“We must pay tribute to Nikolic, he does not break what he inherited from Semin. Therefore, for me, the results in the last two matches are expected. Apparently, the Serb watched many Lokomotiv games before his arrival and figured out how the team played, ”Izvestia quoted Klyuev.
He noted that due to the small amount of time for preparation, Nikolic decided not to make big changes and continue to bend Semin’s line, emphasizing that a good coach will not immediately redo something.
“This is possible only after a full preseason, which no one will have before the winter, or after a huge number of games,” Klyuyev added.
Semin left the team on May 31 due to the expiration of the contract. His place was taken by a Serbian specialist Marco Nikolic. Semin has led the team since 2016. At the same time, he also trained Lokomotiv from 1986 to 1990, from 1992 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2010. Under his leadership, Lokomotiv three times became the champion of Russia, six times won the Russian Cup and three times - the Super Bowl of the country.
Earlier it was reported that the double of Alexei Miranchuk brought Lokomotiv a victory over Rubin in the RPL.