Former CSKA Moscow defender Vladimir Ponomarev talked about preparing the players for the start of the new season. Speaking about the match that the army team will play with Zenit in the Russian Super Cup match, the player stated that they are preparing for the new season even on vacation, noting that it is now difficult to evaluate the form of the athletes.
“Naturally, the beginning of this season. We rested in the winter, and after a month we retired to the training process – first in Moscow, then we went to the training camp. And now the players continue to train all the time, even when they go on vacation. How can you exist without football? I can’t imagine, It means not loving football.
When we went to Kislovodsk, the Dynamo team led by Konstantin Beskov was resting there. There were four of us from the army, and there were six of us from Dynamo in Beskov. So Beskov got us and them a friendly futsal match. You have to fall in love with football, then everything will be fine. And it’s not good to expect big wages and exist with football. You must be a patriot of the team, your fans and your Fatherland, Ponomarev told socialbites.ca.
The match between Zenit and CSKA to be played on Saturday, July 15th in Kazan will start at 17:00 Moscow time. Competitors will be judged by Sergey Karasev.
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