Today, Dinamo players held a pre-match training at Dinamo Arena. Before that, Giorgi Tchiabrishvili and Zoran Marusic answered the questions of journalists.
Giorgi Tchiabrishvili: I think that the loss against Astana on aggregate was a football misfortune. When you lose deservedly, you don't have to worry about being outplayed by your rival and are accepting the result. In this case, it's a bit difficult to keep your spirits up, because overcoming the Astana barrier was a priority for us. Therefore, after failure, we try to get out of stress. There is an important game ahead, nobody is in an ideal mood, but we will try our best to overcome this misfortune.
The first game against Hamrun was bad, I admit, but there are times when you are unlucky. There was a chance to postpone Georgian Cup game, FC Locomotive agreed, but I didn't want to get out of tune, I thought it would be better for us to play. In the previous game, many people did not understand that I substituted Maisuradze and Tabidze because of injury. At such times, two changes in defense are not made unless you have to do it. I don't hesitate to admit it, but this was not my idea. My biggest critic is myself.
Today, Dinamo is not strong enough for the coach to make predictions. One thing we know is that with work, with the right approach, this team has a future. We see our real strength in the European tournaments: we have a strong team in the Georgian championship, but in the European tournaments it seems that we are not strong. This is not a good reality, so we have to jump over ourselves to show results. We are not the kind of team to plan something in advance at this level... I hope a lot of fans will come because they can give us a big boost, make us do the impossible. Therefore, I think it is important to have supporters on the stadium.
Zoran Marusic: The mood in the team is good, Georgian Cup game had a positive effect on us, winning is always nice. We plan to play better tomorrow than we did a week ago. We know what we can do and what we represent. Most importantly, we are confident in ourselves. We do not lack motivation, the whole team is preparing to present itself well.