Alexander Zayakin: "Switched to a vertical game instead of playing football"

— The first half didn't work out, they came out uncharged, they didn't have enough character. And the main problem of the first half was that there were a lot of losses, especially from the central midfielders. The ball was absolutely not controlled. And we wanted to play football: get the ball and move with it, go into the zones. But instead we switched to a vertical game, which is why we began to make a lot of losses, our attackers ran into pressure. Hence the numerous losses.

During the break, the players in the locker room were charged to the maximum – a completely different football went. Finally, they began to hold the ball, take between the lines, moments began to appear.

But in general, 0:0 is a fair result. I am never satisfied with draw matches, I am a maximalist and I only prepare the team to win. The psychology of the winners was laid down to the players last year. Therefore, this result can be considered a loss of two points.

Then we have "Zenit" – the leader of the championship, we will disassemble it, watch its game, prepare. But we will go to it in a completely different way, this week we will prepare in such a way that we will be as charged as possible in order to win at home.

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