Investment in the future: why CSKA should not fire Berezutsky at the end of the season

The second part of the current season is extremely ambiguous for Alexei Berezutsky.

More recently, fans and experts applauded him and called CSKA a shadow contender for the championship.

And there were reasons for praise, because in February-March the army team won four meetings in a row in the RPL and made it to the quarterfinals of the Russian Cup.

However, after a pause for the matches of the national teams, the team seemed to have been replaced.

She scored only five points in seven rounds of the national championship and lost her chances for a medal, and in the Cup of the country she lost to her principal rival, Spartak.

And after the defeat from Krasnodar, which, unlike the Muscovites, lost most of the legionnaires, the chair under the young mentor staggered.

According to media reports, he allegedly asked the leadership to resign, because he sees no prospects for continuing to work in his post.

Despite the fact that the specialist and the club later indirectly denied these data, an unpleasant aftertaste remained.

Moreover, in parallel, rumors have intensified about the arrival of Marko Nikolic at CSKA, who, after leaving Lokomotiv, is waiting for interesting offers.

I did not miss the opportunity to hook Berezutsky and Ivica Olic, who led the team for several months last year.

“The club bought a lot of good players, but you don't see that on the pitch.

Of course, there will always be questions about layoffs.

And this applies not only to the Berezutskys, but to all coaches.

I am not against them.

But if the coach does not have a result, problems will begin, ”Sport-Express quotes the Croat as saying.

It is difficult to disagree with him, because CSKA really failed the end of the season and missed the chance not only to win a trophy, but at least to take medals.

However, parting with Berezutsky could be a big mistake for the leadership and lead the army team to a dead end.

Firstly, in the club in the summer they should have understood, appointing Alexei to a responsible post: it will not do without recessions, since this is the first independent season in his career for the coach.

Before that, he was content with the role of assistant to Viktor Goncharenko and Olic in CSKA, as well as Leonid Slutsky in Vitesse.

And there are no experienced specialists among the staff members.

Vasily Berezutsky completely followed the path of his brother, with the exception of a trip to Krasnodar.

And 42-year-old Grigory Babayan worked as a head coach only in Kazakhstan, where the level of football is lower than in Russia, even though he became the champion of the country with Tobol.

Aleksey Berezutsky himself was not afraid to confirm in the winter that he still lacked experience, and admitted the presence of mistakes.

“Were there many?

In my opinion, mediocre.

There are probably no catastrophic global blots that affect for a long time.

There was only one mistake with building a weekly cycle, ”the coach said in an interview with Nobel Arustamyan.

According to Igor Kolyvanov, the former mentor of Ufa and the Russian youth team, the current recession can only benefit a colleague and teach him a lot.

“This is also an experience for Berezutsky.

For me, let it continue to work.

The easiest thing in this situation is to write a statement.

But if you want to work as a coach, you have to go through such moments, ”Kolyvanov said.

In addition, we must not forget that in the winter the composition of the team has seriously changed.

Fedor Chalov, Konstantin Kuchaev, Kristian Bistrovich, Emil Bohinen and others went on rent.

They were replaced by Yusuf Yazici, Jorge Carrascal, Jesus Medina and Jean-Philippe Gbamin.

The newbies immediately got down to business.

First of all, this concerns the Turk, who scored eight goals in the first six matches of the RPL.

However, then they ceased to show themselves so brightly.

Kolyvanov sees the root of the problem in the reduction of requirements.

In his opinion, the players of CSKA overly believed in themselves after a series of victories and relaxed.

“Now there is indifference in the actions of the army.

In my opinion, after a successful series, they thought that in the future everything would be easy, and any opponent would capitulate.

Football does not forgive such things.

As soon as problems with dedication appear, points are lost, ”the specialist emphasized.

Now both the players and the members of the headquarters will have the opportunity to look for the reasons for the unsuccessful series.

In addition, cardinal changes in the composition in the summer should not be expected.

On the contrary, the loaned Yazydzhi and Carrascal will most likely remain in the team on a permanent basis, and Berezutsky and his assistants will have the opportunity to bring the team's game to the ideal, and not embed new performers on the go.

“He should definitely be allowed to finish the job.

Understand that too frequent change of coaches will not benefit any team.

And it is simply unrealistic to demand a momentary result from a person when the composition is constantly updated.

And we saw that in the winter CSKA joined a number of legionnaires, ”said the former Dynamo coach Dmitry Khokhlov.

In addition, next season, Russian teams will not play in European competition, therefore, there is no fundamental difference whether the army team will take second place in the RPL standings or fifth.

Therefore, it would be logical to give the young mentor a second chance.

Evidence of this and a similar situation that occurred in the club ten years ago.

The transitional season 2011/12 was not very successful for CSKA.

The red-blues took only third place in the RPL, although they reached the playoffs of the Champions League.

However, after the end of the championship, the frustrated Leonid Slutsky asked for his resignation.

The club's management did not accept her and asked the specialist to continue the work.

As a result, the army team became national champions three times in the next four seasons.

“Once the coach was entrusted with the post, you need to be patient a little so that he gains experience and improves his skills.

I think it would be more logical... Nothing is easy, without cones and defeats.

Everyone goes through this ... And so, it turns out, they provided an opportunity to gain mind and strength, and then they say - go.

Why do this?

Of course, this is a competitive position.

And if Berezutsky leaves, the question arises, who should be put in his place?

- the former coach of the Russian national team Gadzhi Gadzhiev emphasized in a conversation with RT.

The perniciousness of such a path is confirmed by the example of Spartak, where the helmsmen are changed regularly.

This season alone, two specialists led the red-whites.

In winter, Rui Vitoria left Russia, despite reaching the 1/8 finals of the Europa League, and Paolo Vanoli took his place.

It didn't work for the team.

After 29 rounds of the RPL, he is only in tenth place, although he made it to the final of the Russian Cup.

“Recently, for some reason, we often and quickly say goodbye to specialists, without even giving them the opportunity to work and stage the game.

Erik ten Hag, who recently headed Manchester United, said that it takes at least one and a half to two years to build a team, that is, three transfer windows, ”Khokhlov emphasized.

Having parted ways with Berezutsky, CSKA runs the risk of following the path of a principled rival and finally turning from a stable team into an unpredictable and scandalous one.

And Olic's resignation last year, months after his appointment, could be the start of a sad trend.

By supporting the current headquarters, the army team, on the contrary, can get a strong mentor for many years, like Slutsky and Goncharenko were.

In addition, the Berezutsky brothers, who have given the club more than a dozen years, have earned trust and a second chance.

“I don’t see anything strange or illogical in the thoughts that they express.

I can't give an accurate assessment of the process that they lead in the team, but Alexey and Vasily worked with good coaches and played at a high level.

The brothers are reasoned in their statements, so I think they have a resource to add and progress,” Hajiyev emphasized.