“Ukhta” at home lost a match of the 5th round of the Super League to our team, 0-5

Kaka, “Gazprom-UGRA” head coach:

– The most important thing today is the spirit and attitude, which showed our team. I warned the guys that it wouldn’t be an easy walk, that we are playing with a team that is always close to getting points. Therefore, it was important not to be wrong with the attitude. Even today, despite our crazy pressure, Ukhta showed that it can hold the ball and get out of the defense.

Therefore, I am grateful to my team that we made it today and showed our attitude and a quality game.

Ivan Chishkala, “Gazprom-UGRA” player:

– I would not say that victory was easy today. We remembered last year’s match, remembered those mistakes when we underestimated the opponent, moved little and wrong. We improved the points this year and played, as it seems to me, very well. We moved quickly, thought quickly and we did it all well.

I note that it was very pleasant to play against “Ukhta”. First of all, because of their desire to win. Extra words of gratitude to the opponent for this.

Yuriy Rudnev, “Ukhta” head coach:

– We were preparing for a tough match and we knew that there would be no underestimation on the part of Gazprom. And I’m happy that we played such a match (in quality). Despite the fact that the opponent played almost at maximum. We made put Gazprom under pressure, forced them to show their skills, both individual and as a team.

The fact that we did not score … I will not say that this is a scourge. This is, rather, a fact statement. The level of our skills today is lower than those of the opponent.

There was a situation when the score was 3-0, no one knows how the game would’ve been if we had scored. Instead of it we miss two goals at the begging of the 2nd time. I call it spinelessness. Yes, Chishkala is an excellent player, a player of the national team, but let him try to beat me. We do not have this yet. We are working on this a lot. The guys are trying, but we still have a ceiling that can not be jumped over.

I note that today we were under very serious pressure. Significantly more than, for example, in the game against “Sibiryak”. Today there was no sign of underestimation. This was evident in the way Gazprom pressured us, the way they returned and ran…

Summing up, I say that on one hand the guys played a good match in quality, even on a negative background, but on the other hand, what I wanted to see from them was courage and I did not see it.

Aleksandr Rudnev, “Ukhta” player:

– Today, Gazprom was stronger both when playing with the ball, and when playing in defense, also they looked more focused. The opponent practically did not give us time to create chances. And when the score was 5-0, they stepped back a little and gave us the ball, like, go ahead, now it’s your turn. but, pressing us actively all the time. We didn’t manage to resist it in any way.

It’s very hard to play when you kind of have the ball all the time, but you never reach the goal. And we also have to catch it up with counterattacks. Even when we create a prerequisite for scoring chances, we lack cold blood to finish the process. In such situations the opponent punishes immediately.

Press-service of the FC “Ukhta”.