Andrey Talalaev / Photo: © Vyacheslav Evdokimov / FC Zenit
The head coach of the Kaliningrad Baltika Andrei Talalaev, after the victory over the St. Petersburg Zenit, urged not to overestimate the meaning of the result.
The game was held on Sunday in St. Petersburg and ended with the victory of the Baltic with a score of 2: 1.
– The main task is to prepare for the season. I would not overestimate the value of the result. We were invited by one of the best clubs in the country. Great recognition, for this great gratitude.
As for the game, it is clear that it went a little in crumpled conditions. We carried out training only today, yesterday flew for a long time, flew late due to the closure of the airport. It turned out that our preparation changed.
I had to break the replacements of the pace. Still, Zenit put us in the conditions where the first 20 minutes my players got used to the speed of the ball and the speed of thinking of the opponent’s players. Whether we are talking about the difference between the first league and RPL, then the difference is in this. I could not restructure through, forced, because Zenit set a very good bar of movement.
The guys are great fellows, it’s hard to break the game, prove their viability. Satisfied with the functional state in which my team is located is satisfied with the quality of the game without a ball. I would like more specifics with the ball, ”the correspondent of Match TV reports the words of Talalaev.
In the next friendly match, Baltika will play against Sochi on July 13.
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