CSKA midfielder Alan Dzagoev spoke about the goals of the team for the second part of the RPL season and spoke about the performances of Russian clubs in European competitions.
– Where do you see CSKA this season?
– As I said, I have one goal in my mind – first place. If we think that the second line will also become a success, we will only lose it. We must always strive for gold.
Yes, now you can think of a second place. Given the situation – a big margin and a stable game Zenith– It would be nice to get into the Champions League. But if we focus on this, they will stop being afraid of us. And CSKA must be afraid!
– “Zenith”, having gone by 10 points, is so superior in quality to all the others?
– “Zenit” plays high-quality, the selection of players is very strong. They were bought by good football players, and experienced, which is important. Even the Glory of Karavaev can’t be attributed to youth – a man played in Europe.
But we lost too many points – this is for sure. Like the Lokomotiv. I can’t say that they should have won all the matches, but they gave away some of their “matches”. Even with this in mind, Zenit would still be ahead, but not by such a margin.
– What happened to CSKA in the Europa League?
– No matter what they say about bad luck or youth, we should not allow this. Too few points scored, scored just two goals in 6 matches … In each meeting, we had the prerequisites to win, but it turned out only once.
The worst Europa League for CSKA in my memory. If we consider ourselves a strong team, then, I repeat, we should not allow this. And I definitely think CSKA is a strong team.
– The Euro season turned out to be the worst for all of Russian football in principle – no one made it to Euro Spring. Does this speak generally about our level?
“I don’t think so.” Objectively, everything is dull – we lose euro points, we lost one place in the Champions League. Of course, the level fell a little, but not so much. At least in the Europa League, our teams must leave the group, it has always been so. It just happened, ”said Dzagoev.
In the current Europa League draw, CSKA took last place in Group H, gaining 5 points.
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