“The RPL will only benefit from his return”: Cherevchenko - about the future of Dzyuba, the prospects of Zakharyan and the appointment of Berdyev

“Slutsky is capable of leading any Russian top club”

- In which top club will the next coaching resignation take place?

- Lokomotiv changed six coaches in a year.

Probably, it remains to invite a new driver.

Seriously, until the end of the season, hardly anyone decides to castling, because there are several months left to play.

Since the coach started preparing the team in the winter, it makes no sense to remove him.

If you do this, then before leaving the vacation, as, for example, Sochi did, inviting Kurban Berdyev.

- In your opinion, will an experienced specialist succeed, taking into account the unsuccessful segment in Iran and Kazakhstan?

- In Sochi, inviting Kurban Bekievich, they considered the work of Vadim Garanin.

We crossed paths with him at Arsenal.

An interesting specialist, but he most likely did not have enough experience in the Premier League.

Berdyev achieved great success in Russia, and even if he left for several years, this does not mean that he has forgotten how to train and missed something in the RPL.

I know that Kurban Bekievich closely followed our championship.

Age shouldn't stop him either.

Yes, it turned 70, but Louis van Gaal at 71 brought the Netherlands national team to the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup.

It is only in our country that people should not even walk at 70.

The age of the specialists should not be taken into account.

As an example, we can recall Yuri Semin.

- Do you believe that he will accept the RPL team in 2023?

- It is hard to say.

First of all, it is necessary to figure out whether Yuri Pavlovich himself has such a desire.

Secondly, ask the leaders of domestic clubs if they are ready to invite this coach.

But I would be very interested to see him come back.

- Given the lack of prize money from European competitions and the financial crisis, will Russian teams fire less coaches in the near future?

- Lokomotiv buys players for a lot of money and dismisses coaches.

All this is not free, so the budget allows.

But I think clubs will still protect their interests, for example, by significantly cutting the amount of leave in contracts.

Perhaps they will even include a clause about their absence.

As it was before: they paid three salaries and parted.

It cannot be ruled out that the terms of the agreements themselves will become shorter, including for the players, not as it is now - five years, but a year.

Teams are forced to save.

- Where will the main critic of the judges Leonid Slutsky appear after leaving Rubin?

- I think he will take a break until the end of the season and rest a bit.

And then he is able to lead absolutely any Russian top club.

Yes, the period in Kazan was not the most successful, but every coach goes through white and black stripes.

This is fine.

The most important thing is the trust of the management.

Unfortunately, in many of our teams it is missing.

Coaches are now changing like gloves.

During the season can fire five.

- Who will complain the most about refereeing in 2023?

- Who complained, he will continue to do it, that is, about everything.

There will always be people who will be dissatisfied with the work of referees, especially if their team has lost.

I never criticize them, no matter how they work.

They have their own kitchen and we have ours.

Judges also have bosses who then analyze the actions of subordinates and punish them.

I try not to get into this topic and not discuss it.

- Speaking of Rubin, which teams, in your opinion, will fly to the FNL, and which ones will rise to the RPL?

- Even Torpedo, who scored six points, had chances to escape.

The teams remained in the elite in more difficult situations, and ahead of 13 rounds, that is, 39 points are at stake.

It all depends on who will work at the training camp.

But in the first three matches, everyone will look about the same.

Whoever has more stars will, of course, get an advantage.

I don't believe in Lokomotiv departure.

On the other hand, no one imagined the fall in the FNL of Dynamo and Rubin either.

Everything happens in life.

I am also optimistic about the return of Kazan to the elite.

But in Arsenal, on the contrary, I'm not so sure.

FNL is an extremely difficult tournament.

I worked there myself and I know what I'm talking about.

It is very difficult to constantly make many hours of flights.

It leaves an imprint.

“You should not sprinkle ashes on your head after the departure of foreigners”

- There are still many foreign specialists in the RPL.

Do you have confidence that the second part of the season "Spartak" will have as great as the start?

Still, Guilherme Abascal is young and can make mistakes in full preparation.

- Even though the Spaniard is only 33, he already has a lot of experience and a high level of skill, which he proved in practice.

And here again, the 2022 World Cup comes to mind, where the Argentina national team won gold medals under the leadership of 44-year-old Lionel Scaloni.

I repeat, age does not play a role for coaches.

In addition, all the players remained in their places and they already perfectly know the requirements of the mentor.

I do not think that the red-whites are waiting for a sharp decline.

- Will Spartak be able to win the Russian Cup without the disqualified Alexander Sobolev and Shamar Nicholson?

- Of course, the relegation of the two leading players is a loss for any team.

It is possible that the red-and-whites will acquire someone in the attack in winter to replace the leaders at least in the Cup.

But it's too early to talk about title defense.

First, they need to beat Lokomotiv in the quarterfinals.

- How many matches will Quincy Promes (82 goals) need to get ahead of Wagner Love and Serdar Azmun (both 85 each) and become the top scorer among RPL legionnaires?

- Seven games for sure.

It depends on how many penalties will be awarded to Spartak's rivals.

It must be admitted that the Dutchman is showing excellent football this season, and it's not just a matter of a drop in the level of the championship.

First, Abascal found him the right position on the field and gave him freedom.

It can be seen that Quincy received a complete carte blanche: he goes to the right flank, then to the left, then appears in the center.

Plus, Promes simply missed football.

But the league itself, unfortunately, has become weaker.

- The reason for this is the mass departure of legionnaires?

- I think that not all foreigners who played in Russia before and continue to perform now are stronger than our guys.

Therefore, do not sprinkle ashes on your head after their departure.

But the masters of a truly high level also left, the loss of which could not but affect.

- Nevertheless, in the current season, their places were taken by young domestic football players, for example, Vladimir Sychevoi and Ilya Agapov, who had not received a chance in the elite before.

Will this process continue?

- You named the players who defend the colors of ordinary clubs, located either in the middle or at the bottom of the table.

These are not the teams about which we can say that instead of foreigners, the Russians got a chance.

Of course, players who have shown themselves brightly can go on promotion in the future.

For example, if rumors about Agapov's possible transfer to CSKA turn out to be a reality, it will be great.

- How many will Sycheva score in the remaining 13 matches of the season?

- He moved from Orenburg to Samara, which is essentially the same thing.

I would not bet that Vladimir will bring the number of goals in the RPL to 20 before the summer and win the scorer race.

In any case, it will take time for a person to adapt.

It is difficult to say why he decided to move to Wings of the Soviets.

Maybe the financial component played a role.

Probably the club management insisted on the transfer.

But I would not call Sychevy a direct replacement for Maxim Glushenkov, nevertheless these are diverse performers.

And how the striker will look like in the new team depends only on Igor Osinkin and how he fits the ward into his schemes.

After all, there were many cases when a person in one place achieved everything, and in another team he got lost and went on lease.

- Such is the example of Hamid Agalarov, who became the top scorer of the RPL last season, and scored one goal this year.

Sychevoi does not risk repeating his path?

“Only time will tell.

It happens the other way around, a football player joins a team even at a higher level and starts to shine there, because the coach knows how to reveal his strengths.

But, of course, the attitude of rivals to Sychev will be different.

He will be watched much more closely on the field, although personally I have never allowed the defenders of the installation to personally guard anyone.

But when a person scores so much, you involuntarily begin to concentrate on him.

Therefore, Vladimir will not have freedom in the spring.

“You can’t count on the flow of Russians to Europe”

- Will Matvey Safonov become the best goalkeeper in the country or will Igor Akinfeev keep the palm?

- So far, Matvey is definitely not one.

Yet Akinfeev is a legend.

And Safonov is a relatively young guy who has everything ahead of him.

He is a good goalkeeper, but sometimes he lacks stability.

Remember how at the beginning of the season he dragged everything, and in the fall he began to make one mistake after another.

It is difficult to say what it is connected with.

This sometimes happens with goalkeepers.

Take even the 2022 World Cup.

Yes, and representatives of other roles fall into black stripes.

But I wouldn't talk about the trend.

Moreover, it is not worth talking about the fact that Matvey cannot cope mentally.

With psychological stability and self-confidence, he definitely has no problems.

We used to consider Safonov young, but at 23 he already has rich experience of playing at the highest level, including in the Russian national team and European competitions.

- Will Arsen Zakharyan leave for Chelsea?

- There are chances.

This will be a huge plus for all Russian football, not to mention the player himself.

In a championship of this level, he will begin to develop by leaps and bounds.

Take the same Alexander Zinchenko.

He left Ufa for Manchester City and gradually rose to the core of the Citizens, won a bunch of trophies with them, and now defends the colors of Arsenal.

I think that Zakharyan, like the Ukrainian at one time, if he ends up at Chelsea, will have to spend the first season on loan.

- They talked a lot about the fact that Zakharyan's hands dropped after the failed move to England.

Do you agree?

- It is no coincidence that there is a saying in football that it is impossible to draw conclusions about a person from one season.

The next one is always decisive.

I would not say that Arsen was killed by what happened and sharply reduced his demands on himself.

Maybe an agreement has already been reached between the clubs, but we do not know.

I think Zakharyan plays at his level.

Perhaps he is scoring a little less points, but the opponents' attitude towards Dynamo has also changed.

Yes, and Slavisa Jokanovic makes different demands to the wards than Sandro Schwartz.

- If Zakharyan ends up in Chelsea, is it worth waiting for other Russians to move to the top European championships or will this be an isolated case?

“Unfortunately, in the current realities, one cannot count on a mass flow.

But it shouldn't be all about politics.

Our players in the European market, in principle, are not in demand.

Alexey Miranchuk and Alexander Golovin were the last to leave.

And before them, including in England, there was another generation that took its first steps in football under the Soviet system.

What is missing from the youth?

After all, they grew up in comfortable conditions.

- Firstly, there are not enough good children's coaches.

Secondly, as I said, the training system has changed.

At the beginning of the 2000s, I worked at the Youth Sports School, and even then it was different.

Before, we saw nothing but the ball.

And now 12-year-olds are required to have some kind of physical training.

What for?

This should be done at 16-17, when they approach the main compositions.

They teach the guys tactics ... The children's coach tried me in different positions and said that a football player should be an all-rounder.

And now, if the boy came to the team as a defender, then with a high degree of probability he will remain until the end.

- Returning to transfers, do you believe that Zenit may be left without one of its Brazilians by the start of next season?

- Until the summer, the composition of St. Petersburg will definitely not change.

And everything can be there.

But in the club, even if they give away a legionnaire, they take two more in his place, as happened with Ivan and Gustavo Mantua.

- Will Sergey Pinyaev be able to play in Lokomotiv?

- Since the leaders of the railway workers have acquired a young midfielder, it means that they are counting on him.

Still, Pinyaev showed himself well in the Wings of the Soviets.

But let's not jump to conclusions.

In Russia, there were a large number of examples when football players appeared even brighter and more talented, but then disappeared without a trace.

And such advances were issued ...

- Did Sergei himself hurry with the transition?

After all, he could easily finish the season in the same place.

“You don’t get called to such teams twice.

Yes, and hardly paid a lot of money for him to strengthen the bench.

Apparently, they count on Pinyaev as a base player.

In addition, in the autumn he made his debut in the national team.

In the end, everything will depend only on Sergei.

- Where will Artyom Dzyuba continue his career?

— Anything is possible, but so far there is silence around him.

There were only rumors about the rejection of the striker in the "Torpedo".

Until Artyom makes his own decision, we will have to guess.

Of course, Dziuba is able to help any RPL team.

He is not 40 years old, but only 34. But there are a lot of nuances: here is the desire of the coaches, and the position of the leadership, and the issue of salary.

I would be interested to see him in any team.

From the return of the striker, the championship of Russia will only benefit.

I repeat, I am sure: it is still able to bring real benefits.

- In the summer, another forward of the Russian national team, Fedor Chalov, argued with Konstantin Genich that he would score 13 points according to the “goal + pass” system in the RPL.

In the first part, he hit 11 (10 + 1).

Is the commentator guaranteed to lose?

- No doubt.

If there are no injuries, the CSKA striker will still score.

One of the most important reasons for his revival was a loan to Basel.

After all, before leaving for Switzerland, he lost his place in the starting lineup and entered the field irregularly.

And there he began to play constantly again and regained his confidence.

Then he wanted to return and prove to people who did not believe in him that he was still able to shine in CSKA.

In fact, it served as a great incentive.

As a striking example, Anton Miranchuk's loan to Estonia comes to mind.

From there, he came to Lokomotiv as a completely different footballer, although, it would seem, the championship is “resting”.

And he came back and made his way to the base.