Dynamo caretaker manager Pavel Alpatov answered journalists' questions after the match with Orenburg (0:3).
— Today Orenburg were stronger and played football better than us. Congratulations to Marcel Licka on the win.
— Has the artificial pitch affected Dynamo play? Many teams complain about it.
— No, the pitch is the same for every team, as the ball is.
— What was the reason for Fedor Smolov's absence in the squad?
— He had an injury, so he did not take part in the week-long training cycle and did not play today.
— What was not enough for the team to keep the spot in the top five, in which Dynamo stayed for a long time?
— It is difficult to answer this question. If the answers were on the surface, then we would have drawn conclusions much earlier and would have fought for not only the top five, but also the top three.
— At the beginning of the year if someone had said that Dynamo would be defeated by Orenburg in the last round, few people would have believed it. What was the main problem in your opinion?
— I don't think the problem is related to today's match. If we were in a different situation, then the game would have been different, for sure.
— What could you say to the fans after such a season?
— I can say that we have the most loyal fans who are patiently waiting for positive results from us. Last season we managed to take the third place, to make them happy, as we had not been in the top three for a long time before. Unfortunately, this year we could not do this.