- In the first rounds Dynamo shows an intelligible game compared to previous seasons. Was it really necessary for this team to maintain ambition and sell half of the main team?
- The main thing is that we kept the skeleton in the offseason. After all, the team’s game doesn’t appear for no reason. Football players from the current Dynamo squad have been playing together for quite some time, have already gotten used to each other. Before the start of the championship, we were added to young players who came from a double or returned from a lease, such as Vladimir Granat. They were already familiar with our style of play, with the team training system, so they joined the team as relatives. In addition, an important role is played by the fact that most people in the team speak the same language, there are almost no language barriers. In past seasons, there were still too many foreign players with whom Russian players could not literally find a common language.
“But what about Danny, Cicero, Fernandez?”
- And they already understand Russian well. They have some problems with the pronunciation of Russian words, but even without that we understand them. In training, Kobelev works with them without an interpreter. And we communicate with them on the field without any problems. Cicero and Danny, of course, understand more words and expressions than Fernandez, but in such cases, Khokhlov begins to speak in Spanish with him.
- Do not you think that in the current Dynamo there is a big difference in class between the base players and the bench? Experienced footballers play on the field, and there are completely unknown understudies in reserve.
“Perhaps I will agree with you.” Most of our reservists have never played in Premier League matches. It is necessary to strengthen in the summer, but this is a matter of leadership, and not mine. You know, in order to successfully play in the championship and the Cup of Russia, periodic strengthening is necessary even for Russian super clubs. In the meantime, the players of the main team are ready to play without replacements. Nothing wrong with us because of this will not happen. In principle, substitutions do not always affect the favorable outcome of a meeting. You can rebuild the game so as to score a goal or keep the desired score.
- Alexey Smertin, after moving from Dynamo to Fulham, said that he was not interested in playing in a team that does not set serious goals. Does your team really play in the championship without any problems?
- I would not like to discuss other people's statements. We have the task of winning every match - what more concrete can you think of? And in the fall we will look at the standings and check how well we completed this task. Now our team is played by people who are satisfied with such goals. We are now like musketeers: one for all and all for one.
- So, it was necessary to expel the millionaires from the team so that it would play at least somehow?
- Money in football does not play a decisive role at all and does not make a result. I think this: there will be no money without victories. If you get a big salary and your team does not win, you will be abandoned sooner or later.
Vadim SINAEV