Return the command to working condition

Even with all the failures of the red-and-whites, it is difficult to argue that in the metropolitan team gathered weak by Russian standards football players.

At the moment, the composition of "Spartacus" is fully equipped, it lacks both young and experienced players. There are high-class legionaries. Moreover, in some positions Muscovites - bust performers. As a result, Pedro Rocha practically did not play this season, although he was acquired for serious money. Under Massimo Carrera, he often remained on the bench and another expensive football player, Sofian Hanni.

And the emergence of a number of talented young students only intensified competition for a place in the composition.

In addition, we must not forget that at the start of the season “Spartak” showed good results and, before losing to “Akhmat” in the seventh round, the RPL was the main pursuer of “Zenith”. Unfortunately, in the match with the St. Petersburg team a newcomer Samuel Zhigot, who immediately became the leader of the red-and-whites defense, suffered a serious injury. With him in the six matches of the national championship, the team missed only one ball, without the Belgian - 14 to eight.

Kononov got a manned team, and the same Viktor Goncharenko at CSKA can only envy the long bench of the red-and-whites. New coach can only bring the wards to life after the departure of Massimo Carrera and his assistant Raul Riancho and try to score with the team a maximum of points before the winter break.

Change scheme

In the current season, “Spartak” acted only according to one scheme - 4-3-3, which had time to fill the teeth to the fans and journalists. Carrera and Riancho did not risk abandoning her. The Spaniard who was responsible for the training process declared that all the strongest teams on the planet use this arrangement.

By the way, “Krasnodar” under Kononov also acted under the scheme with three midfielders and three forwards. At the same time, the nominal midfielder Pavel Mamaev often turned out to be on the right wing of the attack among the southerners, which did not prevent him from betraying the most successful season in his career and go to Euro 2016.

However, Kononov can not be called a supporter of one arrangement. In the same Arsenal, he acted on a 4-2-3-1 scheme that Spartak used in the championship season. It is possible that the specialist will return to her in the new team, given that all the performers from the “golden convocation” remain in the ranks (with the exception of Quincy Promes).

And Grozny “Akhmat” under the leadership of Oleg Georgievich easily transformed from 5-4-1 (in defense) into 3-5-2 (in attack). True, in “Spartacus” Kononov, taking into account the injury of Zhigo until spring, playing in three central defenders will be problematic.

Determine the backbone

Also, the main task of the new coach in Spartak, obviously, will be the definition of the backbone. Carrera and Riancho are too carried away with not always clear rotation. In fact, in the current season, only Alexander Maksimenko, Roman Zobnin and Fernando constantly entered the field in red and white.

So, Riancho could leave in reserve for the most important match with Glasgow Rangers main defender George Djikia, and in another game let out at the start already forgotten Marko Petkovich instead of the good first season Nikolai Rasskazov.

In one meeting, the red-and-whites appeared as young as possible, as, for example, in Krasnoyarsk, and in the other, with Ufa, all experienced footballers returned to the field.

Kononov will certainly move away from this practice and determine the backbone of the players who will always play, unless they are injured or are disqualified.

Use the players in their places

Another problem of “Spartacus” at the start of the season was the unproductive use of players. This can best be demonstrated by the example of Sofian Hanni. The talented Algerian had no place in the 4-3-3 scheme, because he is able to manifest his strongest qualities either in the position under the attacker, or acting from the depth at speed.

Later, Riancho began to release Hanni on the left flank of the attack, but it was obvious that there too the footballer did not feel too comfortable. Roman Eremenko and Ivelin Popov found themselves in a similar situation. We must not forget about the recovered after the injury of Zhano Ananidze.

Another example of the irrational use of a football player in Spartak is Fernando. The current season has once again demonstrated that the Brazilian alone is not able to close the support zone. Therefore, in the championship season, Denis Glushakov always played together with him. If the Brazilian is left without an assistant, then the defense of the red-and-whites begins to pop at the seams.

And Dmitry Kombarov can no longer cope with the work on the entire flank. The defender loves and knows how to connect to the attacks, but does not always have time to return to his own half of the field, which often leads to problems. However, on the left in defense of “Spartak” the nominal left-handed striker - Paraguayan Lorenzo Melgarejo, performed well.

Kononov should only place the new wards in profile positions and allow them to demonstrate the strongest qualities. In addition, a specialist knows how to reveal the bright sides of football players entrusted to him. It was Kononov in Krasnodar who put Mamaev on Fyodor Smolov. When he began to play regularly in the Southerners, Yuri Gazinsky acquired from Torpedo.

Bet on the game in two forwards

“Spartak” in recent seasons has at once two shock forwards - Zé Luis and Luis Adriano. However, Carrera and Riancho didn’t use them in the new season. But Kononov has a great opportunity to make a driving couple.

Singly Brazilian and African is not easy to cling to numerous forward casts. In the pair, they will be able to play on each other's strengths, as Seydoux Doumbia and Vagner Love did in their time at CSKA. True, Kononov didn’t play almost two strikers almost ever, often relying on one center forward and a serious attacking fist under him.

Adriano and Zé Luis were the last time together on the edge of the attack in the very match with Akhmat, which ended with the defeat of Spartak - 1: 3.

Do not stop trusting young people

The current season for “Spartacus” is special not only because of Carrera’s departure, but also for the reason that for the first time in a long time a number of young footballers joined the red and white.

Alexander Maksimenko, Nikolai Rasskazov, Alexander Lomovitsky, Mikhail Ignatov - they all spend their debut season at an adult level and so far they leave a pleasant impression.

Perhaps, such an influx of youth in “Spartacus” was not from the middle of zero, when the “pioneer squad” of Vladimir Fedotov almost won the championship. At the same time, the club academy regularly supplied talented players to the first team, but it was difficult for them to play fully in the team with such serious tasks.

Kononov also from the first day in “Spartacus” said that he would follow the talented students.

“I plan to meet with coaches double and Spartak-2.” If possible, I will attend their matches, I plan to conduct joint training. We will also closely contact the Academy. It is clear that now the focus should be on the basis, but communication with the coaches of other teams will be close, ”the specialist said.