It was a game in which the hosts deserved to win. We saw a great desire on their part, more than from us. They had a very high rhythm to their game. They scored an early goal after a very serious mistake from Ivanovich. We had to completely change our tactics for the game today, we became completely open, trying to attack, but on this pitch it was very difficult to do so. The pitch was not very good, so we often lost the ball, they used that and it led to a few chances for them. I am sure that it could have gone the other way, if not for that silly goal. We should have withstood the first 20-25 minutes, given that for a long time we had no official matches. We expected to do so, but that goal, unfortunately, changed everything. We had chances in the first half and in the second, but unfortunately did not finish them. The final score of 2-0 was a good result for the home team, but we have a whole week to analyze what happened and in St. Petersburg we will see another Zenit.

Acheampong decided the result. Did you pay any special attention to him? 

We knew about his high-speed and that he uses it in the final phase in the penalty area. We should not have lost the ball. If we look at the second goal, Kokorin easily lost the ball, Acheampong was left alone and scored. Their team are young and virtually all of their attacking players are 21-22 and we had to compensate for this with experience, with good positional sense on the pitch and the tactical placement of all our players.

Today Hernani and Ivanovic made heir debuts and we could say that Danny made his debut after a year out. Tell us about your thoughts on them. 

Hernani today debuted in Europe and was probably one of the best on the field, he covered a lot of space, he tried to play quickly and play some good passes. As for Ivanovic, he, unfortunately was not ready for this pitch. It was obvious he has a great desire to play, but unfortunately, he has not yet adapted to our game. Danny was not ready until the end of the match, we put him on in the second half, but it still takes time to get back to the level that we all know he can play at.

What position did Danny play out on the field today? 

He can play only two positions, that of Shatov and Giuliano. Today he came on for Shatov. We should also the question Kokorin and Shatov's game. 

Will you change the team dramatically in the next match? 

Hopefully, the pitch quality will be better. Today we made a lot of technical errors due to the poor condition of the pitch. I think that if we score early in the match, then the result will change.