- The match was very difficult. There are no easy matches with the leaders of the Championship. Sheriff have their own peculiarities. They were hungry after their last home match. They had a desire and understanding that relaxation can lead to lose of points. And today our opponent started the match well. We started without proper concentration. We had two different halves. In the first 45 Sheriff had the advantage in all aspects. In the second 45 I think we were better than Sheriff. Maybe we woke up too late or these were individual mistakes that did not let us balance the scoring. We had many goal attempts. There are things to work on. I can understand the players. They adapted to the pitch. We train on the artificial turff and it is hard to switch to the natural one. 

- How would you characterize the state of your team? Is it what Speranta is able to do or was it thrown out of the stride after two quick conceded goals?
- I will say again. We had two different halves. In the first 45 they dominated in all aspects. And if you watched the second 45, Sheriff were worse than us. We can play better. We lack stability. But we were better than the host team in the second half. Of course, we can play better. There are things to work on. Barcelona can do better, Real Madrid can do better and Sheriff can do better. We should have started the first half better. We started the first half real bad. You saw two different halves yourselves. Any way, in the second half we showed that we can do better. And it is obvious. 

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