“The coach of the UPL debutant shared his thoughts after the game with the Carpathians.”, — write: football.ua
The coach of the UPL debutant shared his thoughts after the game with the Carpathians.
Serhiy Nagornyak, FC Karpaty Lviv October 20, 2025, 12:46 p.m
“The key to success is the coordinated play of the entire team. We completely closed the space for the opponent today. The Carpathians have qualified football players who use this space very well, but we didn’t give them that. We made some changes in the team. I think that all of this together gave a positive result.
Two victories and both in Lviv? We are already joking that we should move here and play home matches. We cannot win in Ternopil, so we will move here. Our stadium is not ready yet, but we hope that it will happen already in the spring.
Frankly speaking, it is incorrect to comment on the opponent’s game. A good team, they raised the bar so much last season that they cannot be lower in this. They also have their problems, we have ours. We understand that we are debutants and were at the bottom of the tournament table. Half of the team has never played in the UPL. Only the first season is being held – it was a little difficult. The Carpathians have opportunities, qualified foreigners have come to them. It is not for nothing that they play enchanting matches against Shakhtar and Dynamo. I think the fans really like it. Today it turned out that we won and I think we deserved it.
In each of our past games there were individual mistakes, excitement. I agree that we did not lose to anyone in the game. Even Dynamo, when they conceded 1:4. There were individual mistakes. There was a thriller with Kryvbas (4:5). Frankly, in some matches the referees did not play in our favor. This is important for any team.
Let’s take today’s match. The score is 0:0 and the Carpathian goal is not counted due to offside. You realize that the game could have turned out very differently if you had scored the goal. I can’t answer you. They didn’t have patience there, they conceded at the end of the match, they didn’t give a clean penalty there. This is a set of reasons. I always told the boys that we did not lose to any team in the game. We had our debut with Shakhtar, and then Donetsk were after Besiktas. You remember what they did to him. Everyone said that this is the best Miner in history. Now they look different. However, we fell on them then, we did not survive. It’s okay, we’re moving forward, we’re not looking at the table. I try to protect the boys. We work from match to match.
The UPL wants to implement a system that the referees will announce at the stadium after reviewing the VAR, why they made such a decision? I’m only for! We now have new technologies, tablets, we looked today and immediately saw that when the Carpathians scored a goal, it was offside. Chachua interfered with the goalkeeper there. This has now been implemented in many countries. Why not? We just have a lot of misunderstandings. For example, we were judged by one referee for two matches and made two mistakes against us. We do not shout about it anywhere. I would also like an explanation. You understand what the UAF will write in the explanation: “We will take it into consideration and write something to you there.” And when the judge on the field says objectively why he made such a decision, then it is normal. It is clear that one team will like it, the other will not. But the fans in the stands will know why this decision was made. So that there are no incomprehensible things,” the press service of the Lviv club quotes Nagornyak as saying.
On Football.ua A video review of the match Karpaty Lviv — Epicenter is available for viewing.