“Gritsay’s opinion on key issues of the Ukrainian season”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
– Alexander, what do you think about the semifinals of the Cup of Ukraine “Bukovina” – “Dynamo” and “Polissya” – “Shakhtar”? Classic wait in the finals?
– In my subjective opinion, in the final match you should expect a classic. But given the fact that Shakhtar cannot win in Polesie in four duels in a row, there may be some surprise.
– Is it worth expecting that Polesie and even Bukovina can go to the finals?
– In my opinion, Dynamo will pass the Chernivtsi team. And in the confrontation of “Polissya” – “Shakhtar” at the moment I would still put on “miners”, but it is necessary to consider this moment that in the Donetsk in this four matches in a row did not work out from the team from Zhytomyr. Therefore, a surprise is possible in this match.
– In your career, what is the brightest semifinals of the Cup of Ukraine?
– It is a semi -final confrontation with Dynamo (Kiev) in the 2003/2004 season. Then we were trained by Yevgeny Kucherevsky, we passed the Kiev team in the semifinals on a penalty.
-But the finale of the Cup of Ukraine-2004 then Dnipro lost to Shakhtar.
– The funny episode was in that duel. At that time I did not get into the starting warehouse for the finals of the Cup of Ukraine, though before that from Dynamo played in the composition. And I still did not get out of the support room, and we already lost 0: 1 (laughs). Belik for Shakhtar then scored in the first minute.
– And what do you think about UPL? Such three leaders in the person of Dynamo, Alexandria and Shakhtar were depicted. The same three leaders will remain?
– I think this is the composition of the three leaders. The only thing is the question that will be the location of the teams in the TOP-3. Everything is possible here.
– Both Shakhtar and Alexandria can still become the first?
– Everything can be, because there are seven more rounds. And it is also important that there will be a meeting between Shakhtar and Dynamo. So everything can be. It is early to write off from the accounts “Alexandria” and “Shakhtar”. But from this three at the moment, it seems to me that Dynamo has a better chance of winning.
– But “Alexandria” shows that it is set for a sensation and is ready to truly fight for gold!
– Alexandrians go out for each match, give on the field and play qualitatively. Therefore, this season in Alexandria clearly succeeded.
– Do you, knowing Ruslan Rotana and his character, can you seriously adjust to the title?
– Of course, of course! Yes, it can.
-What about the game of your ex-club “Dawn” with Mladen Bartulovich at the helm of the team?
– Stability is not enough for Lugansk. On the match with the Colossus, they came out clearly not completed. And maybe this “Kolos” was so strongly tuned to this match. But for the first 15-20 minutes it was visible that the “Kolos” completely set them. And the red card also received a Trontel, after which the blacksmiths were killed three times at the Luhansk goal. And if you take the match with Vorskla, at first the dawn looked better. But then after the football player “Vorskla” was removed, the Sklar was removed, there was a full stupor for 20 minutes in Zor. But with regard to the Poltava club, it is unclear that Vorskla is happening. You need to be inside the team.
– Suddenly Vorskla goes in 14th in UPL.
-You can also add LNZ, which goes to the 10th position. With such a trainer and such selection of football players, the results should be different. Roman Yosypovych talks about bad luck. Yes, there is that. If you take a match with Chernomorets, which was won with a score of 1: 0, it is worth saying that the “sailors” were pleasantly surprised by their rigidity and other aspects of the game. It is evident that the team in Chernomorets is compact. And the standards of Odessa were very qualitatively. He was pleasantly surprised by Chernomorets in a match with LNZ. Although the Cherkasy team also had their chances.
– Do you think Yaroslav Rakitsky will help Chernomorets with her experience?
– The fact that a capital player in capital letters and such a person, of course, will help in the field and in the locker room. Everyone knows his best qualities. This is a wonderful first gear. From his pass “Chernomorets” just the ball and scored from the goal “LNZ”. Of course, I think Yaroslav will help. The main thing is that it takes the optimal physical shape.
– What do you think about returning to the “Colossus” Ruslan Kostyshyn?
– The fact that Kostyshyn’s team changed in terms of aggression, it is visible immediately. It was visible in a duel with Zorya. But a home losing meeting with the movement was a little different. Lviv residents are also not a compassionate team. In that match in the first half looked good “Movement”, and in the second half of the meeting – a little better was “Colossus”. It may have been a draw, but the Movement implemented its moment as opposed to the Kovaliv team.
– What can you add?
– They have an aggressive beautiful team for young boys played.
– What will you say about game in series A of your good acquaintances in Ruslan Malinowski with Genoa and Artem Dovbik from Roma? Dovbik in general became the best player of the series and in March!
– I follow their game, and I am glad for them. Artem scores, and Ruslan plays at the heart. I am very happy for them! They are well.
– How do you think Alexander Zinchenko, will it be difficult to regain a place at the heart of Arsenal?
– Probably, it all depends on Alexander. It is necessary to know that inside the team, what relationships with Michele Arts. Rumors go that Zinchenko wants to sign Atletico Madrid and a number of clubs. Alexander is a good and quality player. For European clubs, it will be strengthening.
– If Zinchenko change the club, will he still find himself?
– Here it is necessary to know that Alexander thinks about it. He wants to stay in Arsenal and fight for a place at the base or in his plans to change the situation. Here everything is by and large depends on Alexander.
– On the portal of Transfermarkt Zinchenko, by the way, he fell.
– If the footballer does not play, then, of course, the price will fall.
– If Zinchenko will play in Europe again for Arsenal or other team, can it be that it will start to rise again?
– I think, if you take into account Zinchenko’s actions on the field as part of the national team of Ukraine with Belgium in the first match of the League of Nations, it is clear that he is a wonderful player. He sees the field, has a wonderful left leg. I think that if Zinchenko begins to get a game practice, of course, he will reach his level.
-And what do you think about your ex-subographic Andrei Lunin? Can a Ukrainian compete with Tibo Kurtua at the base of Real Madrid?
– I think Lunin can compete with Kurtua. But here again everything rests on Andrew. It is unknown whether it will remain in Reality or wants to change the situation. And the fact that Lunin is a wonderful goalkeeper, everyone knows it.