2024-10-04 17:26:49
In a conversation with the reporter of the club’s official website, Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan expressed his impressions of the first match of the spring, in which the “Miners” defeated “Volyn” with a score of 4:1.
– Henrich, many experts assumed that “Shakhtar” will win easily over “Volyn”. Do you agree that this is exactly what happened?
– I will not agree, because we well understood that the opponent will fight and try to create problems for us. In principle, it happened that way. But managed to score two quick goals which helped us. Already in the 15th minute, the score was 2:0. But the team faltered after that. We started to play calmly and at the beginning of the second half we conceded a goal in our own goal. It’s good that we were able to regroup, score two more goals and win.
– Did the missed goal boost “Shakhtar” or did it raise doubts because the score was already slippery?
– Yes, after the missed goal, a dangerous situation was created. Everyone understood that one cannot make mistakes. We wanted to score a new goal as soon as possible and calm down the game.
– When you studied “Volin” before the game, did you expect such actions from him?
– In a sense, we expected this kind of football from “Volyn”. We were facing a good team that was fighting, looking to play to win, not just come to Donetsk to defend.
– However, is it possible to think that the two goals scored at the start were decisive?
– I agree. It might not have been worth scoring the second goal so early so that the team continued to focus on controlling the game. But I think everything turned out okay as a result.
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