Mladen Bartulovich: "There were moments when we could score"

Main coach of "Metalist 1925" Mladen Bartulovich summed up the goalless draw of his team with "Epitsentr" in a live broadcast on UPL TV:

— Mladen, your emotions show that a draw is an unsatisfactory result for you. Today it was noticeable that in many game moments "Epitsentr" neutralized your team?

—Yes, we are disappointed with the score today. At the beginning of the match, we were nervous, there were many unnecessary mistakes. The first half was unsuccessful, we can say that there were no bright moments. But in the second half, I believe we had good moments where we could score and win this match. As for the opponent, I think they played very well. The team defended well, they worked just like in the last match with "Polissya" because I watched it. It was difficult to break down this defense because they acted aggressively. The final score is 0:0. It is what it is, we need to score.

— You mentioned the nervousness of your players, but there was a lot of fighting spirit from the footballers on the field?

— Yes. At the end of the year, all teams want to earn points. "Epitsentr" is also fighting for survival, so they need these points now. We also need the points because we want to move up. We need to score in such games to get three points.

— BIt was visible in the first half that you were dissatisfied with Mba's play, whom you replaced with Itodo after the break, but still couldn't sharpen the attacking actions?

— I believe we had moments: Kogut could have scored, Itodo had a good chance to score from two meters, Krupsky also hit the post. There were moments to score, but today we didn't. We have one point that we earned in a game against a tough opponent. "Epitsentr" is starting to gain momentum in the UPL.