Kyrylo Nesterenko, photo FC Oleksandria October 20, 2025, 12:26 p.m

The day before, Oleksandria drew against Rivne Veres in the away match of the ninth round of the Ukrainian Premier League.

Veres — Oleksandria 1:1 Video of goals and review of the UPL match

After the end of the game, the head coach of “Polygraphs” Kyrylo Nesterenko commented on the performance of his own team.

“The most important thing is that we didn’t use the opportunities we created. And when you don’t score, it’s very difficult to talk about the quality of the game. Because everything we do, we do to score the ball. When there are no scored goals, no one sees the work that the team did to get to the opponent’s goal.

We had one goal – victory. It was not possible to get three points, but I thank the boys for their character. Unfortunately, they conceded a goal that I don’t even know how to describe. In my opinion, it wasn’t even a hit, it was a serve.

I can only praise the players who were substituted. They really added and the team did everything possible to take the three points. Not even one, but all three. Because even with the score 1:1, we wanted to take three points in this match.

We knew that it would be very difficult to play here. It’s hard for everyone, not just Alexandria. Because there are fans in Rivne. This is what is currently lacking in most cities and stadiums in our country. They passionately support their team and Veres at home always plays very aggressively, very disciplined,” said the Ukrainian specialist.

In the next round, Oleksandria will play at home against Kamianets-Podilskyi Epicenter.