“In the first half we dominated completely”

Shakhtar Head Coach Luis Castro summed up the second leg with Roma (1: 2).

“In the first half we completely dominated. There were a lot of moments that could be implemented. We felt some injustice during the break, because we gave 4 strokes, 70% ball possession, many martial arts won, the correct positioning of the team with the implementation of the set.

In the second half, Roma’s goal practically took us out of the competition. The psychological component made us lose confidence. We had the opportunity to react, but we did not achieve the result we wanted.

I do not win. And then another goal plus a penalty for Matvienko, who could have brought the game to a draw if he had been fixed. Congratulations to Rome and I wish you the best of luck in the future.

I agree with the accumulated physical and psychological fatigue. Because not everything is going well for us. We have many moments when luck is far from us. And we know that luck is an important ingredient in football.

Things are happening like the second goal for Roma, which practically destroyed all our hopes of taking advantage at least in this match. We knew they had a very strong defense, ”Castro said.