Olga Smorodskaya: “I hope the team will make everybody happy by its game in the sequel as well”

The president of FC Lokomotiv Olga Smorodskaya has answered on the questions of Radio Sport.

- Do you plan to venture more high task, than place in the Top-3?

- For sure we want to venture. If club doesn`t have such ambitions, there is no sense to play football. However it`s early now to say if we realize these ambitions. Place in Top-3 is the immediate task for us now.

- Did you expect that new, unknown before coach-foreigner would become so good acquisition?

- Yes, I expected. But there are two different states: to expect and to get a result. Selection of the coach is a very difficult issue for any club, percent of uncertainty at the moment of making a decision is quite high. Sometimes even coaches with big names can`t work successfully. The final result is the riddle always. Today`s results of Lokomotiv are the merit of Couceiro for sure.

- What are the main nuances in work of Jose Couceiro?

- Firstly he is a professional. He understands what is football, and he is hip to all the newest tendencies of football. Secondly, how it seems to me, we have a good squad and for Couceiro it`s interesting to work with these players. Thirdly he has found the common language with all the players.

- How have you succeeded in transfer work and divined with new players?

- We had not been divining with new players. The serious work was done. We tried to minimize the probability of the mistake in our transfer work. It`s very important to get an excellent player and a good person as well. In this case adaptation is going easier. Now it`s the perfect atmosphere in Lokomotiv and I hope the team will make everybody happy by its game in the sequel as well as now.

- What is the goal of the club in the Europa League?

- We move step by step. Unfortunately it`s impossible to plan everything. So the team meets the challenges which are urgent at the moment.