The head coach of "Kharkiv" Mladen Bartulovich commented on the team's bright victory over "Obolonnya", debut goals by Krupskyi and Parako, and also talked about the debut in the new white kit:
— Mladen, congratulations! It was fantastic.
— Thank you. I want to thank the team for such a game and attitude towards the match. It is very important that we convert the moments we work on in training and apply it directly to the match. And, of course, we win. It is very important for us.
— The key moment of today's match was the penalty awarded for a foul on Salyuk. But it is known that he could have not even started in the lineup.
— Yes, he had some minor issues. We tested him before the match, and everything was fine. He played and worked until the end. I think everything was good. At halftime, of course, we didn't want to risk his health, so we decided to make a substitution.
— And then the guys caught courage. And Parako scored his debut goal in UPL for the club, and Krupskyi - his debut goal for "Kharkiv".
— Yes, it's nice when the match goes like this. But it's not just like that - it's the result of their work. They put a lot of effort into training, and today they reaped the rewards of their work. They fight for these moments in every training session and in every match.
— Mladen, do you know that this victory set a record for "Kharkiv" in UPL?
— I already know, I was told. It's nice that we set another record. But we shouldn't stop there. We need to keep working. This should give us an extra push forward and confidence in future matches.
— Today was the debut of the white kit. Was it worth it?
— Yes, it turns out it was worth it! I actually wanted to play in it in the first match of this season, but there was no presentation yet. I really like these colors, and today we showed them. We showed such a good game, just like our kit.
— Will the next match also be in the white kit?
— We are already playing away, so we don't decide there. But maybe it will be white.
— If there is a chance, do we play in white?
— Yes.