Comments after the match of the 5th round of the first stage of the Higher League of Women's Championship of Ukraine 2024\2025 Shakhtar FC - Kryvbas FC - 1:0.
Konstantin Frolov, head coach of ZFK Kryvbas:
- First of all, I want to congratulate my opponent on the victory. The game on the part of our girls was very good, we created several moments, which, however, could not translate into goals. And the opponent, as we predicted, is a fighting team, they have their own style and character. It was a very good game from both teams, they had more luck and we had less luck, so they won and we lost.
First of all, there were not enough scored goals. We did not take a penalty at the end of the game, we did not score several chances in the second half. And in the first half we had opportunities to score the ball. The opponent realized his moment. First of all, we still lack the experience, individual class in attack to realize the opportunities we create. But we continue to work. Of course, it's a shame that we can't score points, because the girls deserve it. So we need to train and work even more, and we hope that our victories are yet to come.
Roman Zaev, head coach of FC Shakhtar:
- First of all, I want to congratulate my team, this is our first victory in the 2024/25 season. Not everything turned out the way they wanted and what they planned. But we must give credit to "Kryvbas", a very organized, ambitious team, knows how to compete, knows how to play. And this victory is significant from the tournament point of view. If we evaluate the level of our players, I don't want to go into details, of course, there is a lot to work on. To date, in fact, we had to get a certain positive psychological factor, we got it, we will move on.
Perhaps it was lucky today, when the opponent did not take a penalty. But we were unlucky when we played with "Obolon" in the Cup of Ukraine, in a series of post-match penalties. But today I was lucky, this is football, this is life. Fans like football because it is unpredictable.
Kateryna Babenko, midfielder of ZFK Kryvbas:
- The game was very intense until the last minute. The girls tried, gave all their strength, but, unfortunately, we do not have a positive result for us. Of course, we support each other. But, we hope that further victories will be ours.
Media of WFC "Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih