Today the team went to the morning training session as planned, successfully conducted it and returned back to the hotel for lunch and rest before the evening excercises. After lunch Luvannor Henrique showed his knowledge of Russian language:

Luvannor, tell some words about training session.
Everything is ok, we have some fatigue after the game, there is some tension in legs, the game was hard. We played well. Training camp is going as planned.

What aims does the head coach set to you for the rest of the training camp?
We will work hard. Our head coach always demands more from us regarding our training sessions  and games - he always demand maximum commitment on the pitch.

Tell about your impressions on the game with Rubin.
It was a hard game. Rubin is a good team from Russian premier-league. They constantly play in the Champions League. The opponent was tough and we tried to play good against them. Everybody on the pitch tried to do their best and the game was not bad.

What do you think, why we couldn't hold the victory and the match ended in a draw?
In the first half there played the main squad, in the second half other footballers came out, who needed game practice too. They in the second half also changed the squad and put new players on the pitch, strong as well. Maybe that is why we couldn't hold the victory.

In the second half we put young players in squad. Could you evaluate their game, please?
I think that they played normally, they need the experience of playing against good team as well.

Next game we will play against "Ludogorets". What do you think about this opposition?
I think we have to do our best, to work hard and to think about the victory. We have to show them that Sheriff is a strong team.

Now Vladislav Stoyanov is in Ludogorets. Our team knows him well. Will it be easier for us to score?
Stoyanov is a good goalkeeper. If he plays against us - he will play as usual, as any goalkeeper. Any goalie can have a good day and a bad day. If he has a good day, he will play well. We will need to convert our goal-scoring opportunities, when they occur.

Do you want to score against him?
If I have the opportunity - of course I do (laughing). But I don't want to score only in this particular game - I try to score in every match.

Lately you do not produce so many shots and we know you have a good shot. Why is it so?
Now I play far from goal, in defense. When I have the opportunity, I go to attack, but now I have less moments.

You know, Dani Alves, brazilian as well, from Barcelona, plays left back too, attacks a lot and scores goals.
Yes, I know. I'm not too used currently to the position of defender - I played attacker more. Now I try to do my best as a defender.

Sheriff now is the first in the league. Is the team sure in its capabilities to become a champion?
Of course, we think a lot about it, that we have to work to become champions. We played good in the first half of the championship and now we will play even better.

What does the team have to do with it?
We have to work and work, follow the coaches demands, because he knows how we have to play, better than us. He sees us from distance, knows where we play good or bad. We have to listen to him and try to show 1000% commitment if we want to become the champions.

A minute later we said goodbye to Luvannor. In the evening the team will do excercises in gym.

FC Sheriff Press Service