“We arrived in Moscow a day before the tournament to RPL’s anniversary to play with age mates from Lokomotiv, to test our preparation, to realize what their train, to see their game pattern. No matter how a game would go we needed transit from defense not by kicking a ball away. Our mistakes leaded us to 0:5 lost. We were outplayed tactically. All our strengths were neutralized by their pressing and guarding all over the pitch. Anyway we played our football. The result was not important for me, I wanted to see how we realize what has been worked on. Considering all the circumstances. For example we came on the pitch from our indoor arena for the first time after summer-autumn period. We have not played there for a long time.”
Tournament match consisted of 2 period of 8 minutes each (8 players+1). And so contest took only 1 day. Altai-2001 got 5th place out of 8. We defeated Spartak and got a draw game with Atlant from Reutov. Our boys were simply tired, they were full up. And the result was not so vital again. However Danil Zaretski got the Most Valuable Player! Oleg Kiushkin communicated with other coaches, looking how they live and work. It is common knowledge that stewing in one’s own juice for a long time is not very helpful. Many players showed their worth. Not to mention that our team spent at the airport many more hours (instead of 10 pm they took off in 7 am), but, as coach said, nobody complained and cried, they acquited themselves like men.
