Rolan Gusev: "This match can be called the main one in my coaching career"

— Can we say that this is the main match in your coaching career?

— For today – of course.

— And for Dynamo this season?

— Absolutely.

— What did you tell your players before the game?

— There is not much to say here. The main thing is the awareness of every football player and coaching staff that this is going to be the match. Either the player in his head realizes what this match means, or he doesn't.

— Today you made a choice in favor of Andrei Lunev in the goal. What is the reason for this?

— First of all, his experience. I rely on the opinion of the goalkeeper coach, and together with him it was decided that Lunev should start the game.

— What is the strength of the current Krasnodar?

— Everyone knows their strengths. This is an aggressive team with its leaders – Cordoba, Spertsyan. They make a lot of long passes, play a lot of flanks. You can list their merits for a long time.

— You had two more days to recover. Does this give an advantage to your team?

— I think it doesn't really matter. Playing in three days on the fourth is an absolutely normal schedule.