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Rubin was beheaded
The President of Tatarstan fired the coach of the Rubin football "Kurbana Berdyeva - a man who made a modest Kazan club by the champion of Russia and the national sports project of the republic , President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov dismissed the head coach of the football" Rubin "Kurbana Berdyev. Together with the coach, the highest management of the team was fired: General Director Andrei Gromov and Vice President Kamil Ishakov.
Kurban Berdyev headed Rubin since 2001. It was under his leadership that the team reached the Higher League of Russian football and already in the second season won bronze medals, and then achieved two championships in a row. In Europe, Rubin has not achieved significant success, but he owns an undoubted symbolic achievement - for two years in a row Kazan played with Barcelona and lost to her only one out of four, and even able to win their first match for Kampa.
In addition, inside the club there has long been a conflict between the coach and general director Andrei Gromov. A year ago, the Vice President of Rubin became Kamil Ishakov-a former mayor of Kazan, and then the president’s envoy in the Far East. At his first press conference, Iskhakov said that one of his tasks was to extinguish the disputes between Berdyev and Gromov.
Despite this, the conflict continued to grow. To this was added that Rubin went to the winter break in the Russian championship, taking 11th place in the standings. But the decision of the leadership has become a sensation, says Ayrat Nigmatullin, sports correspondent of the Kazan newspaper Business Online.
- Of course, this is a big surprise. Yesterday there was already information that today Rubin’s board of trustees, led by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, could make some serious decisions, but few people expected that they would be so radical. The majority thought that Minnikhanov would accept one of the parties, and the majority nevertheless inclined that Berdyev would remain, and the managerial staff would leave. And it so happened that everyone left the club, and Rubin will now start with a clean sheet.
Kurban Berdyev was able to bring Rubin to a fundamentally new level, but other team members made a great contribution to success. For example, former sports director Rustem Saymanov. A few years ago, he went to prison for involvement in a series of murders committed in the nineties. Says the journalist of Novaya Gazeta Irek Murtazin :
- A very big role is that Rubin sparkled with all the colors, belongs to the club director Rustem Saymanov, sentenced to six years in prison for his youth in the Sevastopol organized crime group. After Saimanov’s arrest, I think Rubin went downhill. It was Rustem Saimanov who supported the desired discipline, it was he who carried out selection work. When Rustem was put, this work was put on a gear. With the arrest of Saimanov, Rubin was doomed.
Kurban Berdyev is from Turkmenistan. He is well known for his religiosity - the coach never parted with the famous rosary, and after the first victory in the championship he made Hajj in Mecca . Sports indicators always remained in the first place, but the Muslim coach was symbolic for Tatarstan, said Ayrat Nigmatullin:
- I think this is not so fundamental. There are many professional sports teams in Kazan, and Alekno’s volleyball coach, a hockey coach of Ak Bars, are not Muslims, as well as the mentor of UNICS, Italian Trinkeri. Although, of course, this gave some flavor of Rubin and even more made Berdyev in Kazan and in the republic.
However, Berdyev’s mass support from the fans does not have to wait, says Ayrat Nigmatullin:
- Undoubtedly, all the victories of Rubin are Berdyev, this is a symbol of the team. This is one of the most outstanding football people in Russia. But to be honest, our football fan is quite inert, and although there are already calls on the Internet to come to the base and support the head coach, I think that there will be several dozen such daredevils. At the same time, many already believe that the head coach has exhausted himself in the team for 12 years and this is precisely what the latest failures of the team in the internal championship are connected.
- The slogan of "bread and spectacles" has not yet been canceled. Tatarstan today needs spectacles than ever to distract the population from social problems. For people, going to the stadium was a kind of outlet, and it should stay. Tatarstan supported and will support the football "Rubin", hockey "Ak Bars", basketball units. Sport performs the function of gladiatorial battles in ancient Rome.
The Russian Football Championship resumes in early March. Until that time, Rubin needs to find a new head coach. Who will become the successor of Berdyev is still unknown. At the level of rumors, a variety of names are called-from the coach of Amkar, a former of the famous goalkeeper Stanislav Cherchesov to the winner of the Europa League, Portuguese Villash-Boash, recently dismissed from the English Tottenhem. But it is obvious that this appointment will take place under the direct control of the President of Tatarstan.
Kurban Berdyev headed Rubin since 2001. It was under his leadership that the team reached the Higher League of Russian football and already in the second season won bronze medals, and then achieved two championships in a row. In Europe, Rubin has not achieved significant success, but he owns an undoubted symbolic achievement - for two years in a row Kazan played with Barcelona and lost to her only one out of four, and even able to win their first match for Kampa.
In 2009, Rubin won a historical victory over Barcelona
In recent years, Berdyev was increasingly criticized - in the two previous championships, Rubin took only sixth place, and the Russian Cup won a year and a half ago was the only trophy.In addition, inside the club there has long been a conflict between the coach and general director Andrei Gromov. A year ago, the Vice President of Rubin became Kamil Ishakov-a former mayor of Kazan, and then the president’s envoy in the Far East. At his first press conference, Iskhakov said that one of his tasks was to extinguish the disputes between Berdyev and Gromov.
Despite this, the conflict continued to grow. To this was added that Rubin went to the winter break in the Russian championship, taking 11th place in the standings. But the decision of the leadership has become a sensation, says Ayrat Nigmatullin, sports correspondent of the Kazan newspaper Business Online.
- Of course, this is a big surprise. Yesterday there was already information that today Rubin’s board of trustees, led by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, could make some serious decisions, but few people expected that they would be so radical. The majority thought that Minnikhanov would accept one of the parties, and the majority nevertheless inclined that Berdyev would remain, and the managerial staff would leave. And it so happened that everyone left the club, and Rubin will now start with a clean sheet.
Kurban Berdyev was able to bring Rubin to a fundamentally new level, but other team members made a great contribution to success. For example, former sports director Rustem Saymanov. A few years ago, he went to prison for involvement in a series of murders committed in the nineties. Says the journalist of Novaya Gazeta Irek Murtazin :
- A very big role is that Rubin sparkled with all the colors, belongs to the club director Rustem Saymanov, sentenced to six years in prison for his youth in the Sevastopol organized crime group. After Saimanov’s arrest, I think Rubin went downhill. It was Rustem Saimanov who supported the desired discipline, it was he who carried out selection work. When Rustem was put, this work was put on a gear. With the arrest of Saimanov, Rubin was doomed.
Kurban Berdyev is from Turkmenistan. He is well known for his religiosity - the coach never parted with the famous rosary, and after the first victory in the championship he made Hajj in Mecca . Sports indicators always remained in the first place, but the Muslim coach was symbolic for Tatarstan, said Ayrat Nigmatullin:
- I think this is not so fundamental. There are many professional sports teams in Kazan, and Alekno’s volleyball coach, a hockey coach of Ak Bars, are not Muslims, as well as the mentor of UNICS, Italian Trinkeri. Although, of course, this gave some flavor of Rubin and even more made Berdyev in Kazan and in the republic.
However, Berdyev’s mass support from the fans does not have to wait, says Ayrat Nigmatullin:
- Undoubtedly, all the victories of Rubin are Berdyev, this is a symbol of the team. This is one of the most outstanding football people in Russia. But to be honest, our football fan is quite inert, and although there are already calls on the Internet to come to the base and support the head coach, I think that there will be several dozen such daredevils. At the same time, many already believe that the head coach has exhausted himself in the team for 12 years and this is precisely what the latest failures of the team in the internal championship are connected.
Sports achievements of Kazan teams are an important political project for Tatarstan. Despite a series of loud resignations, Rubin should not lose state support, Irek Murtazin is sure:Tatarstan today needs spectacles than ever to distract the population from social problems. Sport performs the function of gladiatorial battles in ancient Rome
- The slogan of "bread and spectacles" has not yet been canceled. Tatarstan today needs spectacles than ever to distract the population from social problems. For people, going to the stadium was a kind of outlet, and it should stay. Tatarstan supported and will support the football "Rubin", hockey "Ak Bars", basketball units. Sport performs the function of gladiatorial battles in ancient Rome.
The Russian Football Championship resumes in early March. Until that time, Rubin needs to find a new head coach. Who will become the successor of Berdyev is still unknown. At the level of rumors, a variety of names are called-from the coach of Amkar, a former of the famous goalkeeper Stanislav Cherchesov to the winner of the Europa League, Portuguese Villash-Boash, recently dismissed from the English Tottenhem. But it is obvious that this appointment will take place under the direct control of the President of Tatarstan.