The head coach of Dynamo Marcel Licka answered journalists' questions after the cup match against Krylia Sovetov Samara ( 5:1)
— The team showed a very good, intense game on Sunday and set the bar high. It was a big challenge for today's squad — these players had to show that they could compete with the starting players. And they proved it. There was an excellent implementation, it's always nice to score five goals.
— How can you evaluate the debut of El-Mehdi Maouhoub?
— Mehdi waited for his passport for two weeks after the Olympics. So upon arrival, he started working individually. Yesterday he had a heavy workload, after lunch he trained with the first team. Today I gave him 15 minutes, and after the match he still ran around the field. It's good that there will be a break for national team games soon — he will regain his shape during this time.
— Luka Gagnidze was replaced due to injury. How serious is his damage?
— He twisted his ankle, we'll see tomorrow when the swelling goes down. Perhaps he won't even go to Oremburgo, where there is an artificial field at the stadium. We'll see.
— He was replaced by Bitello,, and it seemed that at the beginning of the second half, "Wings" took the initiative and had more possession of the ball in the opponent's half of the field.
— Yes, they tried to have possession of the ball, but the sharpness was rather on our side, and the play between the lines was very good. The Samara team rolled the ball from flank to flank, but did not create any sharpness. Our defensive line did not sit deep. Central defenders tried to go out against attackers and attacking midfielders
It's clear that there are periods in the game when the ball is mostly with the opponent. The main thing is that we were able to stop the opponents well and break out of defense through passing. In the moment when Mehdi scored a goal, we reached the goal in two passes — it's a shame that Makarov was slightly offside. This is what I want to see because the ball always flies faster than a player runs. We need to speed up the game through passing and run less with the ball
