Miller and Spalletti: It's over

Today, March 11, the head of Gazprom, Miller will officially sign some papers who resign the head coach of Zenit Luciano Spalletti . At noon, retired information received official confirmation. “The leadership of the Zenit football club decided to remove Luciano Spalletti from the head of the head coach,” the club said.

So far, acting The main thing will be Sergey Semak, at the beginning of the season he finished playing and looking for himself in the coaches. But why Miller Spalletti?

Spalletti is 55 years old (that is, it is not a matter of age), he worked in Zenit since 2009 (that is, not about the fact that he did not take root). During this time, the club became a double champion of Russia (2010 and 2011/12), won the Russian Cup and Super Cup, participated in the Champions League playoffs-for the first time in history, having got there in 1/8 draw. That is, it seems, it turned out. Moreover, the team left for the winter break, sharing the first place.

Yes, now there are local bad things. 2014 began with home defeat from Borussia in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League (2: 4) and a home draw with Tomu in the Premier League (0: 0). That is, something like this happened in the Miller-Spalletti-Zenit triangle, which is why the winter break did not lead to anything good-this is assumed that Spalletti was removed for two not the best in his life of the match. Well, however, we can say that in three. There was also a game, the defeat in which the zenith also brought out “1/8 of the Champions League for him. In the league group tournament, on December 11, Zenit lost“ Austria ”, 1: 4. But for some reason,“ Athletico ”then produced Porto, and there was a Zenit.

Then the topic of dismissal already had :

" How do you comment on rumors that Zenit is looking for a replacement for Luciano Spalletti? Will the last two games this year will influence your fate?
I am 55 years old, and 20 of them I work in a football club. Do you think such rumors are still concerned about me? - This is erroneous. My goal is different: to achieve results with Zenit. If there are no results, it is fair that each of you can express your opinion on this subject. My work is to prepare for every next game ... "

And so on. And in general, all this is not about sports, but about life.

Spin the intrigue

All this was in the hypothesis that Spalletti was fired for falling sports achievements. Actually, they did not particularly fall-there are 10 rounds to the end of the Russian championship, and the probability that the new coach will lower the team is clearly higher than the probability of the reverse option.

In general, how decisions will be made, was said after Austria:

- Before the start of the Champions League, you hoped that Zenit would make a qualitative leap forward. Why didn't this happen? And is it worth waiting for serious personnel decisions in this regard?
- It was important for us to go out into the playoffs, and we did it by solving the task of us. But they really did not show what I expected. Before going on vacation, I will have a meeting with the leadership, and we will conduct a serious analysis. And there, not only personnel issues will be affected, but also my place in the team. Because the only person in the club whose positions are unshakable are our president. In general, there will be a lot of serious questions . ”

Here, the intrigue clearly shifts towards the person making a decision, and this is not quite purely a sport of higher achievements. For example, there was a story with how, in December 2012, Spalletti was replaced by a Hulk during a game with Milan (a salary of 7 million euros per year-infa unofficial, but one hundred percent). Leaving the field, Hulk dismissed the edge of Spalletti, and refused to shake his hand - a scandal. Moreover, given the previous problems of "zenith" associated with the advent of Hulk and Witzel. No, here is not an overview of Zenit as a historical and cultural object, this is on the topic of a person making a decision. Hulk and Witzel, in fact, were introduced by the president of the club, and their conflict with the rest of the Spaletti team was unlikely to be pleased then. Problems began with other players (Denisov, Anyukov, Shirokov, etc.), someone has already left.

Here, the question is the answer about this :

" - Congratulations on access to the Europa League. However, an unpleasant episode associated with the Hulk took place in the match.
- Thank you. I would like to congratulate the guys on a very good game in which a lot stood at the stake. This is, firstly, and secondly, we were opposed by a very good opponent, with strong players. As for the situation with the Hulk, nothing unpleasant happened. Strong football players always adequately perceive when they are changed during the meeting. Immediately after the game, I received a message from Miller. Do you know Miller? Do you know who it is?
- Such surnames in Russia know everyone ...
“If you know Miller, then he sent me SMS and congratulated me on the victory, noting that all my replacements made in the match were correct.” And if I need to choose between your congratulations and SMS from Miller, I choose the second . "

By the way, here, no one asked for Spalletti to choose between congratulations from the reporter and SMS from Miller, he himself did. For the sake of the cartridge. In general, they had a high relationship:

" On March 15, the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller expressed support to the chief coach of St. Petersburg" Zenith "Luciano Spalletti, quoting the verses of the Italian poet Eugenio Montale.
" For us in the sea there is no break
The flight is still endless
And your path has just begun,
Having happened - it just started . "
With these words, Alexei Miller outlined his attitude in rumors about the resignation of the head coach of Zenit. The head of Gazprom explained to reporters that these lines should be supported by Luciano Spalletti in a “minute of failure” . ”

Then this situation was: March 14 (2013), Zenit left the Europa League from the draw, losing the Swiss Basel in the sum of the 1/8 finals of the European League. Of course, rumors about Spalletti's resignation began, who stated that he was not going to resign, but would continue to fight for victory in the Russian Championship.

Well, it was not possible to win, the second place - but this is still the Champions League. Yes, now, after Borussia, Zenit flies out of it again, but in the championship it goes in second place, that is, in the Ligo-Champion place of the next cycle. And in general, this is a sport, and in the sports situation, everything is not so terrible. That is, there is some other story, that is-intrigue and all that. No, on the other side, you won’t attack any Montal.

How decisions are made

Well, now - a winter meeting before going on vacation, on which Spalletti intended to discuss a bunch of different issues. It really took place and turned out to be solemn and blessed, as reported on the official website of Zenit (photo in the heading-from this press release):

" Today, at the specific park, a meeting of the board of the Gazprom OJSC Alexei Miller with the head coach of Zenit Luciano Spalletti was held, the official website of the blue-white-blue reports. The meeting discussed the first part of the season-2013/14 and further development prospects. Miller and Spalletti congratulated each other on the upcoming Christmas. A year, they wished each other success and good luck in 2014, as well as new victories to Zenit .

So the topic "for which" is complicated. In general, it is not a career for Spalletti here the subject of interest, but what the person who makes the decision (especially in the understandable industry) thinks and on the basis of what motivations this does. All this clearly expands our knowledge about the nature of things. And even as if humanly: he has some kind of goal like a dream-is it interesting?

It was clear that already on Monday in the evening it turned out that almost all interviewed experts thought the day before. Well, this is normal when the next morning everyone says that yesterday they knew this very well. But judging by their hypotheses, they understood life differently.

The commentator of NTV-Plus Cherdantsev said this: “ From sources close to Zenit, I know that the St. Petersburg club has been looking at Russian specialists for a very long time and wants a Russian coach .” All the same, it is not clear why Spalletti had to be removed 10 rounds before the end of the championship - Semak, although Russian, is clearly considered as a temporary option.

And, at the same time, “ as it became known to Sports.ru, Zenit contacted Gus Hiddin, offering the Dutchman to head the team before the 2013/14 season. So far, the Dutch specialist refused: at the time he needed to recover after the operation on his knee .” Well, a completely different version. And in general, Hiddinka has recently somehow been Pushing Bezonovo in the most pathos places, such as Anji. Well, somehow does not beat at all.

But the news of the most specific, albeit streamlined, form:
" The decision to dismiss Luciano Spalletti from the post of head coach Zenit was personally made by the chairman of the board of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, the Championship.com reports.
According to the source, the main reason for the dismissal is that the Italian specialist completely ceased to control the team. Note that the St. Petersburg club is still refraining from official comments . "

As for the complete loss of control - perhaps why not. As an explanation, this is always suitable. The case is thin and etheric. In any case, if not 2: 4 against Borussia, then 0: 0 with Tomu, as it were, they can hint that the team drained it. But, it seems, “Tom” and that - it happens, football, in the end, is once. And two - that the players decided to spite my grandmother to freeze my ears? And they do not want to go to the Champions League, and premium?

But on the word "premium" another topic arises (not quite new, the time of its appearance will become clear):

“ Zenit players have not yet received a salary in 2014. According to the“ Championship.com ”information, the St. Petersburg club has accumulated wage arrears in two months.
The press service of the club refused to comment on RBC-Sport this information.
Information about the possible difficulties of the club appeared very inappropriately-on Tuesday, Zenit is starting to start in the playoffs of the Champions League match against Borussia from Dortmund. The game of the 1/8 finals of the tournament will begin at 21-00 Moscow time . "

Well, yes, 2: 4 houses, what.

In this embodiment, you can read that Spalletti lost control of the team without being able to force her to play without money - but the players can already be understood with such amounts of contracts. But here is the intrigue - what is the money with Gazprom? What is Miller with football? Priorities have changed? And this case is already to some extent political, given, especially, all kinds of foreign policy circumstances.