Kurban Berdiyev: Vladimir Putin called me after the game

Kurban Berdiyev was as usually very calm at an after-match press-conference. “Am I satisfied? I am happy,” the Kazan football team coach said. “It was such a heat that I think I wouldn’t have frozen even wearing just a shirt. Barcelona had good moments. Messy-Alves liaison was dangerous, but we managed to deal with it. Sharonov managed to withstand Ibragimovic, except the first minutes.” “I am satisfied with the team’s actions both in defense and attacking. It is a pleasure that Rubin is recognized all over the world thanks to such games. I am sure it will assist to development of Russian football on the whole. Vladimir Putin called me right after the match and congratulated on the good game,” Kurban Berdiyev said.