikolaev» who after a victory over «Chernomorets» made their way by 1 / 8th.

- Because of force majeure circumstances allowed us to play with inhabitants of Odessa on an artificial lawn, - the head coach of "Nikolaev" Sergey Shishchenko told in the comment to the official site of UAF. - It has to some extent negatively affected the actions of my wards, who usually play and train on grass fields. We had information that Chornomorets would come as a non-core team, so I also decided to entrust a place in the "start" to performers who did not have sufficient playing practice.

I think the audience liked our match. There was a tense struggle, the guests played on defense, and it was not easy for us to find vulnerabilities in it. Maybe, if we realized our goal moments in the first half, we would have won, without much effort. However, we did not use our chances, we had to act with maximum calculation, and everything was decided only at the end of the match, when Serhiy Panasenko scored the winning goal.

Most likely, we will play at home in the next round. I really hope that already on the grass lawn. I don't particularly care who the draw will choose for our rivals, because at the stage of the fight for the quarterfinals there are no weak opponents. Although, frankly, he wants one of the greats of Ukrainian football to come to Mykolayiv…