"The first game is always difficult": Popovich and Krivyh - about the victory over Tambov
— The first game is always difficult. Especially since it was a little early. But I didn't want to turn it down if we have a chance to play with a Superleague team. Besides, Daniil Aksenov and Pavel Zemsky trained with the main team. We still won, some elements in defence were good, some were bad. The same on offence. We will work further.
How do I evaluate the preparation of the team at the moment? So far everything is going well. Thank God, there are no injuries, that's the most important thing. We have a lot to work on in defence and offence. This is just the beginning. The championship starts in October, so we have a lot of work to do.
Zenit-2 center Ilya Krivyh also shared his emotions after the game.
— I think the team played well. We didn't have much time to prepare, but we performed well. We didn't take many shots and had a poor free throw percentage. How do I feel in a new team? Unusual. I never thought that I would play for Zenit. I like everything, I feel comfortable in the team. I assess my game today as not very good. I fouled a lot and didn`t get into the rhythm. I made wrong decisions, I'm not ready for such contact.
