Repeat "Girls on the ball" and reading Bulgakov
Quarantine has affected football players and coaches in different ways. Some finally fenced off from the press and fans. Others, on the contrary, went to meet them and opened up from a new angle. So, RT already wrote about the former striker of Zenit, and at the moment the coach of the youth team of Russia Alexander Kerzhakov, who conquers Instagram during forced self-isolation.
The steering “Ufa” Vadim Evseev also went along his path. Starting in March, the specialist began to actively maintain his account. Moreover, before he had never been particularly open and talkative. Evseev rarely gave interviews, and his answers at press conferences often turned out to be as dry as possible.
The trainer and social networks did not pay attention. Vadim created the Instagram page back in 2015, but practically did not update it. And in 2017, he completely abandoned it. However, after the suspension of the RPL, the mentor of Ufa unexpectedly reanimated the account. Now he posts new posts almost daily.
In them, Evseev writes about everything - work, family, friends, the times when he was a player. And it turns out he is interesting and sincere. It is not surprising that the six-time champion of Russia already has 5 thousand subscribers, and the expert’s words diverge on news feeds.
At first, Evseev talked a lot about what he does in quarantine. He received great pleasure from the fact that every day he can hug his wife Tatyana. She often appears in the posts of Evseev. For example, together with his wife, he repeated the famous picture of Pablo Picasso "Girl on the Ball." The coach also admitted that his wife cooks well and could easily become a cook.
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In addition to communicating with family, the quarantined specialist reads a lot. For example, he discovered Bulgakov and Dovlatov.
“Now is a great time to stop, read and think. I read a little at school - there was no time. Thanks to Tanya, who is trying to have something else in my life besides football, ”Evseev wrote.
But even in quarantine, the coach does not forget about Ufa. He regularly posts warm posts about his assistants, club doctors, management, and the city itself. The specialist also talks about his wards. So, he called the goalkeeper of the team Alexander Belenov one of the most stable RPL players, and the midfielder Daniil Fomin predicted a “bright future”.
Not without jokes about the famous Ufa "bus", which in the spring neither Zenit nor CSKA managed to break into. One of the most popular in Evseev’s account was a post about a colleague from Atletico Diego Simeone, who, according to media reports, earns € 3.6 million per month without taxes.
“The most expensive bus driver in the world. Although our Ufa bus, I think, is a little worse, ”Yevseyev commented on the photo.
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Goal to Wales and an offensive departure from the Champions League
A lot of likes are collected by nostalgic trainer posts. He often recalls the Locomotive. The ex-defender of the railway workers admitted that he is still friends with the captain of that team Dmitry Loskov, and spoke very warmly about Yuri Semin.
“That Lokomotiv was a big friendly family. Thanks to Filatov and Semin: their tandem gave us the opportunity to focus only on football, ”the specialist wrote.
He also emphasized that Lokomotiv in those years was successful not only in the country, but also in European competitions. So, according to him, in 2004 the referees didn’t let the red-greens go to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, who condemned the domestic team in the second leg against Monaco.
Evseev recalls the Russian national team, which included 20 meetings. His only ball came in the return butt match with Wales for the right to go to the 2004 European Championship. That goal was decisive for the domestic team, and Vadim himself, after the final whistle, swore obscenely at the camera. In early April, Match TV showed that meeting, and Yevseyev 17 years later got the opportunity to refresh his memories. He admitted that just at that time his daughter Polina was seriously ill and was in the hospital.
“Until now, I can’t see Polina’s photo in the hospital without emotions. I was in the team, practiced, played, could be distracted from thoughts, and Tanya was with her daughter, and her whole world shrank to the size of a chamber. I’m not ashamed of my words after the match. What was, was. I am that I am. And what exactly did I mean, I still do not know. It was a cry to those circumstances of life, ”said Yevseyev.
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A little earlier, Vadim even took a picture of himself in a T-shirt from that meeting in Cardiff and played another one among his subscribers - Saturn, the colors of which he defended after leaving Loko. Participants were asked to answer several questions from the specialist’s biography, for example, with whom he sang in the Blue Light and what was his first salary in Spartak.
As a result, many gave the correct answers, and Evseev arranged a special draw. He put the papers with the names of subscribers in a hat and randomly determined the winner.
RPL expansion and early stop of the season
And in mid-April, the mentor of Ufa launched a unique alphabet on Instagram. For each letter, he recalls one of the moments of his career. For example, “A” expectedly caused him to associate with “Amkar”, and “L” - with “Lokomotiv”.
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In his alphabet, Evseev remembered Anatoly Byshovets who removed him from Loko, Ryan Giggs, who had barely injured him in a match with Wales, and Zinedine Zidane, who accidentally bit his head in one of the martial arts. The last letter laid out by the former footballer is “O”. Vadim wrote about his operations.
“I had five of them, all due to injuries sustained on the football field. I do not have accurate statistics, but I think the indicator is slightly above average. A rare player has not been anesthetized, ”the coach explained.
However, one cannot say that Evseev on Instagram only indulges in nostalgia. The specialist speaks on most relevant topics. For example, he supported the expansion of the RPL to 18 teams and commented on the possible early completion of the season.
“If in the end there are no prerequisites for the resumption of the championship due to the epidemiological situation in the country, I consider it correct to finish the season according to the current table. Yes, some disputes or claims may arise, but more than 2/3 rounds have been played, the table is fair, ”the Ufa mentor wrote.
The trainer also kindly recalled the death of Innokenty Samokhvalov, 22, a 22-year-old pupil of Lokomotiv, whom he had crossed paths with in Ivanovo Tekstilshchik.
“Innocent was quiet and calm. I could not imagine myself without football, I dreamed of playing in the Premier League. Regular ordinary dreams, a lot of these guys come to football. He was very good-natured. Even on the field. But at the same time very responsible and purposeful. He was good in the team, was friends with all the guys. There were no problems, no conflicts. Always in a hurry to his girlfriend. He loved her very much ... 22 years. Only 22 ... I don’t know what else to say, ”wrote Evseev.