Maxim Zinoviev: "The team is progressing and moving forward"

— As always, it was not easy to play in Rostov-on-Don, no matter where the team is located. We have a lot of debutants, almost in every game one of the young girls makes his debut. This game was no exception.

We understood that we would have more initiative, control the ball, unlike the game with Zenit, so we looked for weaknesses in the opponent's game, studied them. Of course, they exist, but it was not always possible to find them. Somewhere the technical equipment of the players, somewhere the field did not allow us to play the football we wanted. But again, the field is the same for everyone. If we compare it with the match with Zenit, then we had good chances and episodes there to score and win.

Obviously, we are rebuilding the game, looking for approaches. Today we didn't quite manage to show the ball control that we planned. He was quite slow, especially in the first half. There weren't many episodes that we could create from the game, there were more standards.

In the second part of the match, we started using the zones between the lines, and there was more space behind our backs. We made some kind of adjustments, again, we created quite a lot, if not scoring, then pre-goal episodes that should have ended differently, but somewhere hasty decision-making was hindered, somewhere emotionality.

In general, the team is progressing, taking it step by step. It is very important that we won today, scored the ball. I would like it to be not only from the game, but also from the standard position, the girls deserve it. Congratulations to everyone on the victory, especially our fans who came to support us!

We are preparing for the next game, for the next opponent.

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