The Russian national team will evaluate a coach in Euro – Kommersant

European Championship 2016

The Russian national team will hold tomorrow in a crucial match the qualifying tournament for the European Championships in 2016. The game against Sweden on “The opening of the Arena” will be the first to Leonid Slutsky, was replaced as head coach of the national team of Italian expert Fabio Capello. Only victory will keep the Russians a good chance to break into the continental championship directly, without going through the play-offs. As practice shows, coaching permutations certainly whee domestic players.

The complexity of the situation in which the Russian team appeared before the finish of the qualifying round, perfectly visible when looking at the standings. Leaders of G Austrians already impossible to catch up, and to tomorrow’s opponents – the Swedes – four points. However, only two teams will earn direct tickets to the European Championship, which next year will take France. Thus, to call a meeting with the Swedes even decisive is not much of an exaggeration. And the Russians will play with them, just in the beginning of August, survive the change of coach. Instead of Fabio Capello’s team was headed by Leonid Slutsky.

Changing the head coach during the qualifying tournament – it’s always a force majeure, always seems to be unpleasant and painful event. But the history of the Russian national team has shown that for her it is just as strangely, is useful. In the qualifiers, it has repeatedly experienced “clinical death” – and resurrected with another coach.

The most striking came coming Oleg Romantsev, who called from “Spartacus” in the most desperate moment of the qualifying campaign for the European Championships 2000, when Anatoly Byshovtsem was already littered with start – three defeats in a row . As a result, Romantcev despite available to him in comparison with rivals a huge handicap, nearly brought the team to the championship. Before the sign of victory over the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of Euro 2008 is romantsevsky triumph at Paris’ Stade de France was an outlet for Russian fans: after a visit in excellent style were defeated – 3: 2 – world champions. And only insulting Alexander Filimonov error in the last match with the Ukrainians did not allow already risen from the ashes the Russian team to reach at least until the play-offs.

In the qualifying tournament for the next European Championship – 2004 – the Russian team was suddenly thrown impulsive Valery Gazzaev, who left the team at his own request after the draw of the friendly match with Israel, explaining his decision the fact that he is unable to affect the players. The national team is in serious standings, it has been entrusted to Georgy Yartsev and vygryzla a place in the play-offs, including dashing through victory over the favorite group Switzerland – 4: 1. And in the joints, she prevailed over Wales – the opposition, the essence of which is very aptly, in a non-printed terms, thrown directly into the camera lens, described after the game in Cardiff Vadim Evseev.

A little less impressive has turned the board Yuri Semin, who has long walked to the leadership team and that just a little bit is not enough to draw tarnished Georgy Yartsev qualifying tournament for the 2006 World Cup. It was in the course of the qualification there was a terrible 1: 7 from the Portuguese, remember the fact that Yartsev resigned from the coaching bench before the meeting ended. And although Semin Russian team did not lose a single game, the coach himself has refused to renew the contract.

Compared with its predecessor, Leonid Slutsky came to the team under very favorable circumstances. The national team, even got a few holes, still afloat, its morale, according to the players (see. An interview with the leader of the team Roman Shirokov on this page), is on the rise, and the goal is achievable. Eventually, calling the match with the Swedes a decisive, we must not forget that even the third place leaves a good chance to qualify for the European Championship. In this case, the joints have to play, and they can not get on very strong opponent.

Peter Kuznetsov

The situation in Group G

 

 

in N R M About 1. Austria 5 1 0 11: 2 16 2. Sweden 3 3 0 10: 4 12 3. Russia 2 2 2 9: 4 8 4. Montenegro 1 2 3 4: 8 5 5. Liechtenstein 1 2 3 2:12 5 6. Moldova 0 2 4 3: 9 2

The schedule of matches in Group G

5 September. Russia – Sweden, Austria – Moldova, Montenegro – Liechtenstein.

 

8 September. Liechtenstein – Russia, Moldova – Montenegro, Sweden – Austria.

 

October 9. Liechtenstein – Sweden, Moldova – Russia, Montenegro – Austria.

 

October 12. Austria – Liechtenstein, Russia – Montenegro, Sweden – Moldova.