Paulo Ricardo Kaka: ''Our approach to the match is concentration and maximum respect for the opponent''
- Our approach to the match is concentration and maximum respect for the opponent. We are at the World Cup, there should be no other approach. We had a pre-game training. We will be playing against an unusual defense tomorrow, there are no teams in Kazakhstan that defend like this. Today we practiced and hopefully tomorrow we can overcome this difficulty.
New Zealand played zone defense against Spain and they are not used to playing like that and until the Spanish found themselves, it was hard for them. So their strength is probably in this and a great desire to run on the counterattack. There are a lot of young players in their squad. They have promoted to the World Cup, they are developing their championship and it is very pleasing.
''Humo Arena” is very beautiful, similar to the ''Almaty Arena''. We are expecting great support. So tomorrow we will try to play our best.
Birzhan Orazov has a small injury, tomorrow before the game we will test him. If we think it is risky, we will not force things. We want to win, to take first place, but first of all, we need to think about the health of the player.
The situation with Azat Valiullin is exactly the same, only he had an injury a little earlier. Tomorrow before the game we will test him.