Mladen Bartulovich: "It's very difficult to say something"
Post-match flash comment from the head coach of "Metalist 1925" Mladen Bartulovich after the Ukrainian Cup football semi-final against "Chernihiv":
- It's very difficult to say something after such a match. It's a tragedy for us, a huge shock, and in the locker room, the guys...
- Did anyone say anything?
- No one said anything. It's very difficult to say something. I want to congratulate "Chernihiv" on their victory. Well done, they fought and achieved their goal. We need to move on and get over this shock.
- I understand that it takes time to analyze what happened. What are your thoughts? What was missing, with 31 shots on goal?
- The ball should have ended up in the net. It just didn't want to go in today. I don't know what to tell you, we created a lot of chances and had more than one goal opportunity. We could have scored, but their goalkeeper showed courage, he was their hero today.
- Was there a moment when you felt that the team started to get nervous?
- It was nerve-wracking. We couldn't score in the first half, then we did, but VAR disallowed the goal. There was nervousness, but we were creating chances, we just needed to convert them. I don't remember such a football tragedy. It's a shock in my coaching career.
