- We knew we should lay a certain foundation in the first leg. The whole country supported us and we couldn’t let fans down.
- What are your impressions of Slovenia play?
- They are orderly team with three of four high profile performers like Kampl and Ilicic.
- You had to calm Khacheridi down…
- Yevhen is very important both for the national team and for Dynamo, but he can’t cope with his emotions. Anyway that’s okay as he didn’t let Slovenia forwards have a lot of chances.
- Could you please describe your goal?
- I got the ball, but it wasn’t comfortable to shoot with my left, so I decided to elude defenders and fortunately that worked out.
- Was the visit of the President of Ukraine unexpected?
- We knew the President would be at the match. He thanked us for the game and said we shouldn’t relax.
- Slovenia play roughly. Did you feel that?
- Every player did his best and no one wanted to lose.
- How should Ukraine play in return match?
- We must defend orderly and use counterattacks. We know that if we hit the target Slovenia will have to score four.
- Doesn’t play-offs “curse” create psychological pressure?
- No one celebrates yet. Two years ago we also won the first leg 2:0 and thought we qualified for the World Cup, but you know what happened. That’s why we should stay calm and play orderly away.
- In the second half Ukraine had a lot of chances and the final score could have been 3:0 or 4:0…
- Slovenia needed away goal and they rushed forward, so we had space. We have fast players, so we had good counterattacks.
- Harmash had a good chance to score…
- You can’t always score as much as you want. I hope Denys will score in the next game.
- Ihor Surkis and Andriy Pavelko also came to the locker room. What did they say?
- They congratulated us on this victory. Still we all understand that it’s too soon to relax.
* photo by Y. Kravs
Copyright © 2015 FC Dynamo Kyiv
