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Vladimir Sliskovich took over the management of Moscow “Spartak”, and information about the Bosnian specialist who has been working in Russia for about two years, still very little. Below is a monologue by Irina Slishkovic, the coach’s wife, in which she talks about meeting Vladimir and his work at the club.
How Slishkovic learned Russian
Vladimir and I met in Budapest 12 years ago. To be honest, I didn’t think that as an athlete, a football player, he would be absent for a long time and to some extent it could be difficult. It was love at first sight. At first we communicated only in his native language, which I learned very quickly. We lived in Bosnia for eight years, but every year we came to St. Petersburg, for a month or even twice a month.
Naturally, he heard the communication in my family and around him. Plus, when our son was born, we decided to raise him as a bilingual, so that he could speak both Russian and his husband’s native language. That is, I spoke Russian to him, and my husband spoke his own. Thus, Vladimir learned the language, and when we moved to Russia in 2020, we decided to finally settle here, he already spoke quite well. Then at work this process accelerated significantly.
“It was nice that Zenit won in 2008”
They wrote that I supposedly live in St. Petersburg, but this is not true. My son and I are in Moscow, he goes to school here. We moved a year ago, so we see Vladimir often, despite his work. Of course, I decided to move to be close. You could say like the wife of a Decembrist (laughs). In fact, the move was a bit difficult, I feel like a fish in water there. I’m not 100 percent used to Moscow yet, but I think I need a little more time. We come to St. Petersburg when the child has a break from school, so I see the city quite often, everything is fine.
Before meeting Vladimir, I was not very interested in football. I remember when I graduated from university, Zenit won some kind of cup. Apparently it was the 2008 UEFA Cup. I remember that the whole city came out onto the street, and I was there somewhere. It was very fun and great, but I can’t say that I was sick, watched, followed. I was just pleased that the team won. And then somehow everything faded away, I worked and wasn’t particularly interested in football. Therefore, the transition from Zenit to Spartak was absolutely painless. We didn’t even feel this way.
“I didn’t cook Spartak borscht”
Despite being very busy, Vladimir manages to differentiate between work and everyday life, and rest. I understand perfectly well that he is more at work, especially now, but we see each other, the three of us spend time, go somewhere, drive, walk. That's why I'm not jealous of Spartak. He devotes a lot of time to his son, perhaps the Yugoslav mentality plays a role here. In principle, men from there devote a lot of time to their children, according to Vladimir this is noticeable from the very beginning.
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His son respects him more than me. Vladimir loves Russian cuisine, but I didn’t cook Spartak borscht for him (smiles). In general, our peoples have similar mentalities. They say that Balkan men are hot-tempered and even tyrannical? This is the first time I’ve heard about such a myth; we don’t have such a thing in our family.
Every home game we go to the stadium, I’m the biggest fan, I scream so much that my throat hurts for several days. The child also walks and is sick, of course. I, like my husband, would like our son to play football and maybe go to Spartak school. But he doesn’t want to, he’s not interested in football. The other day he told me: “Mom, can you imagine, our whole family is connected with football, but I am not.” I answer him: “You can also go to football in that case.” To which the child says to me: “No, I’m more interested in theory” (laughs).
“Vladimir has earned a place in Spartak”
Vladimir is a professional in his field. At Spartak he doesn’t get tired anymore, he is all about work, he loves the club, he respects and appreciates all the staff, employees. I see that the man’s eyes light up because he is. does and what he does. It's great, I'm very happy for him because he deserves the place where he wants to be.
I don’t want to talk about the possible post of head coach, because Vladimir and I don’t think about it, he’s just doing his job. I’d like to see him where he wants to be. If his path further leads to a foreign club, then it’s a question. The move will be difficult for me personally, because I would like to stay in Russia, but we will resolve issues as they arise. I can say unequivocally – Vladimir is happy in Spartak.
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