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Andrey Talalaev returned to the Premier League. In an interview with Sport, the coach answered the question of whether to expect Artem Dzyuba in his “Khimki”, spoke about the main problem of the RPL and why he does not want to give his expert chair to an artist and politician.
“Gasperini won’t let me in”
– Who does Khimki need to avoid becoming an elevator team?
< br>– We need players who are already adapted to the RPL. “Khimki” does not need a radical change; I am sure that we can acquire a player for each line who will add class to the team. We will not destroy the existing balance in Khimki, nor will we create large gaps in salaries. I am convinced that it is necessary to invite football players who will become system-forming, but they should not be moral monsters.
– Is this consistent? description of Artem Dzyuba, who is being wooed to Khimki?
– I would not like to answer this question. Although I understand the interest in a potential transfer.
– Goalkeeper Anton Mitryushkin announced back in the winter that he was leaving your team. Do you think this approach is correct?
– Together with goalkeeper coach Alexei Botvinyev, we adhered to the concept that it is necessary to have two equal goalkeepers, and Igor Obukhov successfully competed with Mitryushkin for a place in the base. We twice offered Anton a new contract, but he and his agent preferred a different career development option. There is not a single question about Mitryushkin’s behavior and his attitude towards training.
– Did you even think about sending him to Khimki-2, like they did at Zenit with Danil Krugov?
– I won't draw parallels. It seems to me that it's just stupid not to use a great player when there is such an opportunity.
– It turned out completely unexpectedly that goalkeeper vacancies have opened up in many RPL clubs. Does this create difficulties for Khimki to work in the market?
– We have been looking for one goalkeeper since winter, but unfortunately he was bought by a more prestigious club. We have been looking for two more goalkeepers, one from the First League, one from the RPL, and now we are waiting for their decision. After all, a player who suits Khimki's football may not always suit representatives of other clubs. If we talk about goalkeepers, then for me there is only one criterion: he must not concede, and if he does make a mistake, he must immediately forget about it and not concede in the future. Although many require mandatory footwork, the ability to start attacks with long passes.
– The main sensation of the last season was Akron, which, based on the results of the transition matches, won a ticket to the RPL. What is the secret of this team?
– Zaur Tedeev, who accepted Akron in the winter, added combativeness and stability to Evgeny Kaleshin’s baggage. In addition, playing in Zhigulevsk on artificial turf is difficult for any team. I will also highlight the work of Alexander Storozhuk in Tula. When we beat Arsenal in an away match, they wanted to sack him. Right at the press conference he said: “Give the man time! After all, you can see how the coach works.” The club's leaders listened, by the end of the season Arsenal had become a very organized team, it literally needed just a little to return to the RPL.
– You dream of getting an internship with Gianpiero Gasperini at Atalanta. Do you have an explanation why he won’t let you into the base in Bergamo?
– Gasperini doesn’t just let me in, he doesn’t let anyone in at all. He doesn’t even agree to have a one-on-one conversation in an office or restaurant. Many come to Bergamo, study the organization of the training process at Atalanta, but no one has yet managed to get Gasperini to talk. Believe me, I know Italian football well from the inside and I speak about this with full responsibility. Gasperini is an old cunning fox who knows the secrets of the coaching craft.
– What are they?
– His methodology is based on extreme loads in the first days of the weekly training cycle. I had a chance to read an interview with one of the Atalanta players (this is not Alexey Miranchuk), who stated: “On Tuesday, the players don’t want to live. They know that they will die during the 12-kilometer cross-country race.” Although the game usually runs less. At the same time, Gasperini also forces him to run in game mode, working with the ball. In combination with the peculiarities of tactics, the physical readiness of Atalanta's players brings victories. Remember how they dealt with Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final, who had not known defeat this season! Even with the score 3:0, they were not allowed to enter their penalty area.
Gasperini's main secret is that he knows how to motivate football millionaires and make them strive to be the best. And it’s not green youngsters who come to Atalanta! It took Miranchuk, one of our best players, time to get used to the intensity of the game and training work. And he has not yet become a key player for the Bergamascos. The biggest problem of our football is the intensity of tactical and technical actions. In the RPL, players can maintain speed for a short period of time, but in the top leagues they need to do this for all 90 minutes plus injury time.
– Is it really possible to apply Gasperini’s methods even in the First League?
– We strive to get closer to the intensity demonstrated by leading European clubs. Some cannot withstand the loads during training and then give angry interviews. Like, the coaches did not give them a chance. But those who can withstand it, make noticeable progress. Who knew Timur Kasimov and Sergey Varatynov before coming to Khimki! One was going to continue his career in the Media League, and the second was the last one invited for promotion from Strogino.
Simeone and Bielsa's style
– The great figure skating coach Tamara Moskvina constantly emphasizes: at competitions, the coach’s place is in the buffet. During matches, you always suggest something to the players from the sideline. Do the football players really hear your words?
– With all due respect to Moskvina, I would like to point out that individual and team sports have their own specifics. While all the skaters' movements can be practiced to the point of automatism during training, team interactions require constant intervention from the coach. Let me give you Borussia Dortmund as an example. When Edin Terzic had just replaced Daniel Farke on the coaching bench, the team's team pressure dropped sharply. But Terzic learned to squeeze the maximum out of team pressure by working on the sidelines and reached the Champions League final with players who were not the most stellar by European standards. I understand the behavior style of Diego Simeone or Marcelo Bielsa. Your humble and obedient servant has the same.
– I understand how difficult it is to give up working on television, but is it ethical to comment on the coaching moves of colleagues who work with teams of a much higher class?
– If I don’t do this, then they will start hiring artists and politicians as experts who just want to latch on to football. Sometimes I have to make critical comments on the play of teams that have achieved great results. At the same time, I try to explain the reasons for certain actions without getting personal. I am interested in football.
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