“I confess that even my team was a mystery to me”

FC “Minai” coach Vasily Kobin commented on his team’s first historic UPL win over Oleksandriya (1: 0) in a post-match press conference.

“Today we have been more successful than not. We were preparing for a difficult match. Alexandria is a great team with a high level of fighting qualities. I think in terms of speed and strength, this is one of the best teams in the UPL. It’s good that we won. We were pressured by the fact that other teams are already playing, but not us, the guys trained twice a day and already wanted to play. He was scared that we would not flinch, but he faced our emotions and won.

Tactically he looked good in the first half. They gave almost nothing to the opponent. Yes, we didn’t have many chances, but we did and scored. In the second half, Alexandria rebuilt, it became more difficult for us, and psychology came to the fore. The team defended competently and we took this game to victory. He was calm knowing that the players would give their all.

Although I admit that my team was a mystery to me. We only played two friendly matches, but we needed at least 5-6 to understand the strength of the team, in terms of tactics and psychology.

We have many young people and we are letting them in little by little. We have a lot of inexperienced players at this level, but they played well. I liked Snizhko, he’s a smart enough soccer player. Melichenko has very good potential. And all debutantes, after all, trusted them. We have many experienced players who turned out to be unnecessary for their clubs and we gave them the opportunity to show that they can still do a lot. We will work in terms of strengthening more.

Meanwhile, we will spend the night with these emotions. Let the guys rest for the day, spend time with your loved ones. And then we will think about the Olympic.