Mladen Bartulovich: "Satisfied with the result"

Main coach of "Metalist 1925" Mladen Bartulovich commented on the draw with "Shakhtar":

- Mladen, first your words, what are your emotions today, what are your feelings about today's match? Lost points or gained point?

- Good evening everyone. Firstly, we are satisfied with our result today. We are very saddened by Ramik's injury, we have mixed feelings after this game. But regarding the game, I can say that we are satisfied. Especially with the second half, how aggressively we acted, and fully deserved this score. We had many moments. I believe that besides the penalty, "Shakhtar" didn't have many chances today.

We wanted to act aggressively and boldly, but maybe in the first 20-30 minutes it wasn't there.

Somewhere, maybe we were nervous, but then in the second half... We wanted to act like that from the first minutes.

- Today the stands were full. Buses came from Kharkiv, there were many fans from Kyiv. Is it pleasant to play with such support, did you feel it?

- Yes, of course, I knew this, we are very pleased. Thank you for this support. We would like to return to Kharkiv and play with such support. Then football would be even better. But as it is, thank you to our fans for this support.

- You also mentioned being saddened by the injury Ramik suffered. Are there any initial assumptions?

- In my opinion, it's not as serious as it may seem at first glance.

- There were many strange referee decisions today, especially in the first half with the penalty on Allison. In the second half, a corner kick was not given. How do you assess the work of the referee team in this match?

- I will say, firstly, it was a difficult match for the referees because there were a lot of emotions. There is VAR, which looks at penalties, so there was a penalty. I don't want to talk much about the referees. I believe that today there was football, and we should talk more about football, how my team played today.

- What didn't work for the team today? A great result, but what, perhaps, would you like to see?

- I would like to see us act from the first minute as we did in the second half... More boldly, more aggressively, and right away. This doesn't suit the boys. I understand that it takes time because a new team is being built. This is our fifth or sixth official match. Gradually we are adding to this. I believe that we will continue to improve.

- You visited the location of the Kosovo national team, Baton Zabergja, who returned with an injury. Is there understanding regarding him?

- Yes, he got injured in the warm-up in the second match against the Swedes. Maybe he won't be available for about a month. It's very unfortunate that this happened.