"Olympiastadion" (Munich, Germany). Opened in 1972. Accommodates 69,250 spectators.
The final match of the first UEFA Champions League draw of the 1992/93 season took place at the Munich Olympic Stadium. “Marseille” and “Milan” fought for the trophy. The meeting, which took place on May 23, 1993, ended with the victory of the French team with a score of 1: 0.
The Munich arena hosted the second final of the main club tournament in Europe in 1997. In that match, Borussia Dortmund beat Juventus 3: 1.
Olympic Stadium (Athens, Greece). Opened in 1982, renovated in 2002-2004. Accommodates 69 618 spectators.
The Olympic stadium in the capital of Greece can be called a lucky one for Milan. After losing in the 1992/93 season finale, the Italian club again reached the decisive stage of the tournament the following year, where they defeated Barcelona 4-0.
Thirteen years later, the Rossoneri again entered the Athens Olympic Stadium as a trophy contender, and again they managed to win, this time over Liverpool - 2: 1.
Ernst Happel Stadion (Vienna, Austria). Opened in 1931, reconstructed twice - in 1986 and 2008. Accommodates 55,665 spectators.
The arena in the Austrian capital hosted the 1994/95 UEFA Champions League final, with Milan appearing for the third time in a row. Like two years earlier, the Italians lost 0-1, but this time to Ajax.
"Stadio Olimpico" (Italy, Rome). Opened in 1937, the last reconstruction was carried out in 1989-1990. Accommodates 72 698 spectators.
In the 1995/96 season, Ajax arrived in Rome as the current winner of the Champions League, but the Dutch club failed to defend their title. Already in the first half of the match with Juventus, the teams exchanged goals, after which they brought matters to a penalty shootout. “Bianconeri” were more accurate and won the main club trophy in Europe.
The Olympic Stadium in Rome won the right to host the 2008/09 Champions League final again, but this time the local teams failed to make it to the decisive stage of the tournament. The trophy this year was won by Barcelona, beating Manchester United 2-0.
"Amsterdam Arena" (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Opened in 1996. Accommodates 54,990 spectators.
The stadium, which now bears the name of Johan Cruyff, hosted the Champions League final just two years after opening. In May 1998, Real Madrid and Juventus met at the Amsterdam Arena. The match ended with a score of 1: 0 in favor of the Madrid club.
Camp Nou (Barcelona, Spain). Opened in 1957, reconstructed twice - in 1995 and 2008. Accommodates 99 354 spectators.
Barcelona's stadium has seen many memorable matches, but the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League final stands alone. That meeting between Bayern and Manchester United can be called legendary without exaggeration. The Germans took the lead already in the 6th minute and controlled the course of the game until the last minutes, but two goals, scored by the Mancunians in stoppage time in the second half, brought the victory to Manchester United.
"Stade de France" (Saint-Denis, France). Opened in 1998. Accommodates 81,338 spectators.
The arena, built on the outskirts of Paris, was the venue for the Champions League final for the 1999/2000 season for the first time. Meeting “Real” and “Valencia” ended with a confident victory of the Madrid club with a score of 3: 0. This was the first time in the history of the Champions League that clubs from the same country played in the final.
6 years later, in the 2005/06 season, Barcelona and Arsenal competed for the trophy at Stade de France. Londoners, from the 18th minute playing in the minority after the removal of goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, opened the scoring 10 minutes before the break, but in the second half goals from Samuel Eto “O” and Juliano Belletti brought victory to the Catalans - 2: 1.
"San Siro" (Milan, Italy). Opened in 1926. The last reconstruction was carried out in 1989. Accommodates 80,018 spectators.
Stadium "San Siro" was renamed in honor of Giuseppe Meazza in 1979, but the historical name of the arena remains the most popular and recognizable all over the world. The Champions League final has been played here twice.
In the 2000/01 season, Bayern Munich and Valencia played a dramatic match in Milan, in which the 11-meter kicks played the main role. Already in the 2 nd minute, Gaisk Mendieta brought the Spaniards ahead from the penalty spot, and after 4 minutes the goalkeeper of the “Bats” Santiago Canisares deflected the 11-meter kick performed by Mehmet Scholl. At the beginning of the second half, Stefan Effenberg equalized the score from the penalty spot, and the fate of the match was decided in a series of post-match strikes, in which Bayern's players were more precise.
15 years later, in May 2016, Real and Atletico in the same arena almost exactly repeated the scenario of the game of Bayern and Valencia. Regular time also ended with a score of 1: 1, in extra time the teams failed to distinguish themselves, and the “Royal Club” won in the penalty shootout.
Hampden Park (Glasgow, Scotland). Opened in 1903. Renovated in 1999. Accommodates 51,866 spectators.
Real Madrid and Bayer 04 entered Hampden Park in the Champions League final in May 2002, and six months later the arena celebrated its 99th anniversary. The match itself ended with a score of 2: 1 in favor of “Real” and was remembered for the most beautiful goal of Zinedine Zidane from the penalty line.
Old Trafford (Manchester, England). Opened in 1910. The last reconstruction was carried out in 2006. Accommodates 74,879 spectators.
The second final in modern UEFA Champions League history involving teams from the same country took place in the 2002/2003 season. V decisive match tournament, which took place in Manchester, met Milan and Juventus. The main and extra time ended with a score of 0: 0, and in the penalty shoot-out series Milan won the victory with an accurate blow from Andriy Shevchenko.
"Veltins-Arena" (Gelsenkirchen, Germany). Opened in 2001. The last time the capacity of the stadium was increased in 2015, today it is 62,271 people.
The arena has been bearing its current name since the summer of 2005; earlier it was called Aufschalke Arena. The stadium hosted the matches of the World Cup and ice hockey. Since 2002, the annual Christmas Biathlon Stars Race has been held here.
The 2004 Champions League final, held in Gelsenkirkhin, is one of the most memorable for Russian fans, as one of the goals was scored by Dmitry Alenichev. The Porto midfielder has set the final score of the match against AS Monaco (3-0). The Portuguese team at the time was led by Jose Mourinho, who became the youngest head coach in history to win the main club trophy in Europe.
Olympic Stadium (Istanbul, Turkey). Opened in 2002. Accommodates 80,500 spectators.
The stadium in Istanbul was built for the alleged holding of the 2008 Summer Olympics, but Turkey's bid did not receive the required number of votes, and the Olympics took place in Beijing. Currently, the arena in Istanbul is named after the first President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and is the largest in the country.
The 2005 Istanbul Champions League final is arguably the greatest in tournament history. In the decisive match, Milan beat Liverpool 3-0 after the first half, but goals from Gerrard, Schmitzer and Alonso turned everything upside down in the second half. There were no goals scored in extra time, and the British club turned out to be stronger in the penalty shootout.
Luzhniki (Moscow, Russia). Opened in 1956. The last reconstruction was carried out in 2017. Accommodates 81,000 spectators.
For the first time, Russia won the right to host the 2007/08 Champions League final, and this honorable mission was entrusted to the Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena. Chelsea and Manchester United fought for the trophy, the first time two English teams faced off in a Champions League decisive match.
The game caused great excitement among fans both in England and in Russia, more than 67 thousand spectators were present in the stands. In the middle of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo brought Manchester United forward, but before the break, Frank Lampard equalized. The second half and extra time passed without goals scored, and in the penalty shootout, the Mankunians were more precise.
"Santiago Bernabeu" (Madrid, Spain). Opened in 1947. The last reconstruction was carried out in 2001. Accommodates 81,044 spectators.
The home arena of one of the most successful clubs in modern football has hosted the Champions League final only once - in the 2009/10 season, but this so far only match has gone down in history.
In the Madrid final, Inter and Bayern Munich met. The match ended 2-0 in favor of the Italian club, and Jose Mourinho, who was working with the Nerazzurri at that time, became the third coach in history who managed to win the Champions Cup with two different teams (now there are five of them: in addition to the Portuguese Ernst Happel, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jupp Heynckes and Carlo Ancelotti).
An interesting fact is that in the 2010 final there was only one Italian in the Milanese - Marco Materazzi, and even he appeared on the field in the 90th minute of the match.
Wembley (London, England). Opened in 2007. Accommodates 90,000 spectators.
The new Wembley is built on the site of the legendary arena that hosted the matches of the World and European Championships, Olympic Games and many European finals.
The 2010/11 Champions League final, which took place at the new Wembley, was somewhat home to Manchester United, but that didn't help the Mancunians win the trophy. Barcelona, led by the Xavi - Iniesta - Messi trio, won 3-1.
In 2013, Wembley hosted the first German Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. The victory and the cup were brought to the Bavarians by the accurate blow of Arjen Robben, who in the 89th minute set the final score - 2: 1.
Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany). Opened in 2005. Accommodates 67,812 spectators.
The decisive match of the 2011/12 Champions League was the first final of the tournament, which took place at the home stadium of one of the participants in the meeting - Bayern Munich hosted Chelsea. The account was opened only in the 83rd minute after hitting the hosts striker Thomas Muller, but five minutes later the leader of the attacks of Londoners Didier Drogba restored the balance.
The fate of the trophy was decided in a penalty shootout. “Bayern” again took the lead after a precise shot by Philip Lam and a miss by Juan Mata, but then the players of the guests realized all their attempts, while the players of the German team made two misfires. Thus, Chelsea won the Champions League for the first time in their history.
Millennium (Cardiff, Wales). Opened in 1999. Accommodates 73 930 spectators.
The home arena of the Wales national team was opened at the turn of the millennium, having received the corresponding name, but in 2016 the stadium received a new name - Principality Stadium, which, with a certain amount of imagination, can simply be translated as "Princely Stadium", since Wales is part of the United Kingdom, and the Queen's son Elizabeth II Charles bears the title of Prince of Wales.
But back to the Champions League. The final of the main club tournament in Europe took place here in 2017, with Real Madrid and Juventus participating in that match. Madrid won 4: 1 and won the second Champions League title in a row, and football fans will remember that meeting with the super goal of the Turin striker Mario Mandzhukic.
Metropolitano (Madrid, Spain). Opened in 1994. Renovated in 2017. Accommodates 67,700 spectators.
Liverpool and Tottenham met in the 2019 Champions League final. The final was the first in history for Tottenham and the first since the final in 2013, where at least one Spanish club did not play. Liverpool, reaching the final for the second time in a row, won the match 2-0. In his third Champions League final, Jurgen Klopp won the trophy as head coach.
The International Olympic Committee nevertheless announced the criteria by which it crossed out the names of Russian athletes from the list for participation in the Olympics. For this, it was necessary to conduct lengthy negotiations not by the Russian side, but by the heads of international federations writing letters to Thomas Bach. But the picture did not become clearer.
Here are 17 IOC criteria with our comments:
Disqualification of the Oswald Commission (now many athletes are challenging them in court, but decisions will be announced too late - approx. ed.)
Doping violations during their careers (athletes with a "doping history" from other countries go to the Olympics, skating record holders Yuskov and Kulizhnikov, a complaint about the lack of equality can be filed only after the Games)
List of "Duchess" (it was compiled by the informant Grigory Rodchenkov)
Scratches and marks on the athlete's doping test tubes (it has not yet been proven what they mean)
Increased salt content in athlete's doping samples (the IOC considers them circumstantial evidence)
An atypical level of steroids in an athlete's doping samples (another circumstantial evidence)
DNA mismatch in the athlete's doping samples (more or less clear criterion)
Data from the Moscow anti-doping laboratory system (it seems like it was stolen by Rodchenkov's subordinates, but it has not yet been proven that the base was not fabricated)
Emails from McLaren's report (Russian stars such as Shipulin or Ustyugov are not there)
Information about the bank of "pure" urine (the speech is about the fact that a bank of pure urine was allegedly created in Russia to replace samples, information about whose samples are there is not made public, it is impossible to check anything)
Biological passports of athletes (blood and urine indicators of each athlete are monitored throughout the career, sharp jumps in them are indirect evidence, this is an adequate indicator)
Correspondence between RUSADA and WADA steroid levels
The results of rechecking doping tests from the 2014 Games (duplicate several points above, starting with the Oswald Commission).
Information about the whereabouts of athletes provided in the ADAMS system, which is used to take a doping sample from an athlete during the out-of-competition period. other countries)
The number of doping tests passed (there must be a certain amount per season, our stars are all right here)
Additional information from international federations (this is something new: what information? And why is it impossible to open a disciplinary case on the basis of this information?)
Additional information from WADA (here we mean informants, and in general, whatever you want, you can think of it).
Which of these conditions did not pass An, Shipulin or Ustyugov, it is impossible to understand. Some of these rules were invented by the IOC, and none of them can be challenged. It is impossible to win in a unique quest called "pass the IOC commission".
Draw in favor of Khaimanov
Biologist - Dynamo St - 0: 0
Biologist (Novokubansk): Golovchanov, Shipulin, Agrba, Reznik (Porkhachev, 83), Rule, Ismailov, Sadirov, Popravkin (Minyaev, 33), Yaroslavtsev (Olifirenko, 46), Kokorev, Rozanov.
Dynamo (Stavropol): Khaimanov, Papulov, Narizhny, Kibizov, Pankov, Barakhoev, Dyshekov (Mikheev, 56, Petrenko, 84), Edunov (Egiazarov, 73), Markosov (Bidov, 76), Kulumbegov, Dzakhmishev.
Warnings: Yaroslavtsev, 13, Sadirov, 16, Barakhoev, 54, Pankov, 55, Bidov, 88.
Judge: A. Komarov (Volgograd).
Village Progress. Biolog stadium. 1200 spectators.
The starting line-up of the guests was exactly the same as in the home match of the previous round with Druzhba, which ended, as you know, with a score of 5: 1 in favor of Stavropol citizens. However, in the village of Progress, Dynamo appeared either too imposing or tired.
The beginning of the meeting turned out to be soothing. Only in the 13th minute Yaroslavtsev, at the cost of a yellow card, interrupted a one-on-one exit with the goalkeeper of "Biologist" Golovchanov Barakhoev. It should be noted that on the eve of the meeting Main coach“Dynamo” Gennady Gridin expressed concern in the media that the game will be served by the referee from Volgograd Andrey Komarov, and “Rotor”, as you know, is the main competitor of the “blue-white-gold” for reaching the first division. However, his fears were in vain: in the first half hour of the match, the referee recorded 11 violations of the rules by the hosts and showed them two mustard plasters, while his indignant trill at Dynamo was heard for the first time in the 32nd minute!
The audience saw the first acute moment in the 20th minute. Stavropol midfielder Edunov threw Kulumbegov into the breakthrough. The captain of the guests was met by Reznik, but he was able to beat him, but shot from five meters slightly and straight into Golovchanov.
It took Sergei Grigoriev, the mentor of "Biologist", a little more than half an hour to finally make sure that Popravkin was not ready for the game, and he was replaced by Minyaev. And right after the canopy Rule from the left with his head beat Yaroslavtsev from 12 meters, but the ball flew inches from the far post of the Dynamo goal. However, all this was under the control of Khaimanov. At the end of the first half, the shots of Yaroslavtsev and Ismailov hit the defenders of Dynamo, and then the defender of the guests Kibizov almost cut the ball into his own net.
After the break, the footballers of "Biolog" became more active. At the very first minute, Yaroslavtsev boldly went to aggravation, but did not dare to shoot straight away, and Kibizov knocked the ball out. Sadirov made a strong kick from the free kick - high. And in the 61st minute, the same Sadirov rushed along the left flank like a whirlwind and gave the ball back a little to the center of Ismailov. A blow followed immediately, but the ball hit Yaroslavtsev's feet. He instantly broke away from Kibizov, went into the penalty area to the left of Khaimanov and struck an empty net. However, the goal was not counted - apparently, Komarov identified a violation of the rules in the confrontation between Yaroslavtsev and Kibizov.
Seven minutes later, Ismailov, forgotten by Dynamo defenders, closed the canopy with his head at the far post, but hit the goal post from a couple of meters. Immediately Yaroslavtsev won a single combat against Kibizov and shot bitingly from an average distance - Khaimanov was on the alert.
The Biolog's advantage was undeniable. However, Dynamo know how to quickly counterattack. In the 78th minute, Kulumbegov brought Dzakhmisheva one on one with Golovchanov with an accurate pass, but the goalkeeper, jumping out of the gate, repulsed a dangerous low kick in the fall. However, the guests' attack did not drown on this. The ball bounced to Kulumbegov, who beat the goalkeeper on the swing, but his kick got stuck at the feet of the defenders who secured the goalkeeper. And then the selfless Shipulin and Rozanov did not allow Bidov to push the ball from three meters into the goal. Another chance for Dynamo fell to Bidov, who closed a sharp cross from Egiazarov's right flank on the near post, but the ball missed the post by a meter.
Subsequently, the "biologists" constantly fired at the Dynamo goal from a variety of positions. And if it were not for Khaimanov's brilliant reaction, the guests would not see anyone's as their own ears. With an interval of several minutes, the goalkeeper won two micro-duels against the overactive Yaroslavtsev, and also deflected Sadirov's aimed shot.
And at the last minute the hosts almost blundered another counterattack of Stavropol citizens: Dzakhmishev entered the penalty area with the ball, but Shipulin blocked his strike at the last moment.
Ironically, this draw led to positive tournament reshuffles for both clubs. And if the Dynamo team rose from 5th to 4th place, then for "Biolog" this point was worth a lot at all - Novokubansky jumped from the 12th to the 8th line at once. And there is every reason to believe that the ascent of Sergei Grigoriev's wards in the table of ranks will continue.
Dynamo head coachGennady GRIDIN:- In every match we go out to play to win and today we came for three points. And they even deliberately thought that we would win. Perhaps this is what let us down. The result is logical. The first half was left to us, in the second, on the contrary, the hosts dominated. Today we lacked a little pungency and freshness. We score a lot at home, but things are not so easy on the road. "Biologist" is a good, solid team, so the main thing is that today we showed character and did not concede to the owners.
Head coach of "Biologist"Sergey GRIGORIEV:- We had to win. After all, the game is not played in one half, but in all 90 minutes of the battle. We studied the opponent well, looked at the statistics - who scores and at what moment. And already before the match we knew that it would be very difficult for us in the first 25-30 minutes. They deliberately gave up the territory and acted cautiously from behind. There were problems in midfield related to injuries for the top three players. Nevertheless, we played this half hour as planned. In the second half, the game was already developing according to our scenario, but, unfortunately, we failed to score. I am satisfied with the team, but not satisfied with the result.
Vadim Khnygin, Novokubansk
Sergey Tarasov: Shipulin looks weaker than last season
Olympic champion Sergey Tarasov summed up the results of the stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which ended in Holmenkollen.ABOUT SHIPULIN'S FORM
It can be seen that Anton is not in shape right now. He cannot keep the speed, he is not enough for the rise - the muscles are acidified. It's hard to keep fit all season. Some experts say that Anton was purposefully preparing for the Olympics, and, apparently, the peak of his form fell on the period of the Games. But if we look at Shipulin's performance and his results throughout the season, we will see that he did not even have a peak as such. This is my opinion, but I think that this season Anton looks weaker than in the past. In his favorite stage in Anterselva, he always tore everyone to shreds. But now, according to the stage in Anterselva, it was clear that something was wrong with Shipulin this season.
What is the problem here? I'm not on the team, so it's hard to argue. It would be better if these were mistakes in preparation, they can be corrected. And if the matter is in physiology, Anton is not getting younger, every year there is a drop in speed, then this is already a problem. Let's hope our leader just has a bad season. This also happens.
ABOUT MEN'S SPEECH
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For Tsvetkov, the stage in Holmenkollen turned out to be the best of the season. Maxim looks much better than usual. But all the same it is clear that at maximum speeds at the finish line it is a little lacking.
I think men should do better. We are not able to compete with the leaders in speed. After each race, we only count how much we lost by the move. And we are already used to this situation. Therefore, we have all hope for bad weather, successful shooting, and that the leaders will make mistakes. But we still remember the times when our biathletes, even having missed at the turn, won the races.
ABOUT WOMEN'S TEAM PROBLEMS
It is more bold to connect young biathletes to the first national team and trust them to perform at the World Cup stages. For example, Kaisheva used to be allowed to perform at one stage, she took 60th place there, and she was sent back. It's good that she was taken to Pyeongchang. The experience of performing at the Olympics is equivalent to ten years of performing at the stages of the World Cup. If we were not allowed to take the leaders to Korea, only young athletes had to be sent there. Let Kaisheva perform poorly at the Olympics, but she gained invaluable experience that will be very useful to her.
Elena Vyalbe did just that. She included 35 skiers in the preliminary application. When the leaders were not allowed, the young people went and performed a miracle in Pyeongchang. And the RBU included only 11 people in the application, so there was no room for maneuver.
ABOUT THE NECESSARY STEPS
How to fix the situation in our women's team? We need to boldly connect young athletes to the first team. Now our leader is Katya Yurlova. But we should not rest on this, we should strive for higher results. If we attract young people, they will get stronger in a year or two and the results will appear.
But we have a different problem: we are over-speeding the training of young people. In adolescence, we squeeze everything out of the guys and girls, we are proud of what strong juniors we have, but they move into adult sports and cannot show anything. We have been talking about this problem for ten years, but nothing has changed. And at the same time we are more and more behind the leaders of the world biathlon. Now it will take a long time to correct the mistakes made by the current leadership of the SBR.
The 37-year-old now works as a coach at the Kuban children's and youth school, and when he was a football player he defended the yellow-green colors of the Krasnodar club. Best years he spent his playing career in Kuban, and also in Togliatti Lada. In an interview with the correspondent of "Nezavisimaya sportivnaya gazeta", the ex-defender told about his life, the coaches who met at his "football crossroads", and also shared his plans for the future.
I was born in Krasnodar, studied at the 35th school, - Sergey began the conversation. - When I was 7 years old, a coach Sergei Aleksandrovich Andreichenko, a former Kuban striker, came to our school. I came and invited him to play football in his group at the Kuban stadium. Well, I began to go there, on the "rubber band". First, Andreichenko coached me in tandem with Yuri Vladimirovich Kolinko, and then - Eduard Dmitrievich Antonyants.
- What knowledge did you get from each of them?
When we boys were 7-8 years old, Andreichenko and Kolinko often just threw a ball to us, and we ran after him in a crowd. Probably, we didn't need anything else at that age stage. Under Antonyants everything was already more serious. He is an educated, decent person, never allowed himself to go to extremes. In principle, I can't say anything bad about my children's mentors. There were no such situations so that later I would remember: here, I had such a bad coach ...
- Was the transition to professional football easy for you?
I would like to note that from the group of my age - there were about 25 people in it - only I, Evgeny Kaleshin and Alexander Perov started playing. The defining age for a young football player is 14-15 years old. Those who at this stage do not stop at what has been achieved and want to develop, with a successful coincidence of circumstances, if they "catch a successful wave", subsequently become good players. But often at this age, the guys have other interests, non-football: who have girls, and who likes to smoke and drink.
- So you didn't have such "interests"?
Did not have. I was sick with football. Football came first to me. From home in the morning I went to school, from school - to training, from training - home, quickly did his homework and ran into the yard to play football. And if it was cold, slippery outside, then hockey.
- Did you play hockey right on the street?
Yes, on ice, no skates. In the courtyards of high-rise buildings, on the roads where cars rolled ice. Later, when I played in the Togliatti "Lada", I was taught how to skate and ski. I tried myself in all winter sports, well, perhaps, except for biathlon - I did not shoot with a rifle (smiles).
- Did your hockey lessons help you in football?
Of course! Any outdoor games are useful for football players. I think there is no “unipolarity” - if a boy is, as they say, “playful”, then he shows interest in different kinds of sports. Previously, the situation was different. This is now a big problem - to drive the guys out into the street, but during my childhood it was quite the opposite - we did not sit at home at all. From an early age I ran, jumped, climbed, played Cossack robbers, football, hockey, volleyball ... At school I played in basketball competitions for a team in which the guys were 2 years older than me. And comprehensively developed. What do we see now? Nowadays, children come to football in a completely different way than, for example, I came. They have problems with coordination, they don't hit the ball ...
- You said you played basketball. Probably, it was difficult - with a height of 171 centimeters?
And my height is actually 181 centimeters. I know that 171 is written everywhere, but this is incorrect information, I do not know why it went like this. I have already told reporters, but it is useless.
- Did you often go to youth competitions?
I know that GorONO and Trud had trips abroad. And we had few serious tournaments. And if the team went to normal competitions every 2 years, then, you yourself understand what results it achieved, - it took 5-7th places. When you constantly cook in your own juice, play only with familiar teams, you don't develop. Where did you go? I remember, to Volgograd, to Kurgan. There, the rivals were the St. Petersburg "Smena", Vladikavkaz "Alania". - a completely different level.
- How did you study at school?
I was, let's say, "good-looking", but "triplets" sometimes slipped through. My parents instructed me: I need to play football and learn. And now we, children's coaches, say this to our pupils and their parents. There is not only one football. Yes, it's great when everyone free time you play football, but you should not allow a strong imbalance in the direction of sports. Because situations in life are different, and if you don’t know how to do anything except football, then it will be problematic for you to get somewhere. But there is, however, another option - to leave your health in professional sports, but at the same time earn enough money for yourself by playing football.
- In 1996, you signed your first contract with Kuban. Strongly, I suppose, were happy?
At first, of course, it was exciting to be in the main team, but gradually I got more and more familiar with the new team. The main thing for adolescents and young people is to have psychological stability. You can’t shake it up: oh, first team. You must immediately show what you are capable of, then both partners and coaches will appreciate you, you will quickly join the team and become its full-fledged member.
- And you immediately began to show everything that you are capable of?
I was a tough defender, acted in an aggressive style, and was psychologically stable. For these qualities, by the way, then they took me to different teams. Already at the age of 18-19, I didn't care who came out to play against me. I went to the "joints" to the last. Someone began to respect me for this, someone did not really like this style. I was sometimes criticized, but did not pay much attention to it.
- Where did you get this style?
Older comrades taught me: the harder you go into the "joint", the less likely you are to get injured. It stuck in my head well and, thank God, I really did not receive serious injuries, menisci are not considered. They didn’t sew anything for me, they didn’t cut anything, they didn’t remove anything.
- Why is it so: the harder you go to the "joint" - the better?
Such a law. You know, there is a law of meanness, and so it is here. If a little, even in the subconscious, you start to remove the leg, move away from contact, so as not to get injured, you will definitely get it. Therefore, the harder you go to the "joint", the better. Ligaments, joints, muscles - everything is tense, everything is as a whole, like iron, and nothing breaks. I do not take into account bruises, abrasions, scratches - these are all small things. And you will not get fractures, sprains, if you adhere to this philosophy.
Since we started discussing your game personally, let's continue. What positions have you played throughout your career?
Mostly played left or right back. Andrey Poskotin in “Kuban” put me in the place of the extreme half, then I still managed to score. In addition, until he switched to playing defensively in the line, he acted as a front-back, and at the end of his career in the second division he played in the center of defense. In general, I did not play just now in the center of midfield, offensive and in goal.
- Was it difficult to switch defensively to playing in the line?
I would not say that it is downright difficult, although maybe this is because I was young then and was good at absorbing the information that was brought to my ears. In "Kuban" they began to play defensively in the line at Poskotin, at Sinau, then with ropes they went in training. And in Togliatti, where he ended up, all this had already been polished to the smallest detail.
- Which of the following positions was the most comfortable for you to play?
Until the age of 30, while they were strong, it was comfortable to act as an extreme defender: he performed his functions well when required, actively joined attacks. Well, after 30, when I acquired decent experience, it became more comfortable to play in the center of defense: there is less running around than on the flanks.
- And how did you behave outside the field? Didn't allow yourself too much?
I have chosen a lifestyle without alcohol, without tobacco - without all these "distractions." The fact that other athletes drink is somewhere, maybe, and normal, everyone relaxes in their own way. I had such a recovery - sleep, sauna, bath, massage. I myself came to this and in no way condemn those guys who go to a nightclub. This is their health, their personal life. The most important thing is to be fully mobilized in every workout. Someone does not drink all his life and plays in the second division, while someone drinks and plays in the Major League all their lives. Here, you know, to each his own, everything is very individual.
Let's go back to Kuban. Your first coach in the main team of the yellow-greens was Vladimir Brazhnikov. Sergei Lysenko in an interview with our newspaper called him "dear dad". Can you call it that?
Sergei Lysenko was a very tough defender, he could bark both in the game and in training. But all his remarks and cries were adequately perceived by the partners. Yes, I think you can call Sergei "dad", as you said.
- Excuse me, I meant what Lysenko called Brazhnikov's "dear father" ...
Oh, you mean Vladimir Alexandrovich. Brazhnikov was a simple man, he did not utter "sophisticated speeches." With him, I played a little, then from time to time they only pulled me up from the take. Therefore, I cannot answer your question.
- After Brazhnikov, Andrey Poskotin was the coach of Kuban. How would you describe it?
He kept up with modern trends, tendencies of football. For "Kuban" it was an innovator, a revolutionary, if you like, under him they began to act in line in defense. A simple, intelligent person, he explained on his fingers - who, where, where. I learned a lot from Poskotin in terms of positional play.
- And Valery Sinau, they say, brought "his" players with him and began to trust them to the detriment of the local guys.
You know, not only Sinau did this. Very often, coaches bring with them to new teams those players they can rely on, with whom they went through the Crimea, the Rym and copper pipes. And I think it makes no sense to be offended by this. Personally, I never had “my own” coach, I didn’t go for anyone. And Sinau in "Kuban" trusted the young. He immediately finally transferred me from the double to the "main clip". Maybe he saw that I could "shoot", or maybe he had no other choice but to put the youth in play. Perhaps Sinau had some misunderstandings in Kuban with the older guys.
- Yes, they say they did not seem to like that the players brought by Sinau received more than they did.
Perhaps it was so. I was still young then, no one initiated me into such matters.
- Did it happen in that “Kuban” that the players were taken out into the forest and beaten, as Sergei Lysenko said?
Thank God, all this has passed me. At that time, I was quite young, I did not participate in any "machinations and conspiracies", so there was no demand from me. Well, yes, I remember that there was something like that, different people spoke with raised voices to our leading players.
- Representatives of the criminal world?
Maybe yes. After all, the dashing 90s were in the yard. But, I repeat, no one had "such conversations" with me. All sorts of stories, probably, happened. More precisely than Sergei Lysenko, I will not tell you about them.
- Would you be afraid if you were in the place of those with whom you spoke in "raised voices"?
You know, speaking in abstract terms, this is what my parents taught me, and now I adhere to the principle: a righteous man walks with his head held high. If you have nothing to hide, then you will not be afraid of anything. And if you really have, as they say, a stigma in the cannon, then you will shy away from every rustle, from every look, you will not sleep peacefully at night. At that time, I walked around and did not think about it at all, since I did not take part in any "such matters".
- What was the atmosphere in Kuban in 1998? I remember that the leadership changed, the salaries were not paid.
Yes, the atmosphere was not good. Regardless of whether the leadership changes or not, but if the team has poor funding, then the undercurrents always begin, pitfalls appear. When money is paid on time, everyone smiles, laughs and works hard. When the interruptions begin, people begin to look for some escape routes, they do not give their best in training, in games.
- Was the bad atmosphere in the team the main reason for Kuban's relegation to the second division?
Maybe yes. Some people didn't play at full strength.
- And you too?
No, well, I did my best, gave all the best. I was about 20 years old, I played for Kuban in my hometown. My parents came to the stadium to watch my game, and then I didn't care whether they paid me or not. To be honest, I didn't think about money at that moment. It is now with us, children and youth coaches, 15-16 year olds are asking, how much money will they pay us? Before, after all, there was a different time, a different upbringing.
- And what do you answer to your pupils when they ask you this?
I AM? I just smile, that's all. It becomes funny to me. The guy hits the ball only two times on the third, he hasn’t split anything yet, but he is already interested in how much money he will be paid. But we ourselves are to blame for allowing this. It just doesn't happen. The agents are to blame, the leaders of the clubs are to blame, who overstate salaries, lifting, bonuses.
Let's go back to the end of the last century. At the beginning of 1999, only goalkeeper Alexander Perov remained in Kuban. Could you stay?
I left because Kuban did not fulfill the contract. I was prescribed a certain amount of lifting allowance, which was not paid to me. And then Alexander Borisovich Garmashov, the head coach of Togliatti Lada, appeared on the horizon, and as a result I ended up in his team, in the second division. We were faced with the task of entering the first, and we solved it in one year.
- Did Kuban pay off debts to you?
I have no questions for Kuban. The Dispute Resolution Chamber decided that I could leave, the contract was terminated. And I left either as a free agent, or with a small compensation, I don’t remember exactly.
When Lada entered the first division in 1999, it beat Kuban in the transitional matches. Remember those meetings?
Naturally! In the first match, in Togliatti, we won 2: 1, and in Krasnodar there was a draw - 1: 1. When the Kuban stadium went to the pre-match warm-up, some of the fans started shouting hard-hitting things at me and at Vitaly Kaleshin, who also played for Lada at that time, which made me even more excited. And others shouted normally, with humor: they say, Seryozha, you are ours, yours, there is no need to go out against us to play (laughs).
- That is, you can call those matches against Kuban special for yourself?
Of course, they were accompanied by a double attitude, powerful inner experiences. When you play against a former team, you don't really hide your resentment inside yourself, but you are trying to prove to the former management that they may have made a mistake about you when they didn’t trust you. Failure to comply with the contract, after all, I think, is to some extent a form of distrust. If they wanted to stay, they would have paid everything they had to. It was not such a large amount.
- Let's get back to Togliatti. How did the city itself remain in your memory?
Togliatti is a fairly large city, it consists of two parts. The old town is similar to Krasnodar, it is greener; and the new one houses an automobile plant, wide avenues, high-rise buildings. In general, I always like new things, it's interesting. You come to an unfamiliar city, you begin to get used to local customs, customs, dialect - they speak differently there.
- Did you like Tolyatti?
I don't want to say anything bad about this city, especially since I met my soul mate there, who bore me three beautiful children and with whom I am still together and in full agreement. As for the climate, there is not a lot of sun in Togliatti, the weather is often cloudy, so the people there are a little harsh, not particularly welcoming. Everywhere, of course, there are such people, but it seems to me that here in the south, where there is a lot of sun, the people are kinder. I can also call Togliatti a city of hard workers. Everyone knows the local car plant, where people plow in 3-4 shifts.
- How did the workers treat the football players? Not with envy?
Someone with envy, and someone adequately. People look at football players, basketball players, hockey players, see how much they receive, and each person evaluates it differently. One begins to envy: here, they say, he does not do anything special, but he is paid such crazy money; the other, on the contrary, says: they have "horse work", they leave their health on the field; and the third one thinks: why am I getting a penny? It means that I need to find some ways to get the same amount, but not leave my health in professional sports. Who will react how depends on upbringing. People are different, you need to treat everyone with understanding.
- Did the plant give gifts to Lada players?
When we solved the problem of reaching the first division in 1999, the players were offered a gift to choose from: a car or money. A pleasant memory: you walk through the parking lot, where there are 200 cars, and choose a color, a complete set.
- And what did you choose?
At that time, the leading car of the domestic auto industry was "ten". Well, Vitalik Kaleshin and I chose the top ten. As I remember now, the same brick color. We were calculated, we got in them and went to Krasnodar.
- Did Kuban give you any gifts?
No, in "Kuban" only money was paid for solving the tasks, there was a bonus system. We didn’t receive such gifts as cars, apartments from “Kuban”.
- Why did you return to the Krasnodar club in 2002?
I came to "Lada" from Tashkent new coach Sergei Butenko, brought his guys, whom he counted on, and it turned out that he did not need me. Well, I started looking for myself new club... And in "Kuban" at that time the policy of returning local children was being carried out. Well, they returned me, solved the issue on this wave. Vladimir Vasilyevich Podobedov was the general director of Kuban at that time, the team was coached in tandem by Vladimir Ivanovich Lagoida and Igor Viktorovich Kaleshin.
- How did they conduct the training?
All exercises, even heavy ones, were built through the ball, through the ball, through the ball. Kaleshin and Lagoda did not offer huge loads, when it was necessary to run somewhere without the ball.
- Did you find Nikolay Yuzhanin in Kuban?
Yes. The first time we crossed paths was when he was the coach of the Krasnodar Territory national team, I was 16 or 17 at the time. And then we worked a little together at Kuban. The southerner made a big bias on the functional state of the team, paid a lot of attention to tactical rebuilding. Under him, specific exercises have already gone - for endurance, for the speed-strength component.
- Cooper's tests?
Including. By the way, about the Cooper test. In Togliatti, there was a separate story with him. Once Garmashov said: whoever does not pass the Cooper test will run it every morning. And I just recently recovered from an injury, gained 3 extra pounds, and with cheeks like this (spreads his arms to the sides) ran for five days in a row, but on the fifth still passed (smiles).
- Did you like the approach of Kaleshin and Lagoida or the approach of Yuzhanin more?
Then I was 25 years old, the wind was in my head, I didn't really want to run. Although, by and large, well, you run this Cooper test and run, you don't care whether it is beneficial or not. And after 30, you already begin to understand the full importance of a sports lifestyle, sports nutrition, you have a different attitude to training camps. You realize that you need to go through every day of the training camp with high quality, lay a good foundation so that later during the season you do not get injured, don’t miss matches, don’t lose money because of this and can earn at maximum speed.
- If you combine your two periods in Kuban, what matches do you remember in particular?
Caucasian departures: Vladikavkaz, Nalchik, Makhachkala - you cannot give slack there. In a game against such teams, the higher the mood, the better the result. Caucasian teams are always fighting, they stand apart. I know what I'm talking about, I myself played for Dynamo Makhachkala for six months in 2006. Caucasian football is peculiar.
- Did the incidents take place during these trips?
Yes, every trip to the Caucasus is an incident. Then in Vladikavkaz they throw stones at the bus - we are lying on the floor. Something, forgive me, kipish on the field, almost a fight. Such a time was then harsh. Now, of course, when the teams have become more awesome, this is no longer allowed.
- Why did you leave Kuban before 2004?
What was the situation: Southerner became the coach, who did not count on me. Of course, I really wanted to plunge into the atmosphere of big football, to try myself in the Major League, but the coach, as they say, knows better. I still had a year of contract with Kuban, and the general director of Kuban, Alexander Moldovanov, told me: look for another club, your price is such and such, if I'm not mistaken, 50 thousand dollars. It seems to have agreed with Valery Ovchinnikov, the coach at that time of the Chelyabinsk Lukoil, but he decided to rent me, roughly speaking, for 5 thousand dollars, and not buy for 50 thousand. I went there, then returned to Krasnodar and wrote a letter of resignation here. Although you shouldn't have done that.
- Why?
It was just necessary to notify the leaders of "Kuban". I wrote a statement, and when I came back to Ovchinnikov, right before the season I was injured, and he refused to take me to Lukoil. And in Krasnodar I wrote a statement. In the end, it turned out that 2004 was lost for me. For two months I treated my back, and then for several months I played in the championship of Krasnodar and the region for the Dynamo police team. But, at the same time, at that time I was worth a lot of money - 50 thousand dollars. Therefore, you understand, in such conditions it was problematic for me to find a professional team. I finished a year at Dynamo, and then somehow agreed that Kuban would reduce my cost.
- How did you manage it?
And whining and rolling (smiles). He came and asked, said: well, where, well, who will buy me for 50 thousand dollars? First they dropped to 25, then to 10. Then I found several options in the second league, but they told me that 10 thousand dollars is still a lot, and if we take you, then only for free. And the leaders of "Kuban" did not want to give me away for free. This is the kind of "pit" I got in my biography. It is a pity that the peak of his career came in the first division, and not in the major league.
- Have you harbored a big grudge against Kuban?
You know, as time passed, everything cooled down a long time ago, but then, I confess, there was a strong resentment against the leadership. They wanted to get paid for me without giving me any chance to continue my career normally. I played here for the city, roughly speaking, for the bathhouse championship, and, at the same time, they wanted to bail out some money for me. It is clear after all that the presidents of other clubs, even from the second league, when they are looking for newcomers, open the statistics and look: aha, Shipulin, where did they play last year? In Krasnodar, for "Dynamo" on the championship of the bath - nowhere, then. Accordingly, who will pay big money for such a player? If it were not for this attitude of some people, it seems to me that my career could have developed a little better. If I had been given a normal loan, I would have continued to play at a high level. Even if in 2004 he played on loan in the first division, in 2005 he could have already signed a full-fledged contract or moved to another, stronger club in the first league. Or he could go to a strong team "under the task" in the second division. And so - it turned out a gap for more than a year. I lost so much time, and then it was extremely difficult to get out of this swamp.
- How did the saga end?
Once again I came to the office of “Kuban”, went to the then leaders of the club for a reception, I say: so and so, you don’t need me, give me, for God's sake, a clean transfer. And finally, I heard the long-awaited: yes, we don't need you, okay, no questions, go to the accounting department and get your clean transfer, we will give the order. This is how, unexpectedly, I got the opportunity to continue my professional career.
- And we went to Shchelkovo "Spartak".
I contacted some agents and they put me in there. I went there because I had to go somewhere to play professionally. There he was mainly engaged in restoring former conditions and "collecting" statistics for himself.
- There you were coached by Yuri Bykov, who recently headed the Novokuban "Biologist"?
Right. A kind of coach, with his own vision of football, which runs counter to the opinions of others. I will now tell you a story. Bykov was appointed coach, he announces the meeting and says: “I graduated from the HST. There are teachers, this, that, that, they say to do this, this, and that. But I, I, decided that it is not necessary to do this - we will do this way. "
- Normal turn.
Now, from the point of view of the coach, I understand that he really was mistaken, he approached the training camp incorrectly: we started it with some jerks, with uphill running. And it was not without reason that later during the season we got injured. Although Bykov played well as a footballer, he himself told us how he played in the Major League at the age of 30.
- What else is Shchelkovo remembered for?
The team had weak funding, we were not paid money for three months, while the president of the club ran for some kind of deputy. Alexander Krestinin played with me in Shchelkovo - another footballer from Krasnodar, he now coaches the national team of Kyrgyzstan. So, I remember very well how we divided a piece of Maggi broth and one egg in half. Because we were not fed, and there was no money to buy food either. In general, I still have not very good associations from that time. Perhaps one good memory.
- Which?
We once played a friendly match against Spartak Moscow. 1: 1 finished. Vidic, Cavenaghi, Mozart played for the opponent ... - it was nice to oppose such stars.
- After Shchelkovo "Spartak" in your career there was a six-month period in Makhachkala "Dynamo".
Yes, Pavel Aleksandrovich Stipidi helped me go there. In Makhachkala, of course, the level was completely different compared to Shchelkovo - everything is so interesting and in step with the times! We were coached at Dynamo by Leonid Nazarenko, a well-known specialist in the Kuban. He had excellent relationships with football players - as with his own, as with friends, there was no self-exaltation, they say, I am great, I am a coach - and you are football players. Leonid Vasilyevich knew how to find the right approach to the players: when necessary, he knew how to laugh, when necessary - to talk seriously.
- What were the conditions in Makhachkala?
I'll tell you so. When you come there with Kuban, for example, you feel aggression towards you, even arrogance. And when you yourself are a player of the Makhachkala team, there are no problems. In the best traditions of Caucasian hospitality: they are greeted, asked, what are the questions, where do you need a ride, what to show? There were no problems with teammates either - neither in football matters, nor in living conditions. We lived in a Makhachkala hotel, we were guarded.
- How were they guarded?
Well, there wasn't much security, just the hotel was a closed area. At that time, the situation in Dagestan was not easy - a terrorist situation. We were told: wear Dynamo outfit (Makhachkala), and no one will touch you.
- So it was: did you wear equipment and no one touched you?
Yes, no difficult situations arose. Local youth saw that we were Dynamo (Makhachkala) players, and there were no provocations.
- Your next refuge is the Novorossiysk Chernomorets.
At the end of 2006, Dynamo Makhachkala was disbanded, the guys fled, and I went, again, through Pavel Stipidi, to Chornomorets. I was personally invited to Novorossiysk by Vladimir Lagoida. Besides me, Mikhail Voronov and Alexander Perov joined the team. So, we arrived at Chornomorets, went through all the training camps, everything is fine. But Lagoida was quickly removed, a new coach came - Khazret Dyshekov. And a situation arose, which we already spoke about - another mentor brought “his” guys to the team and began to stake on them. And we were not his people. As a result, they first "covered" me: after a month and a half I was told, they say, you can already go home, we will pay you your salary, there are no questions. I did just that - I went home and just got my salary. Then, after me, Voronov was sent from "Chernomorets", but Sasha Perov turned out to be the most persistent - he stayed there the longest, but still he was "covered". This, unfortunately, happens very often in football.
Yes, I entered the Kuban State University, played for its student team at the specialized European championships. In Poland they took 7th place, the next year in Turkey - 3rd. I would like to note the attitude of the rector of the university, Mikhail Borisovich Astapov. He literally gives the team a favor! In addition, he played for Dynamo Krasnodar, Pontos iz Vityazevo, and in 2010 he was announced at KFK for Biolog Novokuban, who was then coached by Sergei Grigoriev. The financial conditions, of course, were not so hot, but they paid on the same day.
- And how did you work with Grigoriev?
He paid great attention to the functional state of the team. With Grigoriev, I went through all the training camps from start to finish, laid a really serious foundation, and for the whole season I did not have a single injury. As I told you before, with age I began to take all these fees more seriously, to the "run-in" of a certain mileage. But there was no recovery in the team, except for sleep, in addition, I had to inject the guys myself, bandage them, smear ointments, but that's another story.
- Why separate?
There was no doctor in the team, there was no massage therapist, and since I had a decent amount of experience with all these syringes, pills, ointments in my football career, I took over these functions (smiles).
- And the drugs were prescribed?
No, I didn’t prescribe pills, of course, but I knew what to drink for heartburn, that for inflammation.
- Biolog has an exotic stadium in the village of Progress. Did you like it?
Yes. It is located in the lowlands, among the greenery, such a cool one. No jogging tracks, stands close to the field, natural lawn. There is a very pleasant atmosphere, people came to cheer for us.
- A few people.
Yes, not much, but all the same, those who came supported us. About Grigoriev I also want to say that they worked well with him, although, perhaps, I had misunderstandings with him: I am a veteran, he is a coach. In any case, I soon left Biolog for FC Slavyansky.
- In "Slavyansky" the head of the district administration Anatoly Razumeev first followed the club, and then left him.
He didn’t quit himself. I have only good memories of Razumeev. As much as he did for his team, for the players, I have not met in the first league, let alone the second. The attitude in "Slavyanskiy" was human, money was paid on time. Medicine, recovery, vitamins, procedures - everything is on the level. No matter what request you turned to Razumeev, he tried to do everything for the players.
- For example?
There were various situations. My wife had to be admitted to the hospital for urgent surgery, I called the head of the district and asked for help. He immediately organized everything, people holding high positions in the regional medicine system called me, they found out that and how, they put my wife in the hospital, and immediately operated on. Razumeev is a wonderful person.
FC Slavyansky, I know, spent training camps in Cyprus, Turkey. For a club of the second Russian division to hold training camps abroad, you must agree, an event out of the ordinary.
This once again characterizes Anatoly Razumeev. In his brainchild, he did not cherish the soul. But the point is also that the infrastructure abroad is better than in Russia. You are provided with three meals a day, a buffet, there are baths at your disposal, the bus brings you to workout and takes you back. Administrators don't have a headache at all. And you come here, to Russia: meals must be ordered separately, buses - separately, sparring partners are hard to find. Everything is separate, you have to pay-pay-pay for everything, and, as a rule, Russian fees are more expensive than Turkish ones.
Let's talk about Eduard Sarkisov, then the head coach of Slavyansky. After all, you caught him as a player in Kuban, right?
Yes, in “Kuban” we crossed paths with him, he was a defensive midfielder. I have always had a good relationship with him. In "Slavyanskiy", of course, I understood that he was a coach, he observed the chain of command. I am grateful to Sarkisov for taking me to his team, believing in me, and providing good conditions after Novokubanka. Now I sometimes meet with him and say: “Eduard Rachikovich, honestly, believe it or not, I played for you and for Razumeyev in“ Slavyanskiy ”. Indeed, he went out and played for them. From the first to the last minute he fought for these people so as not to let them down.
You said that salaries were paid regularly at Slavyansky. This is before Razumeev stopped helping the club, as I understand it?
Yes. I want to say that over the past two months at Slavyansky, when salaries were still being paid, I earned more than in a year and a half at Biolog. And then there was a flood in Krymsk, and Razumeev, since he is an excellent manager, Tkachev sent there to eliminate the consequences of the disaster. They made him, as they say, an offer that could not be refused. Razumeev left - and in such situations there are always people who are just waiting for this. Financing ended immediately. "Slavyansky" owes me 250 thousand rubles. We played for a whole year for free, just like that. They wrote to the FTC, and to the prosecutor's office, and to the labor inspectorate - they still did not pay anything.
- How did you leave the team?
My third child was born, I went up to Sarkisov and said: “Rachikovich, this way and that, I need to feed my family. Probably, I will go to Krasnodar, try to play there for the tax office, for Dynamo or someone else. " He let me go, I left. And then Sarkisov took the backbone of that team, seven people, with him to the Crimean Vityaz.
- That was the end of your professional playing career, right?
Right. I returned to Krasnodar, got a job as a children's coach at the Kuban football school. I was assigned a probationary period of one month. Two weeks have passed - the leaders said: that's it, we take you, we see your desire, your ability to find an approach to children. Well, in parallel then I was still playing for the Kurgan "Omega". Because, you know, the family always needs extra money.
- Did Omega also have a good attitude towards the players on the part of the management?
Yes, according to this criterion, "Omega" can be compared with "Slavic". The salaries were small, but the bonus was double, the mood was outrageous. The leaders in Kurganinsk, including Dmitry Karapetyan, did everything to ensure that the team did its best. That year, 2013, we became champions of the first league of the Krasnodar Territory.
Can we say that "Omega" is a phenomenon? A club with a professional approach to business, but playing in the second tier of the amateur championship.
It is possible, and with good reason. It all starts from the head. If the leader is decent, well-mannered, then the team will be selected honest and playful. If “from above” to the players there is a frivolous, disregarding attitude, if there is no mutual respect in the club, then there will be no result. Dmitry Karapetyan invests himself in the development of Omega. Kurganinsk has a great stadium, a gorgeous field - in my opinion, one of the best in the region. The perfect lawn.
- A couple of "general" questions. What interesting stories do you remember from your playing career?
Yes, there were many incidents, now you can't remember ... On the road, something unusual happened. I remember that we gathered at the hotel once for dinner and ... two partners were missing. It is not clear where they are - well, let's look. The entire hotel was ransacked, half of the city was raised - it turns out that they were “accidentally” closed somewhere, someone joked.
- Do you keep in touch with many ex-partners now?
Oh sure. Alexander Perov, for example, is the godfather of my eldest son. He is a very close person, like a brother to me. I call Dmitry Emelyanov, with whom I played in Togliatti. We maintain relations with Evgeny Kaleshin, just the other day he advised me books and websites on youth football.
- Have you always had normal relationships with partners during your career?
There are always different relationships within the team. All the same, there is always a division according to interests: married people - separately, bachelors - separately. With whom we developed good, warm relations, with those it was possible to go somewhere after the game, to sit. In the first and second divisions, relations were at the proper level, and I did not play in the Premier League. But you must understand: the more money, the less friendships, as a rule.
V recent times every now and then they talk about the unstable financial situation in the "Kuban". What do you know about this?
To be honest, I do not know what is happening in the main team, we are not reported. In any case, everything comes from the head. If the leaders need it, then the team has results, and people go to it, and everything is fine. If it is not necessary, then the consequences are appropriate.
- Now you are the coach of the team for the guys in 2002. Are you satisfied with the current state of affairs?
Of course, I want to develop and climb the coaching ladder. It is very interesting for me to work with the boys who grow up before my eyes, every year it is more and more interesting. But at first, I confess, I did not take the coaching craft so seriously. Then, as I said, while still in "Omega" I played in parallel, combined: both there, and here, and here. But now I deal only with children and get satisfaction from this work.
- They say that working with children is more difficult than with adults.
There is such a thing. The nerves are no longer the same. It happens that emotions are overwhelmed when you worry about the result, you see the unfair treatment of your team by the referees. But that's okay. Where is it easy? I think every profession has its own negative nuances. We have to leave work at work, at home is another story - family, spouse, children.
- By the way, tell us more about your children.
I have two sons and a daughter. The eldest - Roman - 15 years old, daughter Milana - 11, youngest son Stefan - will soon be 3 years old. Roman is an excellent student, very smart, well versed in computers. I wanted him to become a footballer, but I might have gone too far by scolding him in training when something didn't work out for him. As a result, he gave up football and now plays only for himself, when it's warm outside, and recently he began to go to boxing. Milan - it is clear that she is an athlete. I used to go to gymnastics, now she goes to the trampoline. She is so mobile, daredevil, "a boy in a skirt." I confess I have a great desire for my youngest son Stefan to become a football player, and a more serious football player than his dad. Therefore, now, although he is not yet 3 years old, I am already slowly beginning to instill in him a love for the ball, for outdoor games. While everything is going according to his mood: he has a good one - we play football, a bad one - we do not play anything, of course. (smiles).
- Let's get back to your work. Now you children's trainer... What's next?
There is a desire to develop. I understand that you can develop in children's football, but I would also like to aim at the level of an adult game. I already had coaching experience in an adult team: in Omega I not only played, but also was a playing coach. And I found a common language with the guys. They understood what was required of them.
- "WITH". At the moment I am studying for the "B" -plus "category. In May, exams are waiting for me. If I pass, I will become an elite children's coach. You can't stand still. Whatever you do, you always need to move forward. Study literature, know current trends. Instead of thinking, they say, I know everything what to do, don't tell me anything, and everything will work out for me.
