The head coach of the St. Petersburg “Zenith” Sergei Semak said that he was interested in watching the performance of Daler Kuzyaev’s penalty against Krasnodar in the away match of the 15th round of the WORLD RPL, since the goalkeeper of the hosts Matvey Safonov knows the player “blue-white-blue” well “.
On Sunday, Zenit beat Krasnodar 1-0 on the road. Kuzyaev converted a penalty at the end of the meeting.
– Expect a difficult match. Matches are always difficult here, the stadium is full of fans. For Krasnodar, we are an irritant. The guys wanted to show everything they are capable of. As for the game of our team, the whole match looked reliable. In the attack, the first half was not played sharply, we adapted to the pitch, but in the second half we improved. I am completely satisfied with the game, we created many chances, it is a pity that we did not score earlier. The victory is interesting and absolutely deserved.
The first round is completed. Now two more matches of the second round and games for the Cup, we will deal with it.
– Kuzyaev converted a 11-meter kick. He said that before the match it was indicated who would take the penalty. Why did you decide to choose Kuzyaev?
– Because Matvey Safonov knows him well. It was an interesting duel, to see who knows each other better. Matvey guessed right, but Daler suffered with his manner of performance. His face turns white, but his condition does not change at all, a man with iron nerves, ”Match TV quotes Semak as saying.
Krasnodar head coach Alexander Storozhuk said that the team lacked physical fitness and experience in the match against Zenit.
– In the first half, Zenit made so many passes randomly, anyhow, I have never seen anything like this. So we forced them to play like that, put pressure on them. In the second half, maybe there was not enough strength, maybe the experience that is gained in such games. There were losses that were optional in the simplest situations, but this game goes to our piggy bank.
Can you call it a worthy defeat?
– I do not understand. We lost. When it comes to substitutions, we have to step up the game. I won’t talk about Zenit. They have three teams there. But, unfortunately, we are not doing enough in this regard,” Storozhuk said.
