The 24-year-old Ural striker, who has scored in four last matches, gave an interview to "SE".

WHY NOT TO REPEAT THE WAY OF SMOLOV?

- Why did you open up so much?

It all came together here. Much credit belongs. The team is very good. Well, my own work gives results. So everything needs to be considered together.

I tried to forget this period, like a bad dream, due to the difficult situation in the club.

If you played for Ural from the beginning of the season, you see, would you be fighting for the title of top scorer with the same Smolov right now?

By the way, it is not excluded. If you looked at my statistics like that, then perhaps I would have joined the race. But, as they say, whatever is done is for the best. We're all strong in hindsight (laughs)... So far so good.

- Are you able to score 10 goals this season?

It is clear that many more goals can be scored in 8 rounds. You just need to prepare for each specific match. Now we have to play with Tomsk. We need to win. adds, a dangerous opponent.

- Why?

Theoretically, you can not tune in, and “Tom” in every match gives all the best.

- Now I have recovered in the Ural. The most serious competitor?

Roman is an eminent forward, it's hard to argue with that. It's nice to fight for a place in the squad with such a player and defeat him.

- And you, it turns out, beat him?

In the championship and the Cup, he scored five. He has three.

- Does he give you a lot?

We communicate normally. But there is no hint from him. Somehow I myself try to notice things that are useful to myself. Normal work environment. Nothing special.

- For you, Pavlyuchenko is not your idol, is he?

Of course. I myself am from St. Petersburg. Kerzhakov was constantly in sight. This is the best striker in the history of the national team and Russian football.

Vladimir Ilyin. Photo of FC "Ural"

I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY IN ZENIT, BUT NOW URAL IS THE CHAMPION

- In this championship "Ural" will no longer play with. Do you regret not getting a chance to score?

Of course, this is prestigious. In principle, I note such moments for myself. It was nice to score twice. I think he is a very good goalkeeper. I wanted to hit the gate. I also like him as a goalkeeper. Once I hit his gate, it means that it already means something (laughs).

- And in whose goal would you like to excel - in Spartak, where, or Zenit, which he defends?

Probably Rebrov.

- Why?

He is a more experienced goalkeeper, and he is in the lead. “Zenith” also wants to score, this team means something to me.

- You are a pupil of St. Petersburg football. Was there an opportunity to get into?

No. There were no options. Somehow I passed by all this. He moved his own way, through the KFK.

- And now, in the championship race, you surely root for the people of St. Petersburg?

Yes, I would not say. Now all attention is focused on the Ural. Actually, according to statistics, we are the champions in the spring part of the Premier League tournament. I even read somewhere that the champion will come to open "Krestovsky" (laughs).

I like to play in the center of attack more. So I'm ready to replace one of them.

- Dziuba and Smolova?

Since I apply for this position, it means theirs.

- have you already called?

No, there have been no calls yet. I'm waiting. We must continue to work, and it is up to the coaching staff of the national team to decide.

Winning the Cup of Russia with “Ural” and playing at the home world championship - achievable goals for football player Vladimir Ilyin?

Certainly achievable. Why not win the Cup final? The chances are pretty real. Playing at the home world championship is a more difficult task, but you have to work, not to reduce the demands on yourself. I hope the coaches will pay attention to me.

December 12, 2017, 5:24 AM

FC Ural forward Ilyin: "My wife will connect me with a teammate"

The forward of the Yekaterinburg FC "Ural" Vladimir Ilyin, together with other players of the team, went on vacation. The EAN journalist found the striker in snowy St. Petersburg and asked him to sum up the results of the first part of the national championship. Nadezhda "bumblebees" debunked the myth that he had a football agent, and also told how he would have a rest and what teammate his wife would help to meet.

- How do you assess the first part of the Russian championship? Where did you see FC Ural before the start of the season?

I assess the team's results quite well. Before the season, there were no thoughts about a specific place in the table. We were preparing to play to win every game.

We started the season well, won, but there were no defeats at all at first. In general, everything was great. They even started talking about European competitions. As a result, in terms of the points scored, the tournament position is not bad. But there was a residue that the last six games the team went without victories. But nothing, we will work at the training camp and, I hope, we will correct the situation.

- You and the team will compete at the FNL Cup in Cyprus. One of the rivals of the “bumblebees” will be “Tyumen”, for which two of our players play - Alexander Stavpets and Artem Yusupov. Will the match be difficult?

- I do not think. But these players will be more motivated to prove to those in Ural that they were undeservedly leased out.

We haven't discussed the upcoming FNL Cup yet. This tournament helps prepare for the season. Instead of playing friendly matches, you can play in a tournament: both prepare for the championship and get fit.

- Let's continue with the cup theme. After the Russian Cup final, when Ural stopped one step away from the trophy, in one of your interviews you said that the team would win the Cup next year. But it so happened that they were eliminated already at the stage of 1/16 finals, playing against Shinnik. Now what is the main goal?

Unfortunately, we were not lucky, we got to Shinnik. Although no longer lucky with the conditions - it was a terrible field. They played like on the pavement. This is not an excuse, but nonetheless.

This year the Cup did not work out. But now for us main game is every game. We will try to win every match and rise as high as possible. I would like FC Ural to rank higher than eighth at the end of the season. After all, so far this is the best result of the club in its entire history.

- Many openly say that they work with you and are your agents. It is suspicious that there are too many such people ...

I don't have an agent and never had. These are all rumors. I have not signed any contracts with anyone.

- Ural played the last official game of 2017 in December, on an open-air field. Do you think our football officials go about their business, drawing up a calendar? After all, playing in such cold weather is anti-football ...

Everyone saw how hard it was to play in such weather. The field was frozen, and it all resembled ice hockey in felt boots, which we played together with Avtomobilist. It was very slippery and traumatic. Conditions are non-football. And of course, better game do not carry out on such fields.

- To the most recent topic. FIFA officials said they would test doping tests on Russian footballers in 2018. Is there a risk that the Football Association will boycott the World Cup in Russia?

Hopefully nothing like this will happen. So much effort has been spent, stadiums have been built ... So much work has been done that I want to believe that there will be no boycotts or cancellations.

Even if there are checks, then I believe that everything will be fine.

- How will you spend your vacation?

I think that, like most footballers, I will be at home. We have few local players in our team. All went to their cities. I will be in St. Petersburg more with my family.

- Which of the St. Petersburg footballers will you meet?

- I will meet with my teammate Roman Emelyanov. My wife Christina is from Nizhny Novgorod. And Roma just lives in this city. I think we'll go to my wife's parents and meet Roma there. The spouse will connect us (laughs).

- How do you organize your leisure time?

I will go to the gym near the house. By the way, I had my first training session today. I will also read books and play computer games at the Play station. And get out somewhere with relatives.

- To what extent are you planning to pump up?

There are certain drawbacks to physical form, but you need to rest well. To do nothing. Eliminate disadvantages.

I think every athlete is faced with the fact that he is missing something. Vacation is the perfect time to do this.

- During the season, the press does not favor you, criticizes you. Do you perceive it painfully?

No longer, I have experience. I perceive it normally. Everyone has their own job. Everyone does their own thing.

Pavel Pivovarov.

MOSCOW, December 15. / TASS /. Ural striker Vladimir Ilyin is of interest to big clubs, but he should stay in Yekaterinburg and return to his previous level of play. This opinion was expressed to TASS by the president of the Yekaterinburg football club Grigory Ivanov.

In the second part of last season, Ilyin scored 4 goals in 12 games. This season, the 25-year-old has scored one goal in 15 Russian league games.

"There is interest in him, but I think Volodya did not play the way he could: firstly, because he was injured, and Secondly, big clubs began to come out, offer him it is not clear what. He still needs to gain a foothold in our club, to play thoroughly in the Premier League. Yes, Ilyin had a great end to last season, he helped the club a lot, we are very grateful to him and now we want him to start scoring again, we expect a good game from him. And so far there are no proposals, but we do not want to give him away, we want him to play at his level, "Ivanov said.

“Ural” has already signed in December two newcomers - midfielders 24-year-old Andrei Yegorychev and 22-year-old Mingiyan Beveev, who previously played for Novotroitsk “Nosta”. Ivanov sees them as the future of national football.

“They are very decent young guys, and we give them a chance. They haven’t played at a high level yet, but I think this is the future of the club and our football. I think Egorychev and Beveev will be able to play this season, they have a desire, their eyes are burning. The most important thing is that the players want to play, and not sign a contract and sit down on the bench, this often happens with us, "the TASS interlocutor commented on the transfers.

"There are games that are ashamed of"

Ural, following the results of 20 rounds of the Russian championship, takes eighth place in standings with 25 points (5 wins and 10 draws).

“One cannot be happy with the result of the first part of the championship, after all, the team is in eighth place, in some meetings we played very well, in some - not very well. Maybe we missed points somewhere, and there are games for which we are ashamed. nevertheless, we scored a lot of points and played well in most matches, "Ivanov summed up the results of the first part of the championship.

Ural will continue to search for players in the winter. “Ask the head of any club, and he will say: yes, we are planning, we are looking for reinforcement in each line.