The first game of 2018 for the FC “Gazprom-UGRA” against “Sibiryak” ended in a draw, 6-6.

Kaka, Gazprom-UGRA head coach:
– Firstly I want to congratulate everyone on the coming New Year and Christmas!
It is very cool when the first match of the year is interesting and spectacular. The opponent’s team showed their better quality today. We missed 4 goals in the first half very quickly, we did not enter the game immediately. In the second half, we did much better, except for the game with an extra man. I have not seen out team so lost in the defense as in today’s game. I think all the fans liked the match, but not the coaches, a lot of emotions were spent, and it’s hard to control such matches.

Evgeny Kuksevich, Sibiryak head coach:
– In order to correspond to the level of a team such as Gazprom-UGRA, you have to play extremely self-disciplined, switching from moment to moment. Unfortunately, this component was not at its best today, as the rival is well-staffed and operates actively in the front line, straining defense, with well playing “pivots”. At least 4 goals we missed after the combination through the “pivots”. We need to analyze this type of the game and pull it up. The second point, after which the main threat came from the opponent is set-pieces.
I will note a bright and positive moment in our game that after missing goals, our team did not give up, instead we went ahead, trying to use our main trump card which is the game in the attack. Congratulations to everyone on the bright game, I think that today’s result is natural.

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Our players: Kupatadze, Slemzin, Shayakhmetov, Romulo, Lyskov, Afanasiev, Marcenio, Kotlyarov, Chishkala, Signev, Katata, Raykhel, Cherniy.
Goals: Shayakhmetov (2), Lyskov (2), Kotlyarov, Chishkala.