Viktor Obinna: I know that I can play better

On the next day after match in Graz Nigerian forward of Lokomotiv Viktor Obinna in the interview for club`s press office had remembered the details of game in Graz, where he scored one goal, and had told as well about his adaptation in Russia.

- Have you ever witnessed such situations, when the kick-off is delayed due to problems with electricity on the stadium?

- In that places, where I was born, such stories happens sometimes. However it concerns only matches of Nigerian championship – I don`t remember such accidents on national team games. In Europe I have never witnessed such situations as well. When you appear on the pitch and suddenly you are asked to wait 40 minutes more it puts out for sure. But I think we had kept the concentration and that incident hadn`t become a big problem for us.

- Remember, please, the episode when you scored the goal.

- For sure I lucked out. I even don`t remember how the ball had jumped to my hip. The most important is that after that touch the ball crossed the goal line. It`s possible to say that I had appeared in the right place in the right time. In general for striker it`s not important, how to score, the most important – how much.

- Did Sturm surprise you?

- I wouldn`t say that. It`s a good team, but our players are stronger and we just realized our advantage in the quality. Surely we wanted to score the third goal. And we had a few chances to do it, while Sturm wasn`t allowed to create something.

- You score in the second match in succession. Is it possible to say that you have already fully adapted to Lokomotiv and feel yourself on 100 percent?

- Not yet. I know that I can play better and bring more benefit for the team. But I need time. From game to game my mutual understanding with team-mates is growing and I know better already what to expect from them and they – from me.  

- And how about your adaptation in Russia outside the pitch?

- It`s good. I like Moscow, I don`t face serious difficulties in everyday life. Though in last two months there a were a lot of games, I went to national team as well and it seems that for all this time I had spent no more than one week in my Moscow flat.