Mircea Lucescu:
“It’s a very important win we’ve deserved. Many teams will lose points on this field opposing Oleksandria”.
Olexandr Karavayev:
“It’s always tough to play in Oleksandria. When we come here they fight as if it were the last game of their lives. Nothing new about it.
We created a lot of chances and if we used most of them, especially in the first half, the game would have been over. Meanwhile home side created one opportunity and we conceded.
Anyway, when taking the field after the break, we were sure we would score more”.
Vitaliy Buialskyi:
(on the cancelled goal in the second half)
“Mykolenko put a low cross and I rushed to the near post. Then Karavayev scored, but I didn’t even move towards the ball. I think if referee made a decision on the spot he wouldn’t need to check VAR. We wasted five minutes to deal with some offside. If it’s offside, flag it at once, if it’s not, then it’s a goal”.
(on assist for Rodrigues)
“I didn’t mean to pass in that episode. I wanted to attempt myself, but Gerson was the first to shoot. I don’t think I would have scored if he wasn’t there (smiling)”.
