- Andriy, how come Dynamo play more confidently in spring than before the winter break?
- We’ve fulfilled a certain amount of work. We’ve met all requirements of the head coach. Special attention was paid to tactics. As a result we understand each other much better.
- Current part of the season is very important for Dynamo. You have already faced FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and FC Metalist Kharkiv, now you are in for fixtures against FC Karpaty Lviv, FC Chornomorets Odesa, FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Vorskla Poltava.
- We can’t lose points after defeat against Dnipro. Otherwise we can forget about Premiership. Anyway it’s not all in our hands. We are lacking five points behind FC Shakhtar Donetsk.
- One should keep in mind that in the first part of the season Dynamo earned only one point in face-to-face matches against top teams…
- That will give us extra motivation. As I’ve said, we aren’t going to lose points.
- Do events which take place in the country and Ukrainian football in particular have a great impact upon players?
- Sure, that can’t influence football positively. We can see that matches in Crime can become problematic. Still I consider Crimea to be the part of Ukraine. We must gladden supporters with our play and give them positive emotions.
Changes in schedule are also unavoidable. In the second half of April teams will have to play five games within two weeks. It will be a real test.
* photo by V. Rasner
