Andrey Talalayev, head coach of "Baltika", about the victory over "Ural": "I had to take off my hat and gloves and start swearing"

Baltika Kaliningrad won the home match of the 20th round of the Russian Football Championship (FNL) against Ural Yekaterinburg with a score of 2:1.

After the fight, the head coach of the Kaliningrad team, Andrei Talalayev, shared his impressions of the game. He noted that he did not expect his team to win, but was very pleased with the result. "I was very worried before the match. Ural is a strong team, and we didn't have much time to prepare," he said.

Talalayev also praised the team's defensive play. "The guys played very disciplined and didn't give Ural much room to attack. We were able to create some good chances and eventually won the match," he said.

The head coach of "Ural" Alexander Tarkhanov admitted that his team was not ready for such a game. "We made too many mistakes and allowed the opponent to score easy goals. We will work on our mistakes and try to improve our results in the next matches," he said.

The victory over "Ural" allowed "Baltika" to climb to third place in the FNL standings. The team from Kaliningrad now has 34 points, two points behind the leader "Zenith-2" from St. Petersburg.

Goals:

• Baltika: Evgeniy Gorodov (30'), Maksim Matveev (59')
• Ural: Yuriy Bavin (86')