St. PETERSBURG, Aug 6, Dmitry Edigarev. After the departure of the Brazilian striker Malcolm from the St. Petersburg «Zenith» in the Saudi «Al-Hilal» with the «blue-white-blue» did not become easier to play, the goalkeeper of the Moscow «Dynamo» Anton Shunin told reporters.
Russian Premier League (RPL)06 August 2023 • Start at 19:00End
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On Sunday, Dynamo beat Zenit on the road in the match of the third round of the Russian Championship with a score of 3:2. Malcolm moved to Zenit in the summer of 2019 from Spanish Barcelona. As part of the St. Petersburg club, the Brazilian became a four-time champion of Russia, and also won the Russian Cup once and won four Russian Super Cups. At the end of the last season, he became the top scorer and was recognized as the best player in the Russian Premier League.
«It's not easier to play against Zenit without Malcolm. They're a great team. We started well, but we conceded an optional goal. We may not be enough to finish the game, but we look physically better with every game. The coach (Marcel Lichka) said: «If you are afraid, buy diapers, but we will play the way I see football. Let's play, play the ball. Either you play like this, or other players will be bought into your positions.» Therefore, we try to do what the coach wants and slowly move forward. We spent a lot of energy in the first half, we played well. At the installation, the coach said: «If you want beat Zenit, then there will be no result if the opponent owns 60% of the advantage. It should be at least 50/50. “I don’t know what the percentage ratio is in the end, but we tried and scored,” Shunin said.
«We act the same way every game. But there are moments that we still don't understand. But football has changed compared to last season. Now even goalkeepers come into the game much more often than before. We have a new tradition after the game. There is a Lion cap Yashin. Lichka said that after the victories he would give the cap to the best player, and he should say a few words. Today Lichka said that everyone did well, the victory is common, so everyone is the best. We decided to give him this cap, since he was the best today And he put it on,” added Shunin.