Head coach Noah Sandro Perkovic commented on his team’s defeat against Dynamo (0:2) in the sixth round of the main round of the Conference League.

Our mentor exclaimed in front of his players about the club’s historic achievements:

“First of all, I would like to say a word of thanks to our Gravians and greet the team. For the first time in history, Noa reached the play-offs of the European Cup tournament. This is a great achievement not only for the club, but also for Ukrainian football. We are further collapsing,” Perkovich said.

Speaking of the match itself, the coach welcomed Dynamo to victory and expressed the high level of respect for the opponent:

“The team looked very solid in the beginning, caused a number of unsafe moments, but could not open the door. I said before the match that Dynamo is a great club. In matches with such teams, many mistakes can be made. Today they punished us for this,” said the mentor.

Perkovich emphasized that his team was not surprised by the defeat of the Kiev club:

“Dynamo has not suffered at all. This is a very good team, which clearly plays in defense and has a wide variety of tactical plans. Perhaps we did not realize that the stench is so fragrant from the first days of the century and blessed for the decade and in attack,” the coach added.

He also famously said that Noah wasted no energy for a positive outcome:

“We attacked, pressed, tried to earn as much as possible. So we could have played more than ten times under the hour from the opponent’s overhead passes, but I won’t say we played badly. Dynamo just showed very good football today,” Perkovich summarized.

In the group stage of the Conference League, Noah scored all points in six games and took 19th place. This result allowed the Virmen club to reach the 1/16 finals of the LK.

On the 16th today, the Swiss city of Nyon drew the draw for the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Conference League for the 2025/26 season.

Behind these bags, bets were made for the first round of the play-offs, which will help them reach the 1/8 finals, where all the top teams of the final stage of the tournament will compete. Among them is Donetsk Shakhtar, the top seed in the main round and directly through to the 1/8 finals.

In this way, Ardi Turan’s team won the lute bow competitions and discovered potential superniks in the attacking phase. In the 1/8 finals, Shakhtar will play the winner of one of these confrontations:

KuPS (Finland) — Lech (Poland)
Shkendija (Pivnichna Macedonia) – Samsunspor (Tureccia)

The first matches of the 1/16 finals of the Conference League are on February 19 and the sub-matches are on February 26. The draw for the 1/8 finals, with Shakhtar’s opponent remaining in the bag, is scheduled for February 27.

The matches of the 1/8 finals of the tournament will take place on February 12 and 19. The Conference League final for the 2025/26 season is scheduled for May 27, 2026 and will take place in Leipzig.