Lokomotiv coach Mikhail Galaktionov spoke about his team’s victory over Pari NN in the Cup of Russia (3:1).
I think today’s victory is very important both for the emotional component and for the organization of the match. We close the calendar year with positive emotions. I have told our players that we are indebted to the fans. And I already count myself among them, because we have already started working together. It was very important to play in a disciplined and organized way. We all aimed for the maximum return. There were times when it was worth paying attention. We are very happy today. In many moments, especially in the second half, integrity has failed. As soon as we accelerated the movement of the ball, the speed of thinking, we scored good goals, made good combinations. The level of readiness for today does not allow you to play the whole game with energy. We will certainly tighten these components.
In the second half we strategically sat a little lower in terms of tackling, we tried to play on the counterattack. I think our strategic plan has fully justified itself. Another question is that we have lost a completely optional ball. There is already an individual error, which we will analyze. But we’ve already told our players that we liked their reaction to this goal conceded today, because they were upset in the dressing room. The team was a whole in terms of the organization of the game, in terms of fighting qualities. This is very important today.
