Girnyk-Sport head coach Ihor Zhabchenko: "Neither I nor his teammates are going to criticize Sukhanov…"

In the match of the 1/16 finals of the Cup of Ukraine, the players of Girnyk-Sport were very close to creating a sensation, but in the last seconds of regular time with a score of 3: 3 their defender Serhiy Sukhanov did not score a penalty, and in overtime "Dnipro-1" snatched victory.

- Neither I nor his teammates are going to criticize Serhiy, - said the head coach of "Girnyk-Sport" Igor Zhabchenko in a comment to the official website of the UAF. - This is football. By the way, it was Sukhanov who scored one of our goals from the penalty spot, and the fact that he lost a duel to the opponent's goalkeeper in the last seconds of regular time is the same as it happens even with world football stars…

Despite the defeat, I am grateful to the wards that with a score of 0: 2 they did not panic, strictly adhered to the attitude and not only leveled the situation, but were closer to victory than the representative of the elite division. It is also important for me that compared to the previous match in the championship, I made seven substitutions at once, allowing several leaders to rest, and it is nice that the reservists did not fail. This indicates that there are no irreplaceables in Girnyk-Sport.

Of course, it's a pity that in overtime we lacked a little strength, which was used by an experienced opponent.

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