Head coach of Baltika Kaliningrad Sergei Ignashevich said on that the changes in the starting lineup of the team for the semi-final second leg of the RPL FONBET Russian Cup with CSKA in comparison with the match in Russian Championship against Akhmat are related to strategy.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday in Moscow, starting at 7:30 p.m. (Moscow time). Watch the live broadcast from 19:00 (Moscow time) on the channel, matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
— How the crushing victory against Akhmat (7:1) affected the team. Did she inspire her? Or maybe another way?
– Only positive things. [Получили] lots of good emotions and good memories. We hope that we will continue in the same spirit.
— Today, there are eight changes in the squad compared to the Grozny match. Why is it that in the first match against CSKA the whole team played, but now there are people who appear as substitutes or rarely play at all?
— The current composition is the optimal combination for today.
— This has nothing to do with the fact that there is a priority in the fight to keep a place in the RPL, and just in case, there is a Path of the Regions in the Russian Cup?
– Of course we are not relegated, it is also a certain strategy. We understand that in four days we have a championship game. Why is Andrade captain? Since we have all the captains in reserve, we decided to give the captain’s armband to the player who occupies a key position. In the second half, Ostojic, who is ours, will come into play [основным] captain.
— Have you trained for penalties?
“No, we didn’t have time,” Ignashevich said on .
Source : MatchTV
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