Title:Russia's star men eager to begin

The motivation for these tournaments is special. Every day you try to work at your maximum level. I already know what a World Cup is all about and how intense it is. It's the highest stage you can play on. I'm staying calm in my preparations because psychology is an important factor too, although the pressure is there. It's our home World Cup and we're kick-starting the tournament. The whole world will be watching us.

这些锦标赛的动机是特别的，每天你尝试以最好的状态进行比赛，我已经知道世界杯到底是什么，它是多么激烈，这是你可以踢球的最高级别舞台。我在准备工作的时候保持冷静，因为心理因素非常重要，尽管压力大，但这是我们的主场，整个世界都将关注我们。

This is a special event for any country in this position that will stay in the memory for many years to come. All the stadiums and infrastructure that have been built for the World Cup will be the legacy of the tournament and help us to develop new generations, teach kids how to play football and improve the sport in our country. We want the tournament to get started already! Your first game is the most important; you start the tournament as you mean to go on. We've only got three games in the group stage. There is no time to make any plans, we just have to give it 100 per cent from the first minute of the first match and get the best possible result.

对于处于这一地位的任何国家来说，这是一个特别的事件，在今后许多年里，它将会留在记忆中。为世界杯建立的所有体育场馆和基础设施将成为这次比赛的遗产，有助于我们发展新一代，教导孩子们如何踢足球，以及改善我国的体育状况。我们要开始比赛，你的第一场比赛是最重要的，你开始比赛是因为你打算继续比赛，我们只有三场比赛在组赛。没有时间制定任何计划，我们只需从第一场比赛第一分钟开始百分之百地做出决定，并尽可能取得最佳结果。

I'm really comfortable in the national team, I'm happy with everything. I'm ready and always delighted to play for my country.

我很喜欢国家队，我对一切感到高兴，我随时准备为我的国家踢球，也总是很高兴。

I can't say that I'm the biggest attacking threat; I'm just the striker and my main job is to score goals and finish off the moves that the team puts together. But actually, it makes no difference who puts the ball in the net. I'm not worried about that.

我不能说我是最大的进攻威胁；我只不过是射手，我的主要工作是打进球，结束球队合并的动作。但是事实上，把球放到网里不会有任何差别。我并不担心。

The Saudi players are technically skilled, they can hold onto the ball and don't boot it away under pressure. They bring the ball out of defence calmly. They are really tough, quality opposition. We've got a difficult game in front of us.

沙特球员技术熟练，他们可以保持球不失在压力下踢球，他们冷静地把球带出防守，他们非常强硬，质量很差，我们在前面的比赛很困难。

They're a fairly technical team and set up to play short and medium passes and control the ball. They've got some quick players in attack. Their coach is from Chile, you can see he's trying to get them to play passing football.

他们是一支相当专业的队伍，准备打中短球，控制球。他们有一些快速进攻的球员。他们的教练来自智利，你可以看到他们试图让他们踢球过足球。

No matter what, we have to get out of the group. We must win our first game, then our second and not leave everything to the last minute. I've been at three major tournaments before and every time it's always gone down to the third match for us. Now we have to do everything so it doesn't come to this. I'm not going to give any predictions; we've got the Opening Match on 14 June, which is a massive moment for every one of us and we must go out there and win. I'm confident in my team-mates and I'm confident in myself. We have worked hard and are well prepared. We're not sitting around worrying what will happen if it doesn't work out for us. We know what we want and where we're heading.

不管发生什么，我们都必须打出小组赛。我们必须打入第一场比赛，第二场比赛，而不是把所有的东西都留到最后一分钟。我之前每次都参加了三次大比赛，每次都进入第三场比赛。现在我们必须竭尽全力才能做到这一点，我不会做任何预测，6月14日我们举行了开幕式比赛，这对我们每个人来说都是一个巨大的时刻，我们必须出去赢得胜利。我对队友有信心，我对自己有信心，我们努力工作，准备良好，我们不会坐视不管，如果队友不能为我们工作，将会发生什么事，我们知道我们想要什么，我们要去哪里。

We've been through a ton of work. Physically the team is in great shape. It's not worth looking at the results from our warm-up games. All teams have their own development plans. I'm sure we'll show what we're capable of at the World Cup. We're guaranteed three games in the group stage. At this point, the objective is to get out of the group. I hope we achieve this, then afterwards we'll see.

我们经历了大量的工作，体能方面团队状态很好，我们不应该看热身比赛的结果，所有的团队都有自己的发展计划，我相信我们将展示我们有能力参加世界杯。我们保证在小组赛三场比赛。此时，我们的目标是离开小组。我希望我们能做到这一点，然后我们会看到。