Luhansk Zorya coach Mladen Bartulovic on the victory over Rukh:
-"I thank the team for their attitude to this match, for their character. I congratulate everyone on the victory. It was important for us, given that we want to be as high as possible in the table.
We are very happy to have won today.
We started well, but then there was a difficult period when Rukh created several chances. We said that the opponent pressed well. We had to play somewhere easier.
We made adjustments in the second half and a completely different team came out for the second half. We deserved to win today.
-What were the adjustments during the break?
-We had to add more aggression. Plus, we lost the fight for the second ball. We had to play faster, to turn the game from one side to the other.
We could easily enter the opponent's half of the field through Budkivsky. He worked well today, and we continued our own attacks.
-How would you assess Juninho's performance on the left?
-Roman Vantukh has a slight injury. But we have Juninho and he played well today. Perhaps he is not ready to play the full 90 minutes yet, but Juninho coped with his tasks.
-The team changed the tactical pattern of the game somewhere in the middle of the second half. Was it a plan?
-As I said, we made changes during the break. We changed the tactics a bit. Yatsyk started playing lower, and Michin - higher. We started to get more and had better control.
-In the first half, there was a little bit of action from Petar Michin.
-Maybe in the first half it was a bit difficult for him. But in the second half he played well. Michin is an important player for us. You can always expect a non-standard decision from him.
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