Today you were the captain of the team, were you surprised? Did the manager tell you that you will be a captain for the next matches too?
Javi Garcia is banned and Criscito was on the bench, so the coach had a lot of candidates, but I am glad that for the first time I led the team onto the field with the captain’s armband. The manager hasn’t said anything about the following matches.
Do you think that today Zenit were lucky, because Ufa created a lot of moments?
Maybe today we did not play so well and the conditions were difficult. the snow, the wind, but we all fought and knew that if we score then it would be easier. We knew that we couldn’t drop more points.
Did the humiliating defeat in Krasnodar give you extra motivation?
When you concede two goals in the final minutes, then you know how crazy football can be. In that match, we did not deserve to lose, but it happens and because of it today was especially important to win.
Do you think playing in Russia in early December under such weather conditions is normal?
At the beginning of December it can be ok. But during the winter holidays it can be -15 and that’s not conditions for football.
