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Football April 1, 2016, Friday. 11:45

On the eve of the match against CSKA Moscow head coach of the “Zenith” Andre Villas-Boas gave a press conference at which he praised Slutsky counterpart.

3 April held the central game of the second round of Premier League, “Zenit” will take on CSKA “Petrovsky”. To maintain a realistic chance to compete for gold medals, the current Russian champion must defeat the leader. Two days before the match, the St. Petersburg team held an open training session, and its head coach Andre Villas-Boas gave a press conference. What a revelation on the eve of the most important battles of the AVB journalists have not heard, the Portuguese have not even been able to give a precise answer to the question whether the defense will enter the field leader of the blue-white-blue Ezequiel Garay. Villas-Boas has admitted that all Zenit played well enough at the “Stade de France”, even though the goals scored by Alexander Kokorin and Yuri Zhirkov also AVB praised by Leonid Slutsky, because he was not in the team squeeze advantage for CSKA, loading the players of the two teams in different ways

-. Andre, the condition of the players, “Zenith” have returned from their national teams
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 - Today we spend only the first full workout after gather the whole team, look at the condition of the children. Hulk yesterday at five in the evening returned from the location of the Brazilian national team. But most important in this situation that the players avoided injury

-. As now feels Argentine center back Ezequiel Garay? Will he be able to take part in the match against CSKA Moscow?

 - Garay trained the last two weeks, his condition became better. Do you remember that he had a muscle problem. In this situation, you do not want to expose Esekielya additional risk. Especially in the match with the “Wings of the Soviets,” we did not miss goals, so that in the absence of acting effectively in the defense. Of course, Garay – a very important player for the “Zenith”. However, we will take the decision that is best for the team. Luís Neto and Nicolas Lombaerts performing at a good level

-. Quite a lot of Zenit played for the Russian team against the French. Alexander Kokorin and Yuri Zhirkov even scored a goal. How to evaluate the effectiveness of actions of the wards in the “Stade de France»?

 - The game ended with a disappointing result for the team of Russia. Of course, goals scored – nice and important fact for the players, but in general, all the players of the Russian team were not the best way. I think the guys would be happy if played more efficiently. We must be realistic about things. But it was a friendly match, so the result made no difference. I am sure that the Russian national team – a strong team, which manages a good coach. It is in any case will allow. It seems to me, and Zenit, and “CSKA” will prefer to forget a meeting in France in order to fully concentrate on the next game in the “Petrovsky»

-. What can you say about today’s CSKA? You mentioned earlier that the “army” is one of the most recognizable and stable teams in the Russian championship. Maybe, something new to add in connection with the advent of the opponent based on Roman Shirokov and Aleksandr Golovin?

 - I can not speak for the CSKA coach, because he works with players on a daily basis and has more information about the system of preparation of teams, the status of players. No insider information on this subject I do not possess. Of course, with the advent of Shirokov, Golovin and other new players, “CSKA” got a good gain. Still, we are talking about the masters of the Russian national team level. In general, the composition of CSKA has changed little over the past three years. “CSKA” in any case very strong, and we know about their cards. I think if I “Zenith” successfully played with CSKA, except that you can exclude the match away in the current season, which ended in a draw – 2: 2. I hope to win “army” in the “Petrovsky”. This success will be very important from the point of view of the fight for the gold medal, he will reveal to us the opportunity to once again compete for the title. We make every effort to take the chance

-. Leonid Slutsky was working a few days in the Russian national team with players of “Zenith”, aware of the pros and cons of their current status. Can it give any advantage CSKA
-? Indeed, Slutsky have certain information about the status and motivation of “Zenith” players. Of course, it is quite difficult when your colleague at the same time head of the national team coach and is a competitor in the fight for the championship. But I must say that Slutsky – a decent and honest man. This is evidenced by the way he behaved as led the team in the match with France. No reason to doubt coach of CSKA did not give in its objectivity. He tried not to extract some advantage from the situation

-. Two weeks elapse before such an important match – it is good or bad for the players? On the one hand, the players could be disconnected from the pressure on the eve of a meeting with CSKA Moscow, on the other hand, left for prefabricated …

 - We went to the national team is very large group of players. Staying here gave the guys a little rest, and then they returned to training. You know that travel and work in the national team are heavy for the players. For example, the Belgians are very difficult exercise. They spent a lot of effort, but had only one friendly match. Again, the important thing is that the guys are back in the “Zenith” without injury. I’m happy about it. I do not want to complain about the calendar teams.

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