Andrey Karpovich, the head coach of the Kazakhstan national football team, commented on the victory in the penalty shoot-out over Moldova, bbabo.net reports. He noted that his team was able to turn the tide of the game after the break.
Today, March 29, in the return match, the Kazakhstan national team won on penalties and retained their residence in Division C of the League of Nations.
“First of all, I would like to congratulate everyone. I don’t even know what to call it ... Victory? In this case, it’s a victory. With such a scenario, everything turned out very beautifully, although, of course, it was valid, tense.
As for the game, we understood that it would be a difficult match. Basically, everyone has seen it. A little bit again, we did not succeed in the first half. Missed an unnecessary goal. Naturally, it was difficult to enter the game later. But again, a break helped us. We made a forced substitution, made certain adjustments and were able to turn the tide of the match, change the pattern. Added in aggression, were active.
Created moments. I think that this time no one will say that there were few chances, that the opponent had more of them, and so on. Unfortunately, the ball did not want to fly into the goal. Some kind of bad luck or lack of skill. But at the last minute, luck turned to face us. And we have achieved the desired result.
I would also like to note the support of the fans. Great support, crazy atmosphere. What happened, I have not seen this for a long time, did not feel it. Maybe that's how it seemed to me from the edge. But I think the atmosphere was great. This is real football.
Of course, I would like to score from the game. Unfortunately, it didn't work out. But it's good that it ended like that. We achieved the desired result and remained in group C, that is, the task was completed. Congratulations to everyone on this," Karpovich said.
"No one wanted to take the sixth penalty. But Zhukov was appointed. When the opponent's player did not score, there was an emotional outburst, he went and scored," he added.
Recall that Karpovich was invited to the Kazakhstan national team for the matches against Moldova. It is not yet known whether he will remain as head coach.
Earlier, the guests' mentor Sergey Kleshchenko expressed his opinion, dwelling separately on the leaders of the rivals.
Kazakhstan pulled out the match with Moldova and retained a place in the League of Nations
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