| PAVLYUCHENKO: BILL PLAYED AS IF PELE
The day after the World Cup play-off match against
Slovenia the forward of the Russian team Roman Pavlyuchenko talked to
Sport Express.
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Roman Pavlyuchenko Photo SPORT EXPRESS
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"Today the mood is much better," said the striker
of Tottenham. "And on Saturday night I felt very sad as if we lost."
"But I have a tried-and-true method to raise the spirits - to play
with my daughter."
"It was a surprise for me that I appeared in the starting squad.
Of course I hoped and did my utmost to be one of eleven but the circumstances
before the training camp did not contribute to this."
"The scheme is rather a vague notion it is unclear whether we played
4-3-3 or 4-4-2."
"We played actually without the right midfielder for the wing was
at disposal of Anyukov. Arshavin was a freelancer while I played on my
usual position."
"Guus forbid me to retreat for the ball. I was to always be on the
edge to make defenders look round. Attention distraction was necessary
to let Arshavin off the leash."
"But Slovenians acted so strict and attentive in defence that managed
to block both Andrey and me. It is a very good team and it was hard."
"Both Slovenian centre defenders are powerful but at the same time
rather mobile. It was difficult to jumble with them vying for the ball."
"But the matter is not mostly in individual features of the Slovenian
defence but in the well-organized team play."
"In the episode of the first goal I rebounded from the defender to
obtain the ball but when I turned around I was amazed to find Bill in
front of me."
"I do not understand it even now how he managed to get there. But
that moment I passed him and Diniyar did everything the way that probably
only Pele could do. Well done!"
"We could have scored more. Only I had three good moments. And in
the second half 3:0 looked nearer than 2:1."
"Probably it was extra optimism. Though we had chances. Had Diniyar
headed the ball several centimeters to the left and the goalie would not
be able to do anything."
"But people love football just because it is unpredictable. We are
to go through the entire test. We cannot it the other way."
"There is no catastrophe after all we are heading for Maribor with
a victory. We have to play more careful in defence and try to score."
Sport
Express Daily, 16 Nov 2009
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