Alexander Erokhin: "Physically everyone is really ready"

The Zenit midfielder spoke to us after scoring twice in the 4-2 win over Alania Vladikavkaz in the first friendly in Turkey.
Alexander Erokhin: "Physically everyone is really ready"
Alania played with pressure and seemed up for it today. Was it a tough match?

Firstly I have to say the coaching staff gave us a job to do and wanted us to show what we are doing in training. Yes, Alania applied a lot of pressure, but playing under pressure in friendly matches is a very good thing and it was a good training game.

Alania opened the scoring today, did you concede due to the very early start of the match?

I would not say that as we also had a chance before they scored and the goal wasn't from our mistake, but a good move from them. It’s good that we went on to score two and  was leading at the break.

Vasyutin seemed to start a lot of attacks in the game, is that the coaches instructions or improvisation? 

This was how the game played out, Alania played a high line and so Vasyutin was about to play the ball, which our defenders took advantage of. We played out of defence quite well today. 

This is day 28 of training camps and the final stage in the team's preparation. In your opinion has the team done what it set out to?

For the second match in a row, everyone played a full 90 minutes, physically everyone is really ready, the first league game is not far off and we must be in peak condition