Andriy YARMOLENKO: “How can one award penalty and send player off?”

Andriy YARMOLENKO: “How can one award penalty and send player off?”

- Andriy, you must have expected difficult game against Oleksandria as they have orderly defense. Still this time intrigue died three minutes into the game after red card and penalty…

- We know Oleksandria are really good team. They’ve proved it despite the final score. They defended really well, so I can’t say the game was easy. I think red card for Siminin was undeserved. How can one award penalty and send player off? I don’t know what Collina is teaching our referees. I was sorry for guys from Oleksandria. They wanted to struggle, but referee decided to send their player off early in the game after which intrigue died.

As for us, even when we were several goals ahead, we didn’t stop and kept playing. We tried just to play football as we respect our opponent and fans.

- Are you totally focused on the forthcoming Ukrainian Cup final against FC Shakhtar Donetsk?

- They say the following game is always the most important one, but we know the rest of UPL games don’t matter. We must play for our supporters so that they enjoyed the game. We’ll think about Shakhtar later.

- You’ve scored another goal and approached UPL best striker Facundo Ferreyra…

- It’s not my aim to win strikers’ competition. I want our team to demonstrate worthy football.

- It’s clear that Dynamo second place bothers you.

- Of course it does. Second places can be different. One can fight for the title till the last game, but when it’s obvious Shakhtar would win the title half a year before the season end, it’s impossible to reach them in our league. I congratulate Shakhtar on domestic title, they’ve deserved it. We must get ready for the next season.

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