Menai’s mentor Vladimir Sharan assessed the defeat 1:2 in the UPL match against Ingulets. The team won 1-0 but conceded goals in the 84th and 95th minutes.
“Of course, we were unhappy with the game in the first half. Playing in attack, playing when going from defense to attack, but the main thing is that we blocked all zones. We played right on defense and scored from a set piece. Therefore, we can say that according to the plan for the first half, we played well. After the break, Ingulets rebuilt, played according to a different scheme and created a couple of such serious chances to even the score. However, our goalkeeper played well.
But no one could have thought that we could lose this game, because there were six minutes before the end of regular time. It was difficult to talk about substitutions, but at half-time we replaced Palamar with Vishnevsky in order to strengthen the game in attack and move from defense to attack.
Unfortunately, we got an own goal and an incomprehensible own-kick. Incomprehensible, because Alexander Melnik played strangely. It was evident that he was already tired and did not understand what he was doing. Fair penalty.
It was necessary to decide the fate of the match a few minutes earlier. I mean the moments of Mikhail Gechev. Unfortunately, he did not implement them. The guys tried. There are claims, because we lost in the last minutes. But the main thing is that we saw dedication, fighting spirit. We just didn’t have enough for 95 minutes, given the problems that I mentioned,” said Sharan.
