- Don’t you think the away match against Zorya Luhansk was the best one for your team this year?
- We really used our goal-scoring opportunities. Still we also played well against Bordeaux and Shakhtar Donetsk despite the fact that we didn’t manage to score enough. We expected a difficult game in Luhansk but, frankly speaking, it was rather easy.
- Has Brown Ideye got his goal-scoring flair back?
- He really needed some time to regain conditions after the AFCON. In June he’ll also play for his national team. But we have no claims to Brown. He is doing his best.
“It’s good that all defenders have returned”
- Dynamo didn’t concede a single goal in two last games despite the absence of leading backs. Do you have any claims to defense?
- We always have claims to all players. Of course constant reshuffles can be harmful for the team. Especially for defense.
- The situation is rather interesting as Yevhen Khacheridi and Taras Mykhalyk will be able to take the field in the next game. But still coaches rarely change the squad after wins…
- We’ll analyze our next opponent and then decide who will be among first eleven. It’s good that all defenders have returned.
- There are two players in your team who demonstrate negative emotions very often…
- We’re trying to solve this problem. Harmash will be punished. Khacheridi has already punished himself as he missed three games. Still maybe there will be some sanctions from our president.
“Yarmolenko can be already called a leader”
- Roman Bezus has scored his first goal for Dynamo in Luhansk. How can you estimate his adaptation to new team?
- Actually I thought this process would be easier. Still it’s quite natural. Roman is just to become less nervous. He needs time. Maybe that goal will help him. He is a very decent and sociable guy who works well during training sessions.
- It seems he has good relations with other players…
- It’s really so. We a have a good friendly atmosphere in our team. Players always support each other.
- It seems that the team depends upon particular players very much. Do you agree?
- I agree. But even Barcelona depend upon Messi very much.
Of course we want the number of leaders to increase, but we need time for that.
- Can Andriy Yarmolenko be called Dynamo leading player?
- I think so. Yarmolenko has scored many important goals. Now he is to demonstrate stability.
“Markevych and Ramos have been working with their teams for a long time”
- You are to face Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk soon. They say Ramos’ men play worse than last autumn…
- Dnipro are a very good team. Their coach has been working with Dnipropetrovsk side for many years already. Players understand his requirements well.
- Don’t you think Metalist Kharkiv play better than Dnipro at the moment?
- Why should one compare two good teams? We’ll see it as we face them on the pitch. Markevych has been working with Metalist longer than Ramos with Dnipro.
- Will the UPL runner-up be defined as you face Metalist and Dnipro?
- I think so. But actually every game is like the last one for us.
“Apologized to Shvetsov”
- Don’t you want some foreign specialist to be the referee of your match against Metalist, for example?
- No, I don’t. I think there are enough professional referees in Ukraine, but maybe some factors influence their work…
Even best referees make mistakes sometimes. Such problem exists all over the world. We pay too much attention to it.
Of course someone must be punished for mistakes. But there must be no hysterics. Everyone must respect each other. For example I apologized to Shvetsov for Harmash’s behavior in Luhansk. But referees and their chiefs must also admit their mistakes.
“Doctors let me go to the gym”
- Dynamo are in good physical conditions at the moment. Are you ready to play for one more month?
- We have no problems with physical conditions. Of course some problems with tactics still exist. But we are trying to correct that.
- What about your personal conditions?
- I’m trying not to lack behind. I have my own training program. Doctors let me go to the gym already. But everything must be done step by step.
Komanda weekly, photos by www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua
