“Why should we prioritize the Russian Cup? The championship is the main tournament” – Akron Coach

The Head Coach”Akron » Yevgeny Kaleshin MATCH PREMIER said on air that the team does not consider it a priority to play the Russian Cup this season.

The Togliatti club will play with Krasnodar in the final of the FONBET Path of the Regions of the Russian Cup on May 3. Earlier, Akron eliminated Moscow Torpedo, Lokomotiv, Dynamo and Spartak from the tournament. Akron is 13th in the MELBET League One standings.

– We hope that there will be no more matches like with Dynamo. We are working on bugs. The match was of poor quality, the opponent dominated us (Akron won on penalties).

We focus on the quality of the game. We lost against Neftekhimik 0-3 (in the First League), but it was not a bad game in our performance, we made a big mistake, we can say that we have scored two goals ourselves. Why prioritize the Cup? The championship is the main tournament.

Krasnodar has improved a lot in the spring, you can see the hallmarks of training, the team is well prepared physically, I haven’t seen such intensity for a long time. The team has become stronger in terms of mobility and athleticism. It will be impossible to dominate against such a team for a long time, but we also have strong qualities, we will try to make it very difficult for them too.

– Have you forgotten all the previous victories?

– Judging by the way the players train, yes. There was a difficult game against Kuban, we could have won, but we stay on the pitch and we constantly tell the players that we have to play a little better in each game.

– Would you accept a penalty shootout in the game against Krasnodar?

– No, because we want to play well, – Kaleshin told the 8-16 program on MATCH PREMIER.

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