Alexander Katasonov: "We lost a lot of points, we need to catch up"

— As expected, it turned out to be an interesting, combative match, in which Lokomotiv was good, and we played beyond praise. We created a lot of chances, scored one, but could have scored more. Therefore, this is an absolutely deserved victory, without any questions. Congratulations to the girls and the club with such a great result!

Separately, I would like to say that it is a pleasure to play at such a stadium and on such a lawn. I'm glad the girls played here. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to do this, I played at the stadium when there were still wooden benches on it (smiles). Therefore, we had no right to lose, I'm glad for the girls, I'm glad for the team, I'll say it again – they are great fellows!

What's next? We are going back to work, to the daily microcycle, we will prepare for the match with Ryazan-Airborne Forces. We lost a lot of points, we need to catch up, and this victory just went into our piggy bank.

I want to say a big thank you for this victory to my coaching staff, who did a great job today: Sergey Ivanovich Lapshin, Oleg Viktorovich Gusev and Nikita Mikhailovich Smirnov. They did a lot for us to win today.

Well, the girls today were real Amazons and lionesses, so they are also very grateful! We are working further to see ourselves in the first place.

For full information about the starting lineups and the events of the meeting, see the match center.