The head coach of “Orenburg” called a knockout defeat from “Zenith” with a score of 0:8

The head coach of “Orenburg” Marcel Lichka called a crushing defeat from St. Petersburg “Zenith” in the match of the ninth round of the WORLD of the Russian Premier League a knockout.

The game in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 8:0 in favor of the Blue-White-Blues.

– I would like to say that the result is a shame, as a head coach I take responsibility. You could choose other players, other tactics. No need to be angry with the players, because I’m the boss, I made mistakes.

What did you say to the players after the game? That’s life. Sometimes it’s hard, sometimes it’s good. It is important to be able to respond. For us it was a knockout. There are two games to show that this was a nasty mistake that could happen. We will wait to see how the team reacts,” Lichka told Match TV.

– You said that you would not play defensive football, you would not put on a “bus”. Don’t you think it was a mistake?

– Not. I won’t regret what I did. When he showed the players the goals conceded in the first half… We made childish mistakes. What happened in the match against Lokomotiv (1:5) continued here. This is Zenit, the team that scores after you make a small mistake. The result – everything is clear, we need to quickly switch, in the next two games we need to show character.

– What kind of reaction do you expect from the players?

– So that everyone looks into their own eyes and analyzes where they made a mistake, what they can do better, not to look for mistakes in others.

Orenburg is 12th in the RPL standings with 9 points. In the tenth round of the Russian Championship, Marcel Lichka’s team will play away with PARI Nizhny Novgorod.