He seems to have quit smoking! We remember that once in a newspaper interview, Valery Gazzaev said that he had cracked down on addiction.
“He acted like a man,” he said. - At one point I quit smoking and do not touch the smoke anymore.
The cigar in his hands, frequent puffs are, of course, the machinations of enemies who want to discredit the army team. It was impossible to believe in it. On the other hand, Valery Gazzaev promised to quit smoking cigarettes. And the promise is not broken. About cigars, a pipe, cigarettes or bamboo, he did not say anything like that. So do not dig.
Near the trainer, local organizers grouped and strove to tell him some compliment. Valery Georgievich puffed up, released puffs of smoke and felt at ease.
- Can I have a couple of questions? - the journalists turned to him.
- And you are not from the "Soviet Sport"? - according to the local tradition, the specialist, staying in Israel for a long time, asked.
“No,” they boomed in response.
“Well, yes,” Gazzayev waved his hand. - You’ll tell you, and then it turns out that it is from “Soviet Sport”.
“Please, please, please,” the reporters screamed. And the coach did not resist them. Like a cigar.
- Are you satisfied with the result?
“I don’t know,” Gazzayev shrugged. - For us, the main thing is preparation. I am pleased that all the players, given the short time after the holidays, had a good match. I think that for about seventy minutes the team played at a good level. Everything goes according to plan.
“And you were comfortable with how the newcomer Ramon played?”
- You see, we did not take Ramon for one game, then to discuss what he arranged today. We took a football player in the future, given his youth. Judging by one game does not make sense, it is wrong. For Ramon to become a real star, it will take two to three years.
“Two or three years?”
“But he is only 18 years old.”
- The team is only from vacation. You train in a good mode and at the same time destroy the club, which takes third place in the Israeli championship. What's the secret?
“We just pray to God.”
Israeli journalists wanted to ask Valery Georgievich about Maccabi, the club’s future rival in the UEFA Cup. It turned out that he knows a little:
- Maccabi is a good team. We will carefully prepare for this meeting.
- And who do you highlight as part of the opponent?
- Now we are preparing for the season. And we will study the opponent, analyze the actions of the players later, when the time comes.
- The Israelis have a much more modest budget. Will it affect the game?
- Football is not played by budgets! - overly nervously parried the steering army.
Everyone understood that the Maccabi was doomed.
Alexey SHEVCHENKO, Ashdod