– First of all, I congratulate everyone on the victory. All players played well today. In the first half, things were a little different from the defense. Nevertheless, we scored a goal out of defense. In the second half, things were done better. After some quick marches, there were some good situations. We could have scored more goals. This result and goals were pleasant for both the club and the fans.
– In the first half, he played a lot with long passes, but there were many breaks. After starting to play passes from the ground, the situations increased and it became easier to complete the attack.
– We mainly want to play passes from the ground. We work hard on this in training. Our main focus is to play small and medium passes from the ground. However, there are teams in the league who defend in different ways. We always go to games with the second option. Yes, if the opponent’s territory is open, you can attack with a long pass. As you can tell, things didn’t look good in the first half. In the second half, we controlled the game through small and medium passes. We had more good situations. We don’t know how the opponents will come to the match with a defensive game, maybe they will defend deep, maybe they will meet a little earlier. Therefore, several options are taken into account. Players consider all options in the game and understand which option to play.
– The head coach of the opponents said that it was difficult to come to the game. He noted that several players in the team were at the wheel. How much did it affect the game?
– I didn’t know how the opponents came to the game. It’s always been a tough situation and it will take its toll. If you’re at the wheel and you’re coming to the game, then you can’t do your best. We saw the games of “Gijduvan”. They played a better game against other teams at home. Everyone saw that they ran out of energy in the second half. It would be rather rude to say that he stopped, he just lost his movements. This has a great impact on physical condition. It will be very difficult for the team to come to the game on the day of the game and go to the field without rest. We saw that.
– Can we say that Boyan Naydenov played his best game in “Lokomotiv”?
– There was a question about Boyan in the last match at our home ground. I said then that his level is high and that he will show his best games if he keeps opening such empty areas. He really played one of his best games today. Its potential is high. This is not his best level, he can play better. There were good passes and movements in his performance. His culture of passing, opening, playing forward is different. He could have scored a beautiful goal today. Journalists mainly look for beautiful situations, and even if he can’t play well and score a goal, he can say that he played well today. He played a really nice game today. He also played a big role in this victory.
– You reached senior coaching as a youth coach. What do you think is the reason for the rapid disappearance of young people these days? For example, “Lokomotiv” has such players. They played in the Super League last year, but now they are not even at the Pro League level.
– We will continue to work with young people. We really need young personnel. The club also has great efforts in working with young people. Other clubs have many options with young people. Why are young people not growing now? Big problems? One of the main problems in development is not only in the club, but also in his family life. I was just talking about this with a person at the club yesterday. A boy who used to spend 7-8 hours kicking a ball on the street now spends so much time on phones, tablets, and mobile games. No, I don’t call it the main reason. This also has its effect. In general, we continue to work with young people. We still have a lot of young people. I believe that a number of young people will appear and make their debut this season as well.