Dynamo head coach resigned

The first high-profile coaching resignation occurred in the Russian football Premier League. Dynamo management decided to fire Sergei Silkin. The specialist’s resignation took place the day after an extremely painful – 0:4 – defeat in the Moscow derby from Spartak.

The resignation of Sergei Silkin cannot be called unexpected. Under his leadership in the new season, Dynamo did not score a single point in three rounds (defeats from Volga, Zenit and Spartak), did not score a single goal, conceding seven goals. With such indicators, the blue and whites firmly occupied the last - 16th - place in the standings. The last straw that broke the patience of the club's leaders was Sunday's crushing defeat from its most important rival, Spartak. The blue and white conceded four unanswered goals on their field, and ended the match with ten men due to the sending off of Christian Noboa.

After the defeat, the chairman of Dynamo’s board of trustees, Sergei Stepashin, said that Sergei Silkin “needs to raise the issue of trust with the club’s management.” And apparently, confidence in Mr. Silkin was denied. “We already had a conversation with the club’s management, I resigned. I think that the game against Spartak once again showed that the team needs a shake-up. I think my departure will benefit the team. I see that the team needs to be reshuffled. Resignation is my conscious decision, and there was no pressure on me,” Sergei Silkin told the online portal championat.com .

An emergency meeting of the Dynamo board of directors is scheduled to take place on Monday evening, at which Mr. Silkin’s resignation should be approved. According to unofficial information, the club's sports director Alexander Borodyuk, who was on the headquarters of the Russian national team under Guus Hiddink and Dick Advocaat and switched to club work after the European Championship, may become the acting head coach of Dynamo. Silkin’s former assistant Dmitry Khokhlov, who now leads the Blue and White youth team, can also temporarily lead Dynamo.

Arnold Kabanov

Sergey Silkin left with zero