Byshovets called on Russia to emulate Ukraine
Ukraine took the process of preparing its football team more seriously than Russia.
This is reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent, comparing the performances of the Russian and Ukrainian teams at Euro 2020, by former Soviet-era Dynamo Kiev striker, ex-head coach of the Russian national football team, now a member of the Technical Committee of the Russian Football Community, Anatoly Byshovets, words which is cited by the “Championship” portal
“Historically, it so happened that football dominated in Ukraine, but Russian football never existed. Rather, it was Moscow football. Well, we all know that the Ukrainian national team is recruited according to the basic principle. Basically, there are consistently 5-6 representatives of Dynamo Kyiv. The issue of training reserves for the Ukrainian national team is taken very seriously. They are preparing their youth. As a result, Dynamo Kiev becomes the champion in Ukraine, ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk, which has a slightly different approach,” said the sports functionary.
“Andrei Shevchenko’s team has been restructured, a generational change has taken place in the team, and the Russian team is still living somewhere in 2016-2017. We have made no progress since then. And most importantly, there are no prospects in sight. Let’s say some new coach comes, and I can hardly imagine what kind of team we will have to play with the Croats in September,” says Byshovets.
This news caused heated controversy in the comments. Some agree with this kind of opinion, while others, recognizing that the Russian national team is showing poor quality football at Euro 2020, emphasize that Ukraine is not a country that Russian football players should emulate.
“As soon as DK won the Championship, they had an excellent approach. And the complete dominance of the Donetsk Brazilians for many years is so true, it’s nothing. How our experts love to criticize their own. It’s understandable, it’s easier to scold. Only Svetoch himself, who was a GT, failed worse than the current composition of the national team,” writes user adecvat.
Let us recall that in 1998, Byshovets set an absolute anti-record: the Russian national team led by him lost six matches out of six. After this, Byshovets was dismissed. Moreover, in Soviet times, under his leadership, the USSR national team became the Olympic champion in 1988.
“And what has Ukraine achieved in 30 years? We have 2 European Cups, they have one. They and we have the World Cup quarterfinals. We are bronze medalists of the European Championship - they have little chance in the match with the British. We regularly go to the World Championships and European Championships - they are only after the number of participants has been expanded. Why should we focus on them? “Andrey64 is perplexed.
“Ukraine is 3 times smaller than Russia and much poorer, but it plays no worse, draw your own conclusions,” beksrj supports Byshovets.
However, he was told that the richest countries on the planet - the USA and China - do not shine at all in football.
If you find an error, please select a piece of text and press Ctrl + Enter.
Thank you!
Now the editors are aware.