Stanislav Cherchesov: "In the second half, they could not withstand the pace of the game"

The head coach of the Russian national football team Stanislav Cherchesov at a press conference after a control meeting with Gana ( 1: 0 ) noted that he liked the game of his team in the first half. According to the mentor, in the second half the Russians lost the pace of the match.

“The first half we were more successful. What we played, we succeeded, we trained and modeling the moment with Smolov’s goal, there were a few more similar situations,” said Cherchesov, whose words quoted the RFU press service . “In the second half we could not withstand such a pace - weakened the replacements that did not give us strengthening. In the future, we will do so that there are no such casus repeated. "

When asked why Igor Akinfeev stood again at the goal of the Russian national team, Cherchesov replied that Soslan Dzhanaev had a small injury. And the coach explained the choice of the game scheme for four defenders with the desire to use the players using this tactic in clubs.

“We played in Turkey, because it was necessary - Kudryashov and Novoselsev from Rostov have long been accustomed to such a scheme,” Cherchesov said. “Football players from clubs where only four defenders were played today. We wanted to create more in the attack. I think it was more acute today than in Turkey.”