Tiberiu Ghioane admitted that succumbing 2-0 to Shakhtar was a logical outcome. “Shakhtar won tonight, so they were obviously better than us. We did not perform well this time and deserved to be beaten. What exactly was wrong? Well, we were well prepared and highly motivated. But it just went the way it did. It is football”.
Pape Diakhaté, on the contrary, had a different opinion to share. “Despite a serious contender, which Shakhtar is, my teammates did well in the game. Things were not going well for us. We had a lot of young players in the lineup, who had not participated in the games of this kind before”.
The Senegalese, who was sent off in the 72nd minute, thinks the referee’s decision was too harsh: “The opponent cleared the ball out of the box and I wanted to bring it back. Since I could not reach the ball with my head, I raised my foot. With my back to the goal, I could not see Dulyay heading towards me. The dismissal was a real shock”.
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