André Villas-Boas: “Zenith” has created 25 scoring chances – Soviet Sport

B is not really spectacular match with “Mordovia” head coach
 “Zenith” Andre Villas-Boas has counted as many as a quarter of hundreds of chances to score the winning
 goal.

Andrey Gordeev: DESTINY return us GLASSES

Mentor “Mordovia” Andrey Gordeev very happy with a draw
 Petersburg.

– good evening for us. Understand that “Zenith” – the leader
 our championship, is in good condition. It was important to play
 selflessly. We knew it would be a lot of struggle that we have to endure,
 spend a lot of time in the defense. This we have. Probably, after the match
 already comes the thought that they could better manage our counterattacks, but
 Overall, it is not necessary to dissemble, we are satisfied. I want to thank the guys for challenging
 work. We need to score points. Probably somewhere in the fate of us
 returns. In many games it was impossible to hold the advantage, and today
 scored a very important point, with which I congratulate the fans of our team.

– How important was it for you no
 at the “Zenith” Hulk?

– The lack of leadership affects the game of any team. Hulk
 It means a lot to the “Zenith”. Incorrect to say that we were pleased that he
 I do not play, but that it was not, in some degree helped us.

André Villas-Boas: the judge did not put in the gate “Mordovia”
 Clear penalty

Head coach of “Zenith” Andre Villas-Boas explained loss
 implementation of the zero points and the referee Michael Vilkova mistake.

– The reason for the loss of points in a lack of efficiency in front
 gate. Score a goal, we – would all be pleased with the result because we have created
 25 dangerous moments. The mood is bad, because we played a draw at home, but I
 I can not reproach the team for any mistakes. We went ahead and created moments
 but they missed. Dziuba, Shatov, Yusupov Smolnikov, Witsel – everyone can
 Score. A similar match was with the “Kuban”, but we did not miss this time. We have
 It was 25-26 moments. We lack implementation, and we continue to lose points
 his field.

– How do you plan to replace Hulk? He
 will be ready to play with “Lyon»?

– Yes, it will. We decided to keep it because there was a risk
 recurrence of muscle injury. We had to be careful. Of course, we had
 several solutions to this problem, but once again: we have created as much
 scoring chances, but to create without it. He helps out a lot this season
 - Hammers, it sends, but the team has created a lot of chances, not enough
 Only implementation and luck.

– There is hope to catch up with CSKA?

– The situation is difficult for us. It is necessary to collect all possible
 glasses and wait misfires from CSKA Moscow, but I see a positive thing that we
 still we are fighting – with CSKA and “Locomotive”, which also applies for
 high places. Ahead of face to face meetings with direct competitors, they will also
 play with each other, and we believe that they can catch up with them. We had to
 maintain a distance of 8 points. But last season, when we became champions,
 we had a big gap, then it is greatly reduced. While a lot of points at stake,
 we believe that everything is possible, even in a tournament of 30 rounds 10 points difference
 - A lot.

– There was no desire early release
 second striker Dolgov before substitute Danny, who had many
 errors?

– No, Danny – a player who is able to pay their last
 pass. Such important players left on the field even after the error because
 they can create chances to score in the next attack. Sometimes he loses the ball,
 sometimes he takes a pass that regret the losses do not have to.

As for the substitutions I have no regrets. There was a lot of shelters,
 but we issue debt when considered necessary. We are looking for opportunities to score
 a goal that would make “Mordovia” go ahead and open up.

Also, I must say that at the moment Shatov 68 minutes
 It was a clear penalty. The referee had to appoint him, and not to give finish
 time in such a situation. Everyone looks at the ball, which makes the defender and
 goalkeeper fouls. This decision directly affected the result. CSKA put such
 penalty, we – no. That is the difference. This is not the first time a judge in matches
 “Zenith” has these in favor of our opponents. So it was in the past,
 season, when the “Krasnodar” included a goal from offside. This season we are
 suffer from such decisions than in the past.

Match

Zenit – Mordovia – 0: 0

Ingredients

Zenith: Lodygin, Lombaerts, Anyukov (Smolnikov, 67), Garay, Criscito, Shatov (Long, 87), Yusupov (Ryazantsev, 59), Danny, Javi Garcia, Witsel, Dziuba

Mordovia: Revishvili, Rykov, Thomas Phibel , Dudiev, Tishkin, Stevanovic (Djalo, 59), Vlasov (Bober, 90), Mahmudov, Mukhametshin (Sysuev, 69), Le Tallec, Lutsenko

Warnings:

Danny, 90 – Tishkin, 71; Makhmudov, 73; Revishvili, 90

Judge:

Michael Plug (Nizhny Novgorod)

Location and date

October 31 17:00 Peter, Text translation

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