Mladen Bartulovich: "We had to win today"

Post-match flash comment from head coach of "Metalist 1925" Mladen Bartulovich for "UPL TV" after the match against "Polissya":

- Do you agree with the thesis that your team dominated the opponent today?

- Yes, that's correct. I believe we had a good first half, were the better team overall. In my opinion, we should have won today, as we had better chances. I'm a bit disappointed with the score, but satisfied with how my team worked. How they were tuned, how they acted on the football field, because we had a tough period, we had a cup game and overall a tight schedule. However, it is what it is, one point away - it's not a bad result for us.

- A tough period also due to the squad situation. The defensive line changed positions by half, how do you rate Krupskyi and Saliuk's actions today?

- The team performed very well, we are pleased with their game. They haven't played in such a combination before, so I believe the defense coped well with "Polissya", they have good attacking players, but they struggled to create much.

- It was heated on the coaching benches, a lot of communication between each other, you directly with Ruslan Rotan. What happened after the final whistle?

- These are emotions. It always happens. I apologize if I offended anyone, as we were also offended. In football, emotions are normal. I think it was a very cool and emotional match. I would like to see more of such matches in our championship.

- Today Zabergdja played as a center forward, considering the injuries, is he now the only option at the center forward position?

- We are looking at different options, I believe our attacking players should play in different positions. In particular, Zabergdja can play in all attacking positions. He had a good match today. Baton in his previous club also played in attack. We still have Kohut, we hope Mba will quickly get in shape and Itodo will return. All players are very important to us right now.

- The team hasn't won in four UPL matches. However, do you consider today's draw as a positive result or not, because the victory was close to you?

- We should have won, but it is what it is. We have a tough schedule, away matches against "Dynamo" and "Polissya", these are tough confrontations. And overall, the championship is difficult: every game in it is important and tough. So we earned a point today and accept this result.