Daler Kuzyaev: "First of all I'm happy because I won"

The Zenit and Russian midfielder on the first league win of the season, his goal and meeting Vladimir Putin.

Daler, first about your goal, can you describe in your own words how it came about?

I remember that there was a long pass, Oleg Shatov was the first to the ball, he passed it to me, I took the pass and had the chance to hit it, that was how the goal happened. 

Today you came on as a sub with the aim of refreshing the game. Did this remind you of another match? 

I've already been reminded of all this! Yes, a year ago I came on as a sub and scored (First match of the season away to SKA Khabarovsk - Ed.). But first of all I am happy because I won. 

How's the pitch and the stadium? What is it like playing in Tyumen? 

It was fine, nothing special ... The only thing was the artificial pitch, I'm used to playing more on a real pitch, but this was only a small problem for me. 

How did you get here after yesterday in Moscow? 

After the ceremony in the evening  in Moscow we flew here. We arrived at the hote about 1 am local time. 

Artem Dzyuba spoke with Vladimir Putin, do you know what he said and did you speak with him? 

I wanted to, but didn't have the chance.