Anton Zabolotny / Photo: © Mikhail Zimin / Match TV
CSKA head coach Vladimir Fedotov said that he talked with the team’s striker Anton Zabolotny about his scoring “drought” in the Russian Football Championship.
On Sunday, the army team defeated the Samara Wings of the Soviets in the 19th round of the WORLD RPL in their field – 4: 0. Zabolotny scored the first goal of the match.
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– Zabolotny’s goal drought in the RPL was interrupted – he has not scored since December 2021 in the league. Did he have psychological problems because of this? How did he cope?
— I think in the life of every striker there are such moments. It would seem that you are doing everything right, but the ball stubbornly does not go into the goal. It’s all cumulative. It seems that all is lost. We try to talk in such a situation, to help in warm conversations.
Anton has been knocking on the starting lineup for a long time. Somewhere we lacked determination, but with his message, work in training, he deserved to come out from the first minutes. And today I took my chance. I wish he didn’t stop there.
Attitude to the profession sooner or later moves you up. A goal scored and an assist is a reward for Anton. Plus, he was very useful on the field – he imposed a lot of martial arts and won, ”Match TV quotes Fedotov.
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Source: Sportbox
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