Head coach of FC Sheriff Yuri Vernidub about the match with FC Zimbru:

 

- I said before the start of the game that we need to set the players. We had to close the game with a result of 5-6: 0 in the first half and play calmly. Unfortunately - implementation. Well two have scored. Although, to be honest, I liked Zimbru, the team resisted. The new coach has a lot of work, I think. I wish him patience and good luck.

 

- One got the impression that some of the players were already on vacation ...

- I said before the game that half of them had their suitcases packed. After the Champions League, those games, and here we go - it's very difficult. All three months, September, October, November, it was hard.

 

- The players are tired, are you tired?

- I'm very tired, psychologically. We need to rest, be with the family. The last three months have been very difficult in terms of emotions and health. It's okay, this is our job. One month is enough to recover, roll up your sleeves and start working in a new way.

 

- Do you have someone in mind whom you can purchase?

- I will not name the names, but there are quite a lot of players whom we consider, watch, observe, lead. It is possible that there will be new acquisitions. We are working. Although there was the Champions League and the Championship of Moldova, we constantly watched and examined. It is our life. We look at everything in advance.

 

- Draw is on Monday. Who would you like to be rivals? Maurizio Sarri, for example, would not want Sheriff ...

- It is hard to say. To be honest, I don't want Italians. I don’t know why, but I don’t want to. After the matches with Inter, I don’t want to. Nice and difficult Championship and teams with character. Of the rest, whoever will be will be. I would not like Dinamo Zagreb either, we have already met with them. I want someone new. I don’t want to guess. We will play on the 17th here, on the 24th away. Let's get ready.

 

- Do you know roughly when to get out of vacation?

- Yes. We will start working here on January 14th. With this covid - let's see how next. We have quite a lot of players of African national teams. They will leave, and on December 26 they are already being collected. In January, their African Cup begins, from January 9 to 24, and if they go further, then until February 6. It scares me. But the national team is the national team. I think this is normal. To date, there are three players who have already been called. I think that all those who have traveled will continue to do so - at least 5 players.