BARANOV: “We missed by 3-5 points and could have been higher”

Head coach of “Kudrivka” Vasyl Baranov summed up the results of the summer-autumn part of the UPL season, which the team finished in 13th place in the tournament table.

– According to the five-point system, how would you rate your team for the first part of the championship and why?

– I will put “satisfactory” – three. We started well, we could say we broke into the UPL, but then there was a decline, we lost stability. I am sure that they could have scored more points.

– 13th place of “Kudrivka” is a natural result or could it be higher?

– If we speak purely statistically, we fell short by 3-5 points and could have been higher. But as for elite debutants, our position in the championship is not critical. I see that we can still add to the game and move up in the table.

– What do you see as the main progress of “Kudrivka” in the first round? And what, on the contrary, still needs strengthening?

– We have prepared well for the start of the championship. Plus we had a favorable calendar at the beginning, we didn’t play against top teams. They played against their direct competitors, such as “Alexandria”. We understood how we can score points and in the first 4 matches we played well.

Then more serious rivals left and we started to see a swing. They played well in the first half, but after the break they lost their lead and points. I think somewhere we lacked experience.

In recent games, we have already tried to pay more attention to the attack. On the contrary, they already added in the second half. However, they missed too easily and did not use their opportunities. Therefore, in my opinion, the main thing that needs strengthening is to find a balance between attack and defense.