Viktor Gancharenko / Photo: © FC Ural
The head coach of the Yekaterinburg “Ural” Viktor Gancharenko believes that the players of his team showed character in the match MIR RPL with “Sochi” and had more opportunities to win.
The meeting of the 15th round of the Russian Championship, which took place in Sochi, ended with a score of 2:2.
– In the first half, perhaps, not much worked, because there was not enough speed in the attack. From the beginning of the second half there was a good speed, they put pressure and were closer to winning. But it is necessary to note the nature of the team. If the opponent puts pressure, we stay in the game. We work to the maximum, we must continue this, ”Match TV quotes Gancharenko.
Sochi head coach Alexander Tochilin believes that the players of his team deserve the forgiveness of the fans, despite the fact that in the last round they lost to Zenit with a devastating score of 0:7.
– Tough game. There was a lot of wrestling, but little football. Probably due to the fact that both teams came out to win, to fight for points. Unfortunately, they couldn’t win. However, I am glad that today the team came out to fight to the end, pulled out a very difficult game. This one point gives us movement forward.
– A draw after a painful previous defeat is more likely to be a plus or a minus for the team?
– Always after such heavy defeats, the psychological state of the team falls. There was a lot of talk, but the guys approached the match against Ural with honor. We tried to forget that loss. And today’s meeting showed that we have a team. That is, the defeat from Zenit did not break us as a team. It is clear that in terms of the quality of football, this is not the best game, but today there was a team on the field. It pleases, – quotes the words of Tochilin “Match TV”.
Ural scored 17 points and ranks tenth in the standings of the Russian championship, Sochi (21) is in ninth place.
