Sergey Yuran appreciated the playoffs of the World Cup in Qatar

To take a look at the past matches of the 1/8 finals of the World Cup 22 through the eyes of the MK coach, Sergey Yuran, a participant in the World Cup 94, who, after an unforgettable career in Kiev Dynamo, Moscow Spartak, leading Portuguese clubs, the German and Austrian Bundesliga, became very in demand in the coaching field.

– As an epigraph: should the coach kill the player in himself?

– Of course. You have to think completely differently.

– Then all the questions to Yuran – the coach, not the player. Satisfied with what you see at this stage?

– Not from all teams, to be honest. Take the Australians with Argentina. It is a huge mistake to start the ball from the goalkeeper against such a team. She led to a ridiculous, it would seem, goal.

– Your former teammate Igor Shalimov told me that he was bored watching the playoffs, it was much more fun in groups. But that’s before yesterday’s matches. They, you see, came to envy from all points of view?

– I’m not bored with the coaching, if you like. The Spaniards alone will give a lot of food.

– Let not 82, but 77 percent of possession of the ball. Why did the Spaniards’ coach Luis Enrique never betray himself in the playoffs?

On the one hand, it’s a paradox. On the other hand, he became a hostage of those 7:0 with Costa Rica at the start. I just got it into my head that if this scheme worked once, it will continue to work. But everyone has studied Spain, it is like an open book. When the flanks do not work, and the center is oversaturated, everything is absolutely clear.

— There is a well-known football bike about the envelopes that the fired coach leaves. What should Luis Enrique write there?

– In short, do not play Morata as a “pillar” every time.

– This story ends, if you remember, with the phrase “write envelopes.” Which of the coaches definitely shouldn’t think about this, are there any?

– Moroccan, well, Brazilian – Tita, apparently.

– Cristiano Ronaldo expressed dissatisfaction before the game with Switzerland, now, of course, it boils even more fiercely. But the winners, and what kind, in the person of coach Santos, are not judged?

– A megastar of this level should be the first help to the coach. You must understand all the requirements and requests like no one else.

But the conflict smolders. How should a coach behave so that he does not break out in the locker room between Ronaldo and this youngster Ramos, who came out instead of him and scored three goals?

– Continue to bend your own. There is a lot of support for him right now. I played in Portugal for many years, I know their fans. They are more constructive, so Santos does not need our support now.

– Let’s rewind a little. Brazil passes Korea with the same light gait. Was it Tite’s bet on quick goals to give him a breather before more serious battles?

– It’s a different story. People came to win this championship. Therefore, today we see that even Neymar is working out in defense. The philosophy of the head coach is clearly traced. “Joa bonita” in the past. I played against the Brazilians in ’94. And it was something. You can’t change your attitude towards them.

– So far, the only overtime and a penalty shoot-out … Could the Japanese coach do something to keep that goal in the locker room and the coveted 1-0?

– He had a plan A and a plan B. In the first he wanted to take a break. In the second – to put the squeeze on an older opponent towards the end. The first one worked. And here he had to hold on. I didn’t have enough flair and experience, so I’ll say.

– England and France achieved similar victories on the same day. But at first they weren’t so confident. Deschamps and Southgate apparently changed something along the way?

– Of course not. You can correct something by replacing here, nothing more. Southgate put Henderson in the base, which decided a lot. This is pre-game thought. Deschamps just taught everyone how to work from goalkeeper to striker. Game discipline at all level.

– The first playoff games, almost erased from memory, also brought success to the favorites. The Dutchman Van Gaal, probably, even in his 71 managed without validol, what can not be said about the Argentinean Scaloni?

— I liked the work of the Dutchman. I’ll explain now. Any coach chooses whether to go from himself, or from the players who are at his disposal. Van Gaal may want to play that total football, but he looks at things soberly. His phrase is phenomenal: tomorrow the fans will wake up and be happy. Indistinct football has the right to be if the coach is repelled by the selection of players. The game is forgotten – the result remains.

– Then who is Scaloni for you as Messi’s coach?

– We must give him credit, he is not coaching Luxembourg. He has Messi – an assistant and a plowman. Unlike Ronaldo. And it is clear that the Argentines have come to win the championship, to take this cup! And Messi and Scaloni in one bundle. With complete mutual respect.

– Did you, as a coach, believe in them so much even after the defeat from Arabia?

– Yes. As for the Germans, he immediately said that they would not come out. He argued with sports journalist Nobel Arustamyan – now let him call the restaurant. This is a question of practitioners and theorists.

– Only one of the note leaders left the race at this stage. Team wins, coach loses?

– Undoubtedly, if you take Spain, with all due respect to Luis Enrique.

– Of course, you can’t do without your forecasts, but again through the coaching prism. Who needs to change and what?

“Nothing needs to be changed here. But we must protect the guys from courage, the same Brazilians. Moroccans only play according to the same patterns.

– I did not ask about only one coach – Yuran. What are your creative plans?

– It is clear that I want to return to the process, to plunge into my path. After the New Year everything will be.

– There was talk that you met big people from the railway department as soon as the Germans left. Could Loko be resumed?

– It is not true.

– You spoke about the option in Uzbekistan, but there was also Azerbaijan, as far as I know?

– Everything is so, but the priority is the Russian championship.

QUARTER-FINAL MATCHES

Croatia – Brazil 9 December 18.00 “Education City”

Netherlands – Argentina 9 December 22.00 Lusail

Morocco – Portugal 10 December 18.00 “El Tumama”

England – France 10 December 22.00 “El-Byte”