Translated material
Life on Saturn
Moscow region club fires management
While Rubin, CSKA and Zenit were settling comfortably in the leading places, the Moscow region clubs Khimki and Saturn fell into the sediment of the standings. Having almost merged in the winter in kindred financial embraces, individually they were never able to appear as combat units. Having not decided to sacrifice one team in the Premier League then, the Moscow region now risks losing both at once.Resignation. There is little demand from Khimki - it was initially decided to spend a minimum on them, and Konstantin Sarsania’s team, provided with finances for only half the season, is trying to the best of its modest capabilities to prove the validity of its continued existence. The richer Saturn was destined for the role of the flagship of Moscow region football. That is, the privilege of going down more slowly.
There is a version: those millions of dollars that went to Khimki from the regional budget were taken away from Saturn. As a result, the Ramenskoye club did not buy a single player in the winter and, not without scandals, parted ways with a number of highly paid football players. But in easing the club budget, the club's general director Boris Zhiganov overdid it and himself became the first victim of the current season among Premier League managers. Yesterday, after two defeats - 0:5 from Rubin and 0:4 from Spartak - the general director of Saturn was dismissed. In the near future, the German coach Jurgen Reber, who was invited by him a year ago, may follow him.
The same regime of severe austerity immediately prevents you from parting with a specialist. Early termination of the contract entails the payment of compensation, and a lot of money has already been spent from the Saturn budget for such purposes. At the same time, inviting a new coach presupposes the same finances: the new head coach has the right to demand strengthening of the squad.
Tour phrase. The old mentor enters into an increasingly sharp conflict with the team. German is considered one of the most expressive languages, but Jürgen Reber prefers to swear in English. The German specialist compensates for his small selection of swear words with liveliness of character and expressiveness of accompanying gestures, and a rare training session or match of Saturn does not turn into a real performance at the edge of the field. Reber's last speech at the press conference after the game with Spartak, even though it was softened by the club translator, still received a standing ovation from the audience. “Footballers must think not only about money. I can cite Evseev and Loskov as examples. Yes, they are not the greatest football players, but they are fighters! No one can blame them for lack of motivation. This is the difference between them and young goldfinches, who have their noses up and nothing moves them!” -- this is what the edited version of Reber's speech looks like. In the original, “young goldfinches” were called by the English word Shit.
Scandal. While the Saturn coach was arguing with the players, Spartak fans were sorting things out with the police. The “Shoot us all” banner appeared on the Luzhniki stands as a sign of protest against police actions in Vladivostok and St. Petersburg. In Primorye, Luch fans were forbidden to watch the match standing and shouting, and at the Petrovsky stadium, riot police tore down the “Football is not for the police” banner, after which Zenit fans left the stands right during the match with Tom.
Derby. CSKA fans also protested this weekend. Army fans were not satisfied with the high price of tickets for the match with Dynamo, and they called for a boycott of the derby. Those fans who did come to the stadium hardly regretted it: the Dynamo - CSKA match turned out to be one of the most entertaining and dramatic in the current championship. Having conceded a goal in the first minutes, the army team managed to come back only towards the end of the meeting, and the winning goal was scored in stoppage time. CSKA head coach Zico, on the verge of a vote of no confidence, again managed to escape. Today, the Brazilian will have to try his luck again: in the semi-finals of the Russian Cup, his team will again face Dynamo.
Results of the 8th round matches. "Kuban" - "Rostov" - 0:0, "Spartak" - "Saturn" - 4:0 (Makeev 6, Dzyuba 21, Welliton 26, 72) , "Spartak-Nalchik" - "Khimki" - 0:0, "Terek" - "Amkar" - 2:2 (Panku 2 with pen., 84 - Kushev 27, 45) , "Dynamo" - CSKA - 1:2 (D. Kombarov 5 - Netsid 78, V. Berzutsky 90) , Zenit - Krylya Sovetov - 2:0 (Zyryanov 57, Pogrebnyak 68) , Moscow - Lokomotiv - 0:0, Rubin " - "Tom" - 4:0 (Sharonov 24, Karadeniz 26, Adamov 78, Kabze 84) .
Premier League
| 1. "Ruby" | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17--3 | 17 |
| 2. CSKA | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16--6 | 16 |
| 3. Zenit | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14--7 | 15 |
| 4. "Moscow" | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7--3 | 15 |
| 5. Spartak M | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12--7 | 13 |
| 6. “Wings of the Soviets” | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8--7 | 13 |
| 7. "Rostov" | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6--4 | 13 |
| 8. Dynamo | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8--9 | 12 |
| 9. "Lokomotiv" | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7--9 | 10 |
| 10. "Tom" | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5--11 | 10 |
| 11. "Terek" | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7--9 | 9 |
| 12. "Kuban" | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5--8 | 9 |
| 13. "Amkar" | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4--8 | 7 |
| 14. "Spartak" N | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5--7 | 6 |
| 15. "Saturn" | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5--18 | 5 |
| 16. Khimki | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7--17 | 3 |