2024-09-26 06:20:37
Henrikh Mkhitaryan entered the history of Ukrainian football as the first player who managed to score more than 22 goals in the championship. After scoring two goals against Tavria, the Ukrainian championship record reached 24 goals, but the Armenian football player can improve his own historic achievement, as there are still two rounds of the season to go. By the way, Henrikh is approaching Shakhtar’s all-time record. distant 1979 Vitaly Starukhin scored 26 goals.
And if Mkhitaryan scores another goal, Ukrainian singer Gaitana will fulfill her promise and sing the “Shakhtar” anthem in Armenian. “I don’t know if Gaitan is studying Armenian now. You have to ask him about that,” says Henrich jokingly.
While we are talking with the Armenian football player after the game, his Brazilian teammates pass by us chanting “Go-sha, Go-sha”. Everyone congratulates him…
– After the game, everyone was shouting and cheering in the dressing room. And my record is really the achievement of the whole team, Mkhitaryan says.
– Henrich, you couldn’t score in 3 games in a row. Wasn’t there a feeling that the Ukrainian league record of 22 goals was a magic line?
– I don’t hide it, I had a heavy feeling. However, the cup match with Sevastopol, in which I scored two goals, helped relieve the tension. I had to keep calm in the match with Tavria. When I didn’t manage to score in the first half, I realized that if I keep thinking about the record goal, I definitely won’t score. At halftime, both Mister and my teammates supported me, advising me to keep hitting the goal.
– And you scored two goals at once. Moreover, you scored the second with a penalty kick, while you scored the previous 23 goals from the game.
– I don’t think I will take penalty kicks later. And I really want to score goals from the game, but this time I asked Dario Srna to allow me to shoot from the spot.
– Three rounds ago in Dnipropetrovsk, a penalty was awarded, but you didn’t get close to the ball, even though you could have set the record then.
– In the match with “Dnipro” the responsibility was completely different. We were losing, we didn’t want to lose points, we wanted to win. I wasn’t thinking about the record at all in that game.
– Previously, during corner kicks, you used to support your teammates in the center, but now you stay in the opponent’s penalty area. Is it about the record?
– No, it’s not related, and something like this has already happened in recent games. Just today, for example, Fernandinho was not playing, and Mister told me to stay in the opponent’s penalty area during corners. Alex Teixeira remained in the center.
– Records are usually dedicated to someone.
– Of course, I dedicate it to my family: my mother, my sister. My father, let there be a heavenly kingdom to him… And the people who worship “Shakhtar” are happy with my game and goals.
– You have two goals left before Vitaly Starukhin’s record, and there are still two rounds left…
– I don’t think about that at all. If it works out, well, it won’t work out, so it wasn’t fate.
– Henrich, and finally, about the transfer news related to your name. Is there any truth in them?
– I don’t even know what to say. Like everyone else, I learn about it from the press. Believe me, sometimes I wonder what they write.