FC Dynamo Kyiv defender Illia Zabarnyi participated in the press conference the day before the UEFA Europa League group stage matchday 4 game:
- How did you go through the mass missile shelling of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday? How did that influence your preparations for the match?
- This influences every Ukrainian. That’s very difficult to go through. Of course we were mourning. I don’t understand how it’s happening in the 21st century. We realize we can give people at least some positive emotions through football.
- How are Dynamo defenders doing? Do you feel optimistic?
- Despite recent failures in the Europa League, we did pretty well in terms of teamwork. We just lacked something. I hope these defeats don’t impact our mentality. We’ll do our best tomorrow.
