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YEREVAN, MAY 23, ARMENPRESS: The midfielder of the Armenian National Football team and the Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk Henrikh Mkhitaryan shared his impressions concerning the game Shakhtar (Donetsk) vs Chornomorets (Odessa).As reported by Armenpress, quoting the official website of the Ukrainian Club, Mkhitaryan stated in particular: “Never mind my failure to score – it’s all right. Most importantly, the team has won. It managed to provide an assist. In the first half the Odessa side played very tough, shutting us out throughout. It is good that we managed to score a goal just before the break. My opinion is that by that time, still at 0-0, Chornomorets was already anticipating the near end of the first half, the players wanted to listen to a new game plan from the coach, so they got a bit slack. We, in our turn, managed to find a hole in their defense and score a goal. Therefore in the second half, it was much easier for us to play, because Chornomorets already had to reduce the deficit, and we could find open spaces. It was not an easy game and we never have easy games, especially since it was the Ukrainian Cup final. It might seem to an onlooker that the victory was easy, but believe me, it wasn’t”.
Shakhtar clinched the Ukrainian Cup for theninth time in their history. In the game Shakhtar (Donetsk) vs Chornomorets (Odessa) the Pitmen won the Ukrainian Cup final with the score 3-0.Shakhtar won the Ukrainian Cup last year as well. In the current tournament the Pitmen achieved also the title of the Ukrainian Champion.