The head coach CSKA Marko Nikolic On , he said he was setting maximum goals for the team for the season.
The first round match of the group stage of the Russian Football Cup RPL FONBET “Krasnodar” – CSKA will take place on Wednesday in Krasnodar and will start at 21:00 Moscow time.
— What are the goals for the Cup this season? Are you happy to return to Krasnodar?
— A beautiful southern city, a beautiful stadium. These are good conditions. Well done for creating such conditions. We are playing the Cup against a good team, they and we have substitutes in our squad. We will have a lot of young players on the pitch today. But that does not mean we will not fight. The goal is always to get results, we will do everything to make it work. Second difficult away game in a row, looking for lines. If we maintain the level of discipline as in the last games, then we have a chance to get a good result.
It is too early to talk about Cup opportunities now. At the beginning of the season, we do not know what the line-ups will be, what the level of play will be. Our task is to fight for the top. Personally, I do not like anything less than the highest places in the Cup and the Championship, and neither does the club. I do not know what Krasnodar’s goals are. But they have a quality team and players. If everything goes well, they will be at the top of the table and will go deep into the Cup.
We are already playing differently, we have not had time to carry out a major restructuring and the line-ups for the season are not yet clear. Of course, when it becomes clear, we will rebuild. Now I am satisfied with the appearance of the team in the first two games, we must continue like this. It will be a difficult match. It will be very interesting to see how the young team will behave in front of a full stadium.
— Should we be afraid of Fedor Smolov today?
– Smolov is on the bench today, I think. We had a very good relationship, he showed high-quality football then. He is one of the best Russian footballers of the last 15 years. Glad to meet him here. But there will be a fight on the pitch, I want victory today,” Nikolic told .
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