Ihor Kostiuk: From any position from which Mendoza shot, he scored

Head coach of Kyiv Dynamo Ihor Kostiuk commented on the away match of the 25th round of the UPL against Kryvyi Rih Kryvbas - 6:5 on UPL TV.

- Ihor Volodymyrovych, this was the most productive match in the history of the UPL today. What are your feelings?

- The feelings are positive, because we won. But the wind made adjustments. And we saw unpredictable attacks from the opponent in the first half because of this. Our young players did not cope very well today. But we talked about it in the locker room. Of course, the whole team supported them, and in the second half we came out and scored our goals - in the end we won. This is a real team. And thanks to today's team, which we have, we won.

- You lost the first half with a score of 1:4. For Dynamo it is simply, well, some kind of madness. During the break, was there some kind of conversation in raised tones, or did you try, perhaps, to somehow calm the game down, on the contrary, to motivate the guys?

- You saw the first half: we had the initiative, created chances. But today the first half was Mendoza's half. From any position he shot from, he scored. Four shots - four goals. Therefore, during the break, we emphasized that we can improve. We made substitutions that strengthened the game. And during the second half, the substitutions that took place, they added energy, added skill. And we won. During the break, we emphasized that the match is not lost yet, that we have the initiative, we just need to translate it into goals.

- The substitutions of Buialskyi and Yarmolenko - they were very effective, because the players almost immediately distinguished themselves with effective actions. Can we say that this experience helped today?

- Yes, these substitutions gave us more skill in the finishing zone, and it brought us victory.

- Voloshyn received another yellow card today. I understand that he will miss the game against Shakhtar. How serious is this loss for Dynamo?

- Ask the referee why he gave him the card.

- But the loss is serious, I understand?

- Yes, serious.

- The last thing about Brazhko. He was supposed to play in the starting lineup, but, as I understand, he got injured. What's with him now, what's his condition?

- During the warm-up, he felt discomfort in the back of his thigh. We'll come to Kyiv, do diagnostics and find out what happened.

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