Pavlo Matviichenko: We showed character, achieved a pleasant result for us

Head coach of SC Poltava Pavlo Matviichenko commented on the home match of the 26th round of the UPL against Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih - 3:3 on UPL TV.

- What did you experience, what did the team experience, when they canceled the goal of Kryvyi Rih in the compensation time?

- First of all, I want to say words of gratitude to our players. Yes, we did not enter the game very well, but we showed character, achieved a pleasant result for us. Anxiety... Well, we understand that anxiety is for both teams, but somewhere we still did not work hard. We gave the opponent's team the opportunity to work more aggressively in our half of the field. I think that the game was more or less equal today. The last minutes were more emotional... I am very grateful to our players for enduring it.

- Do you remember the moment of Zaderaka? Did you already see that there was a foul at that moment?

- Well, you understand what we see from the sidelines, right? And in my opinion, there is a push, an elbow play... All these decisions are made by the referee. There is VAR: he looked, he figured it out.

- Your team started the game practically with the score 0:2, conceded two goals very quickly, and in fact, few people believed that you would be able not only to fight back, but also to take the lead. What helped you turn the tide of the match?

- Unfortunately, we have players dropping out. Because of this, we do not have such a large number of performers. We probably did all this due to our character and fighting qualities.

- Do you think a draw is an unfair result today?

- I think that based on the game, but, you understand, we needed a victory.

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