Mladen Bartulovich: "Showed a worthy game against a worthy opponent"

The head coach of "Kharkiv" Mladen Bartulovich commented on the game after a draw with "Wolfsberger", mentioned yesterday's friendly match with "Salzburg", summed up the first part of the training camp in Austria, and talked about plans for the second part of the camp:

— Now we will summarize the first part of the training camp in general, but first - today's match.

— It was a good and very interesting match, I believe. The younger boys got more playing time today, showed a decent game against a worthy opponent. It's the first time we scored against them because we played against them in winter and before. It's a bit sad that we have injuries in this match with Castillo and Arevalo, but we have two days off, or rather one and a half, so the boys are recovering and we will continue working.

— Who had a higher coefficient of useful action today - Baptiste or Batton Zabergji, in your opinion?

— All the boys worked on both attack and defense. Batton converted two chances, Baptiste also made good passes and scored a goal. I would like other boys to contribute as well because there were opportunities to score more.

— What can you say about the defense? Are there any moments that you didn't like?

— It's the third goal because it was unnecessary. When the score was 3:2, we should finish the match and aim for victory. After leading 2:0, we relaxed a bit, but it's youth, so we immediately conceded the second goal. And the penalty, in my opinion, wasn't there, but it's their referee, so he awarded it. The score is 3:3. I am satisfied with today's match.

— The midpoint of the summer training camp in Austria. What intermediate conclusions can you draw?

— It was the toughest period for the boys, and it will be a bit easier after the weekend. We had very interesting matches. Of course, the boys worked under great pressure. Yesterday we had a very interesting match against "Salzburg". We tried to play our game, press high, but the opponent punished us for our mistakes. We immediately conceded goals after our mistakes, but we also had good chances that we didn't convert. Yes, the score is not good, but the match was very informative for us and the boys. I have already talked to them, so we need to draw the right conclusions and move on.

— What are the main goals you set for the team in the second part of the training camp?

— Closer to the championship, we need to determine the starting lineup for the first game against "Veres". The boys will still get playing time and the opportunity to showcase themselves. They will have the chance to prove that they deserve to play in the starting lineup.