- We are pleased to hear from the opponent’s coach that we could show a fight. We took into account the factors that can help us achieve positive result. I think character came first. We needed to achieve a result and we are glad we could make it a draw. We wanted to win but the draw is probably an appropriate result of today’s match. We will make analysis, this match became a lesson to us. As I told before, our team is at the stage of formation. We want to build a strong team that will play equal with all opponents.

You started to make substitutions only by the end of the match whereas FC Sheriff started to make them earlier. What is it connected with?
- Taking into consideration the match sheet, FC Sheriff players are all of good level. We had seven players on the substitutes’ bench, four of whom are quite young. In this way Lilian Mikhailovich could strengthen the game. We are just looking for the players who can make our team stronger. Moreover, there is a strategy for the match. We led the scoring and FC Sheriff had to come back, that is why they made substitutions.
 
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