Ivan Novoseltsev on his first start for Zenit

The Zenit defender on making his first league start for the blue-white-sky blues against Orenburg. 
Morale is very good as we won. The game was not easy, because they imposed themselves on all areas of the field. So we weren't able to score a lot of goals. Orenburg defended well, and we are not able to finish our chances. The main thing is we won.

Are some of the players tired after the away game in Ireland

I don't know, to be honest. Some of us didn't take part in the previous games, so there's not much of a case of fatigue.

How do you prepare for a team at the bottom of the league

We knew that playing against these teams us always difficult, they need to climb out of the relegation zone and to score points, so we were prepared for this. 

How was it playing in an unfamiliar defence

Yes, it was an unusual combination. We had only spent two or three training sessions together. But on the whole the back four looked good and we did not concede.