- We played one of our best games in the current league season. Dynamo deserved this defeat. And at the same time, we deserved to win. I can’t but mention the atmosphere in the stadium today. The fans created a festival by their presence and support. I have to regret once again the fact that I wasn’t heard when I requested them to resume the league season in time. Today, the audience showed how much civilized they are. Had we started to play back then, we would surely have continued to remain the undisputed leaders. We have not had any competitive games for two weeks back then. Dynamo had the same situation after the match against Valencia... Nothing is clear so far. We still have some games to play, and everything can be changed. As for today's match, I would point out my team’s orchestrating attacks and turning quickly defence to offence. Dynamo players fought until the last minute. We have claimed three important points, while Dynamo, unfortunately, now have very little chance of making it to the Champions League. But this is football.
- Why did you field Piatov today? Did Kanibolotskiy play poorly in Poltava?
- Today we fielded nearly the same lineup compared to the one that were finishing the last league season and won the title. There have been virtually no new signings. This spring, we set a goal of restoring the team’s game. When we got many young players involved, we lost points. Therefore, in the meeting of this scale, I decided to rely upon Piatov. But this does not mean that Kanibolotskiy plays poorly. We have two good goalkeepers, and I try to deploy both of them for them to have continuous match practice.
- After Adriano scored goals, he ran to Dynamo’s fan section a few times. Is it a kind of provocation or not?
- He did not think about it. Just remember what Adriano did in Copenhagen... This is football, and when you celebrate a goal, you just don’t notice some stuff. Everything happens instinctively. So you shouldn’t talk about provocation.
- Can Dynamo save the intrigue and compete for advancing to the Champions League, according to you?
- There are only five games left. It will be very difficult. I am confident that the Kyiv team will fight to the bitter end and try to win silver medals. Especially after yesterday Dnipro vs Volyn match.
