In the central game of the 1st round of the Russian Premier League, Rostov and the defending champion Zenit faced each other. The game came out really forceful, and its outcome was decided in the last minutes. The yellow-blues converted a penalty at 90+2, and the score went up to 1:1. After the match, Rostovites captain Danil Glebov gave an exclusive interview to Sovetsky Sport, in which he spoke about the Karpin team’s championship ambitions, about the day Rostov occupied Wagner PMC and about his criminal past in Tomsk .
Photo source: FC Rostov
– Today turned out to be a difficult game, they snatched a tie in the last minutes. Satisfied with the result?– In general satisfied. I think that with today’s game we should have won. They had the advantage: in shots and shots on goal. I think they played well.
– What are the tasks facing Rostov this season? Is there any goal to improve today’s result?– Of course, there is a goal to improve last year’s result, to be in the top three. We go from game to game. The goal is to win every game. Everything is very simple, and we are moving, then from one game to another.
Photo source: RIA Novosti
– Do you think Rostov will become the champion this year?– Like without him. We believe and work on it to be as high as possible at the end of the championship. There is always faith in one’s success, there is also enough desire to win, whether it works out or not, we will see at the end of the season.
– This summer, Rostov is restless due to events related to PMCs. “Wagner». Can you remember that day? How did it go?– We’re ok. There are no more unpleasant moments for us. Ready for everything. We are at the base, trained. Somehow it was like that.
Photo source: FC Rostov
– Now you are 23 years old, you are already the captain of one of the best RPL clubs. Do you want to play in Europe?– I think that every normal footballer wants to go play in Europe, I think there are those ambitions. While I stay in Rostov. But everything is possible in the future. Of course, I would like to see my level in the top 5.
– The announcement of the match was made in the style of the Petersburg gangster. Have there been situations of this type in your life?– There was a lot of crime in my life. I remember when I was 13 years old, I was still in Tomsk, I talked with the guys who were in their yard concepts. I came back very late, my grandmother was worried about me. One day, she found a baseball bat at my house. Whipped with a towel, knocked out the drug. In this sense, it is still very good that football has become an important part of life, there was not enough time for stupid things.
Photo source: FC Rostov
– What do you think, how correct is it to be nostalgic for the 90s in the current situation in the country?– I was not living at that time, so I can not judge. In principle, he is hard at all times in his own way, there is no escape from this. It’s a matter of your personal perception, I think.
