“The coach of the “townsmen” shared his thoughts after the game with the “miners”.”, — write: football.ua
The coach of the “townsmen” shared his thoughts after the game with the “miners”.
Ruslan Rotan October 19, 2025, 12:40 p.m
“These are emotions. I think that every team wanted to win, and it’s normal when there’s such heat on the bench. That’s why there was such a fight, a fighting game on the field. You saw that the fans supported us very brightly, it was great – I want to thank them for this support. They inspired our players, and our players spent a lot of effort.
A huge injury. He scored a soft spot under the knee and was unable to continue the game, it was very painful, so we made this substitution at half-time.
Regarding the defensive game and the desire and character with which we entered this match, this is definitely a plus, I told the boys. As for the attacking game, I think the first 30 minutes we looked pretty decent, we had some moments. Then they gave away the initiative a little and, apparently, this was the key moment. We told the boys about this before the game – that under no circumstances should we give the ball to Shakhtar, we should always press. Somewhere after 30 minutes, it became a little difficult for us, because we gave Shakhtar players a lot of time to work with the ball, they somehow took the initiative, and there were already moments at our goal.
We have to go from each game to the next. We will definitely analyze this game and will already watch the next game with Obolon. I told the guys that there is a lot to take from this game – it’s character, first of all, the way we gave ourselves on the field, how we fought for the result. These are very cool qualities, they are very important just in such matches.
It’s really hard when the players come back after the internationals. Of course, that probably wasn’t enough. I was afraid of it, to be honest. This balance is not enough, because there are transfers, different tactics, different players – and because of this, it probably takes time to recover, to come to the principles that we do in our team. That’s why there was an imbalance somewhere, but that’s normal. I am very glad that we have many collectors in the team. We are ready to grow and we want as many of our players as possible to deserve a call to the national team,” said Rotan on UPL TV.
On Football.ua a video review of the match Polissia — Shakhtar is available for viewing.