FC Lviv goalkeeper tells how he took the chance the coaches gave him

— Bogdan, in the context of the match of 12^th round the majority of experts agreed that not so much Lviv impressively performed as Arsenal-Kyiv disappointed...

— We followed our own way, controlled the course of events before the red card and then we started to play defensively. The fact that the team from the capital played not so striking as in Poltava is our merit, as we did not let them do this. In general, we played football.

— On Sunday that was your debut game in the season and in the new club. As the phrase goes, that was the chance you definitely seized!

— I was not just given a chance — I earned it with the work and progress. I am grateful to the coaches who gave credence to me. However, I realize that one game is not significative and I have to prove out my value from match to match. After the end of the season, one can draw some conclusions. I just know that in order to progress, you need to have game practice.

-Due to statistics, the gunners did not cause a lot of problems for you — in particular, they shot on target only twice.

— This is a merit of partners who did not let them to shoot. Both of their shots on tarhget were dangerous, especially the Balanyuk’s penalty kick when I had to make a save. A few more times they shot off target.

— According to InStat, you and Galchuk made 8 interception attempts that is the highest number among all the goalkeepers of the round. Moreover, in contrast to the Mariupol goalkeeper, all your 8 attempts were successful. How do you work on this technique, which has always been the soft spot of goalkeepers from Ukraine?

— We are working hard on this during the training sessions. The coach of goalkeepers Taras Grebenyuk constantly gives attention to this. It bears fruit.

— You have no peers among goalkeepers regards to one more indicator – passes. You passed 39 times while 33 passes were successful. Impressive!

— All over the world and for a long time goalkeepers have been playing this way so why do we have to fall behind? In modern football, attacks through the goalkeeper are a common sight. In addition, I had a very good experience in Shakhtar as Lucescu demanded from the goalkeeper to play with legs at the level of field players.

— Today FC Lviv is three points away from the first six. So, the task for the season is unchanged?

— Yes, this is the main goal. Today the teams in the table are placed very closely and all take points from each other. Each match changes the position of the teams in the table...