- It’s difficult to imagine what does the coach feel being criticized so much.
- Pressure makes me work even harder. I never give up.
I don’t like when people have pity for me. Sympathy is very annoying.
As I took charge of Ukraine national team we lost several friendlies, but I stated that we would qualify for the World Cup and we did that.
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- Is it difficult not to shout at players after Dynamo failures?
- I never shout at players. It’s useless. For example after the first half of the game against FC Metalist Kharkiv it was necessary to support them.
As for the match against KRC Genk, we had a lot of goal-scoring opportunities and our opponent used the only one.
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- Dynamo are to face SK Rapid Wien in Austria. Did you practice your German during the summer training camp?
- I recalled several phrases, but still I haven’t had good practice since the period I spent playing for SK Vorwärts Steyr.
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- Can players express displeasure with something right in the locker room?
- We try not to discuss anything without delay. Still I think there must be no understatement between me and players.
We record training sessions to analyze them later. For example I don’t have claims to Dudu, who works hard at the moment. Still I take into account different factors before I decide who’s ready to play.
I realize that foreigners usually come to Ukraine to earn money and I’m okay with that, but neither me nor Ihor Surkis like when they say that Dynamo is a terminal on the way to Europe for them.
We won’t let anyone disrespect the club with such great history.
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- Last winter you said that if you had a wand you would have used not to lack behind Shakhtar Donetsk in UPL. Has anything changed since then?
- Of course! Now I need some magic to get more time for the organization of our team (Smiling).
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