Viktor Panchenko: I don’t see any system in Abaskal’s work

Let’s start with the latest news. Today “Nizhny Novgorod” lost in Orenburg. Can’t get out of the “joints” zone?

– On the contrary, I continue to believe in Sergei Yuran and his team. I was convinced that they would take points today, but a little was not enough. However, I believe that the “Wings” may not gain anything at all in the remaining matches, and will change places with Nizhny Novgorod.

– From bottom to top. Are the emotions of Valery Karpin and other leaders of Rostov after yesterday’s match justified?

– Of course, I am not a current referee and never have been, but it’s hard for me to understand where 96 minutes come from if the reserve shows three added. Knowing Kirill Levnikov from the best side, I can assume that there is some explanation for this. But boiled passions are quite natural. Frankly, I was worried about the team of Valery Georgievich, since we have been friends for a long time, and even more so now I myself work in another Rostov club SKA. It’s a shame, of course, that they missed the victory like that. I hope they still cancel the red card of Karpin, and allows him to bring the team to the “silver” from the bench.

– If from the point of view of morality, then do the Rostovites have the right to complain about the refereeing after so many penalties scored in this championship?

– Probably not. But the judges appointed them themselves. Now, in this form, the “obratochka” has arrived. Nobody canceled the boomerang law in football.

– Actually to the game. Essentially a draw?

– I would say that 60 to 40 in favor of “Rostov”. Bring the match to victory, no one would be surprised. And the main intrigue of the championship would have lived longer.

Valery Karpin / spartak.com

– Many people think that the game is too sluggish for a match of this caliber. But, as it seemed to me, the nerve was enough.

– When two equal teams play for such places, the spectacle is not always obtained. Yes, and “Rostov” with its selection of players, it’s not about entertainment. Karpin and I have known each other since the time when we played together in Tallinn with Valery Ovchinnikov. Not so long ago we saw each other in Krasnodar before their cup match. I told him that I would not name half of the team, although I know the market of players well. And then he released five more guys, who a few months ago only played in the youth league. Too high, I say, you climbed with such a selection. We laughed.

– And yesterday he again proved that the team is purely, as they say, coaching.

– Exactly. Everyone knows their maneuver, like in a computer game. Handmade, jewelry, one might say, work. And look how skillfully the composition varies, taking into account medical indicators, physical condition, tactical analysis of the opponent and methodological decisions. Squeezes out the maximum, to the last drop.

– I doubt to hear so many laudatory epithets about Abaskal. Have you seen at Spartak at least some hint of the drawing of the game?

– “Miracles” works with the composition. There are 6-7 healthy defenders, so he releases them all at once. I think that soon he will start betting 5-6 forwards, if they are at hand. I don’t see any system either in the choice of players or in the structure of the game itself. I was initially surprised by this appointment. As unexpectedly appeared, and continued. Only one thing is predictable – a “valid” ending in every match. Previously, Spartak fans were in different moods, but they could safely leave in the 80th minute. Now after that, everything is just beginning.

– Doesn’t it remind you of the Carrera period?

I was as surprised then as I am now.

– CSKA also claims a place in the top three. How do you assess the prospects of the club, where, in fact, your managerial career began?

– It’s clear, I sympathize with all the teams where I worked, be it CSKA, Dynamo, Lokomotiv or Khimki. But today in the army club there is no such fundamentality as before.

– A reproach to your old friend Vladimir Fedotov?

– Not at all. He just proved everything. But I don’t quite understand what’s going on in the club tops and who is now the boss in the army house.

– After the victory in Grozny, Fedotov himself said that he had to show the players a cassette with the words of Valery Lobanovsky. There, the master says that those who doubt the choice of a coach have no place in the team.

– You see. Probably, Carrascal hinted, or someone else from the dissatisfied foreigners.

– Oblyakov scored two goals for Akhmat, and he already has 7 goals in the championship. Where does such a performance of a defensive player come from?

– It’s good that it’s coming, but the record is fleeting for him.

– Are you hinting at yours, almost eternal? I’m talking about five goals against Alania Valery Gazzaev.

– Almost 30 years have passed, and to this day I remember how you were looking for me for an interview for three days. It was fun time

– Yesterday this record could well be repeated by Malcolm, but Sergey Semak changed the Brazilian when there was still enough time. Has personal achievement gone out of fashion?

– No, it’s me who, out of old friendship, dialed Bogdanych, take it off, they say. But seriously, who doesn’t like being a record holder. Dzyuba was on the move when he scored four “Tambov”, now here is Malcolm. Veretennikov at one time repeated my achievement, but then scored one goal from the penalty spot, and I all from the game.

– Malcolm, too, could not do without a blow from the 11-meter mark. Although he had never been a penalty taker before.

– Exactly. And notice how nervously punched Dynamo a week ago. And now it’s like he’s been doing them all his life. Gained confidence quickly.

Malcolm / fc-zenit.ru

– In general, he gives out an excellent segment against the background of talk about a possible signing almost in PSG. To whom and what does he prove?

– That’s just the point, that anything. Apparently, the contract is already in hand, so he plays liberated, gets high and everything works out. Although I would like to see our scorers.

– Will the Brazilians leave after the season?

– Given the isolation, this time, apparently, has come.

– On duty, you probably follow young talents around the world. Who can really be invited to Russia now, and is it necessary to continue work in this direction?

– I don’t see any point in it. Among other things, there is a huge risk of getting a broken contract at any time. But Russia still remains a kind of springboard where the same South Americans raise their reputation.

– Two personal questions. How are things with your son Cyril in the Tula “Arsenal”? No disappointment after such teams as CSKA and Dynamo?

– In CSKA he became a champion. With “Dynamo” he returned to the big leagues, and then went to European competition. Moreover, he entered the top 100 Dynamo football players of all time, along with Lev Ivanovich Yashin and other legends. Of course, it is very pleasant and honorable, but football life goes on.

– How do you work in SKA, the owner of which is Vasily Vakulenko, better known as Basta?

– This is the second time I’ve come to see him. Before, of course, there were other opportunities, he paid the players cosmic money for the second league. And today he asked for help at a difficult time for the club. I accepted this challenge as well.