Today the Russian national men's beach soccer team became champions of the European Games after defeating the team of Italy 3:2. "Yes, we did it,’’ head coach of Russia in beach football Mikhail Likhachev said in an interview with a correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza.
"Today we had an unusual schedule, but we successfully overcame it. We have done everything correctly, prepared in the right way. I am very glad that we won. You cannot imagine what it means to us, because we don’t know if it will become an Olympic sport. We believe that it will. For us, these competitions are real Olympic Games. I believe that we are the Olympic champions, " the head coach of the Russian team said.
"I would like to underline the level of football at the tournament. In my opinion, it was one of the best tournaments in the history of beach soccer. The beach football games have a very high heat of struggle in all matches. You can see the number of come-backs. Even a score of 4:0 cannot guarantee victory. And it proves the fact that all the teams that played here have the same level. And this fact makes me glad, as our team is bit stronger than them,’’ said Mikhail Likhachev.
"That was the final game now, and the winner receives gold. We have a victorious mood, no matter who our opponent is,’’ the goalkeeper of the Russian national team of beach soccer, Andrey Bukhlitsky, said in an interview for Vestnik Kavkaza.
