). The SE columnist tells how the situation can develop.
Sergey Egorov
The meeting of the board of directors of the St. Petersburg club did not officially have the task of choosing a new head coach. According to my information, the main item on the agenda sounded like this: "The development strategy of the club." The management of "Zenith" prepared it, but in the end it was decided to finalize the document.
It is clear that the strategy also contained a sports component - perhaps it was also about the fact that Special attention it is necessary to pay home-grown footballers, taking into account a) the remaining limit, albeit in the future for the next two years; b) the UEFA rules for such players in the UEFA club competition entries; c) the problem with the lack of locals at Zenit, which is sometimes felt by the mood of the public.
Sergey SEMAK. Photo by Vyacheslav EVDOKIMOV / FC Zenit
After reaching the Champions League playoffs, PAULO FONSECA came to the press conference in Zorro's suit. What else will the Shakhtar coach surprise you with? Photo REUTERS
FONSECA
A very strange story has developed with. According to my information, the Dutchman was indeed a candidate, but even before the meeting of the board of directors, the topic was removed from the agenda.
Konstantin Lemeshev*June 1987
USSR Champion 1984
Winner of the USSR Season Cup 1985
July 1, 1989
November 4, 1996
November 22, 1998
November 24, 1998 -
April 25, 2000
May 31, 2000 -
July 5, 2002
Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship 2001
Russian Cup finalist 2001/02
August 26, 2002, and. O.
November 17, 2002
May 3, 2006
Winner of the Premier League Cup 2003
August 10, 2009
Winner of the Russian Super Cup 2008
UEFA Cup Winner 2007/08
2008 UEFA Super Cup Winner
October 3 -
December 11, 2009
11 March 2014
Champion of Russia 2010
Winner of the Russian Super Cup 2011
Champion of Russia 2011/12
Russian Super Cup finalist 2012
Silver medalist of the Russian Championship 2012/13
Finalist of the Russian Super Cup 2013
May 21, 2016
Champion of Russia 2014/15
Winner of the Russian Super Cup 2015
Winner of the Russian Cup 2015/16
Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship 2015/16
** Lasin in September 1950 replaced K. Lemeshev in away matches, Kornev replaced Zonin in August-October 1977, Davydov replaced Byshovets in October 1998. Match statistics were taken into account for Lemeshev, Zonin and Byshovets, for Kornev they were highlighted separately for clarity.
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If the generals were guided by reasonable reasons, it seemed how clear it should have been for Napoleon that, having gone two thousand miles and taking the battle with the probable accident of losing a quarter of the army, he was going to certain death; and it should have seemed just as clear to Kutuzov that by accepting the battle and also risking losing a quarter of the army, he would probably lose Moscow. For Kutuzov it was mathematically clear, how clear is that if I have less than one checker in checkers and I change, I will probably lose and therefore should not change.When the opponent has sixteen checkers, and I have fourteen, then I am only one-eighth weaker than him; and when I exchange thirteen checkers, he will be three times stronger than me.
Before the Battle of Borodino, our forces were approximately five to six of the French, and after the battle as one to two, that is, before the battle of one hundred thousand; one hundred and twenty, and after the battle fifty to a hundred. At the same time, the clever and experienced Kutuzov took up the battle. Napoleon, the genius commander, as he is called, gave battle, losing a quarter of his army and further stretching his line. If they say that, having occupied Moscow, he thought how to end the campaign by occupying Vienna, then there is a lot of evidence against this. The historians of Napoleon themselves say that he also wanted to stop from Smolensk, knew the danger of his extended position, knew that the occupation of Moscow would not be the end of the campaign, because from Smolensk he saw in what position the Russian cities were left to him, and did not receive a single answer to their repeated statements about the desire to negotiate.
Giving and accepting the Battle of Borodino, Kutuzov and Napoleon acted involuntarily and senselessly. And historians, under the accomplished facts, only later summed up cunning evidence of the foresight and genius of the commanders, who of all the involuntary instruments of world events were the most slavish and involuntary figures.
The ancients left us samples of heroic poems, in which heroes constitute the entire interest of history, and we still cannot get used to the fact that for our human time, this kind of story does not make sense.
To another question: how the Borodino and the Shevardino battles that preceded it were given - there is also a very definite and well-known, completely false idea. All historians describe the case as follows:
The Russian army allegedly in its retreat from Smolensk was looking for the best position for a general battle, and such a position was allegedly found at Borodino.
The Russians allegedly fortified this position forward, to the left of the road (from Moscow to Smolensk), at an almost right angle to it, from Borodino to Utitsa, in the very place where the battle took place.
Ahead of this position, a fortified forward post on the Shevardinsky kurgan was supposedly set up to observe the enemy. On the 24th, it was as if Napoleon attacked the forward post and took it; On the 26th, he attacked the entire Russian army, which was stationed at the Borodino field.
This is what the stories say, and all this is completely unfair, as anyone who wants to understand the essence of the matter can easily see.
The Russians weren't looking for a better position; but, on the contrary, in their retreat they passed many positions that were better than Borodinskaya. They did not stop at any of these positions: both because Kutuzov did not want to accept the position he had not chosen, and because the demand for a popular battle had not yet been expressed strongly enough, and because Miloradovich had not yet approached with the militia, and also because other reasons that are incalculable. The fact is that the previous positions were stronger and that the Borodino position (the one in which the battle was given) is not only not strong, but for some reason is not at all a position more than any other place in the Russian Empire, which, guessing, would be pointed with a pin on the map.
The Russians not only did not strengthen the position of the Borodino field to the left at a right angle from the road (that is, the place where the battle took place), but they never, until August 25, 1812, thought that a battle could take place at this place. This is proved, firstly, by the fact that not only on the 25th there were no fortifications at this place, but that, begun on the 25th, they were not completed on the 26th; secondly, the position of the Shevardinsky redoubt serves as a proof: the Shevardinsky redoubt, in front of the position at which the battle was accepted, does not make any sense. Why was this redoubt stronger than all the other points? And why, defending him on the 24th until late at night, all efforts were exhausted and six thousand people were lost? A Cossack patrol was enough to observe the enemy. Thirdly, the proof that the position at which the battle took place was not foreseen and that the Shevardinsky redoubt was not the forward point of this position is that Barclay de Tolly and Bagration until the 25th were convinced that the Shevardinsky redoubt was left flank of the position and that Kutuzov himself, in his report, written in the heat of the moment after the battle, calls the Shevardinsky redoubt the left flank of the position. Much later, when reports on the Battle of Borodino were written in the open, it was (probably to justify the mistakes of the commander-in-chief, who has to be infallible) that unfair and strange testimony was invented that the Shevardinsky redoubt served as an advanced post (while it was only a fortified point of the left flank) and as if the battle of Borodino was taken by us on a fortified and pre-selected position, while it took place in a completely unexpected and almost unfortified place.
The case, obviously, was like this: the position was chosen along the Kolocha River, which intersects the main road not at a right, but at an acute angle, so that the left flank was in Shevardin, the right one was near the village of Novy and the center was in Borodino, at the confluence of the Kolocha and Vo rivers. yny. This position, under the cover of the Kolocha River, for the army, with the aim of stopping the enemy moving along the Smolensk road to Moscow, is obvious to anyone who looks at the Borodino field, forgetting how the battle took place.
Napoleon, leaving on the 24th to Valuev, did not see (as the stories say) the position of the Russians from Utitsa to Borodino (he could not see this position, because it was not there) and did not see the forward post of the Russian army, but stumbled upon the pursuit of the Russian rearguard to the left flank of the Russian position, to the Shevardinsky redoubt, and unexpectedly for the Russians, he transferred troops through Kolocha. And the Russians, not having time to enter the general battle, retreated with their left wing from the position they intended to take, and took up a new position, which was not foreseen and not fortified. By going to left side Kolochi, to the left of the road, Napoleon moved the entire future battle from right to left (from the Russian side) and transferred it to the field between Utitsa, Semyonovsky and Borodino (to this field, which has nothing more advantageous for the position than any other field in Russia ), and on this field the entire battle took place on the 26th. In rough form, the plan for the intended battle and the battle that took place would be as follows:
If Napoleon had not gone to Kolocha on the evening of the 24th and had not ordered to attack the redoubt in the evening, but would have started the attack the next morning, no one would have doubted that the Shevardinsky redoubt was the left flank of our position; and the battle would have happened as we expected it. In that case, we would probably defend even more stubbornly the Shevardinsky redoubt, our left flank; would attack Napoleon in the center or on the right, and on the 24th a general engagement would take place in the position that was fortified and foreseen. But since the attack on our left flank took place in the evening, following the retreat of our rearguard, that is, immediately after the battle at Gridnevaya, and since the Russian commanders did not want or did not have time to start a general battle on the same evening on the 24th, the first and main action of Borodinsky the battle was lost on the 24th and, obviously, led to the loss of the one that was given on the 26th.
After the loss of the Shevardinsky redoubt, by the morning of the 25th, we found ourselves out of position on the left flank and were forced to bend back our left wing and hastily reinforce it anywhere.
But not only did the Russian troops stand only under the protection of weak, unfinished fortifications on August 26, - the disadvantage of this situation was increased by the fact that the Russian military leaders, not fully recognizing the fact that had been completely accomplished (the loss of position on the left flank and the transfer of the entire future battlefield from right to left ), remained in their extended position from the village of Novy to Utitsa and, as a result, had to move their troops during the battle from right to left. Thus, during the entire battle, the Russians had twice the weakest forces against the entire French army aimed at our left wing. (Poniatovsky's actions against Utitsa and Uvarov on the right flank of the French were separate actions from the course of the battle.)
About appointment Sergei Semak the head coach of "Zenith" became known a few days ago. A meeting of the new blue-white-blue mentor with the fans at the club's base in Udelny Park was planned in advance. On the day of the signing of the contract, however, she was transferred to the Petrovsky Stadium. Because of this, the journalists had to rush around the city for half a day, frantically trying to catch Sergei Bogdanovich. It was not possible to get to the closed meeting with the fans, but it was possible to talk with Semak after it. After talking with fans, he devoted a few minutes to journalists.
- Sergey Bogdanovich, congratulations on your appointment. How was the meeting with the fans?
- Initially, the meeting with the fans was planned at the base in the Udelny Park, then it was transferred to the Petrovsky stadium. The guys asked, drove up for five minutes, no problem.
- How did the fans receive it?
- If they came to the meeting, it means that they accepted my appointment normally. Their attention is pleasant. But I perfectly understand that I am at the very beginning of the journey. There is a lot of work ahead.
- What was the conversation about?
- There are no secrets about what they talked about. The general phrases that fans would like to see did not concern a deep tactical understanding of football.
- Did you easily agree to Zenit's offer?
- It is not easy, any decision is difficult. Of course, for me this is a step forward in my work. The risk is always present, it is never small, when it comes to the work of the head coach. There are many additional complications. If you take on any business, you must try to do it to the maximum.
- Do you have an understanding who will be included in your coaching staff?
- It is too early to talk about it. A lot of information in the press was untrue. The appointment went very quickly, with an element of surprise. In the near future we will decide about coaching staff, fees and everything else.
“Everyone is hugging and kissing Semak now. He returned home"
Zenit President Sergei Fursenko - on the appointment of Sergei Semak as head coach.
- Is Alexander Nizelik included in the list of candidates under consideration?
- Naturally he comes in.
- And Alexander Kerzhakov?
- Not. I did not talk to Sasha about this and did not hear anything about it from the leaders.
- You first came to St. Petersburg for negotiations about two weeks ago. What happened during this time?
- You know perfectly well that the position of the Zenit management that I am one of the candidates for the post of the head coach of the club was announced. Then there was a meeting, but it was not specific. Last night everything went in a different direction.
Many players will return to Zenit from loan, including Artyom Dzyuba and Oleg Shatov. Do you have an understanding of their future?
- You will find out everything very soon. I have all the information on the players: who and where. Zenit had a lot of players on loan. Very soon you will find out which of them will go to the training camp and which will not.
- When do you plan to hold your first training session?
- As planned: June 15 - medical examination, and on the 17th - departure for the first training camp.
- There is talk that Denisov will return to Zenit. It's true?
- I can't say anything about possible transfers. It takes time to work, everything should be weighed properly. - a top football player, his game is liked by any coach.
What goals were set by the management in terms of result - Champions League and first place or formation new team?
- The tasks will be announced before the season. Of course, our team must fight for the championship and constantly play in the Champions League.
Was there a conversation about the sports department? Will Vyacheslav Malafeev and Oreste Cinquini stay? Will there be a new one sports director?
- There was a conversation around everything, but it takes time to analyze everything before making decisions.
- We understand that you will not say anything about the players now, but there is one player who ...
- Messi? - Semak asked with a smile.
No, Danny said he was ready to return to Zenit and devote a few more years to it. Are you considering his candidacy?
- We consider all quality players who can strengthen Zenit.
After a closed meeting with the fans at the Petrovsky stadium, Zenit head coach Sergei Semak spoke about the event and the upcoming work, but did not specify the future of the players and name the new coaching staff.
- How was the meeting with the fans?
- Initially, the meeting was planned in the Specific Park, but then everything changed. The guys asked to drive up for five minutes, I said that there were no problems. There is time now. The attention of the fans is pleasant. I perfectly understand that I am at the very beginning of the path. It's hard to say anything, except that there will be a lot of work now. This is a step forward in my career.
- What was the conversation about?
- General phrases about the team. About what the fans would like to see.
- Did you easily agree to Zenit's offer?
“It’s not easy, especially in such a situation. Any solution is difficult. However, if you take on some business, you need to try to do it to the maximum. The appointment passed quickly, with elements of surprise.
- Who will be included in the coaching staff?
- It is too early to talk about it. There was a lot of information, but most of it did not correspond to reality. In the near future, we will resolve issues with the team, with the training camps.
- Can Alexander Nizelik, who worked with you at Ufa, enter your headquarters and at Zenit?
- Naturally, he is among the possible candidates.
- And Kerzhakov?
- No, I didn't talk to Sasha about this. I don't have such information.
- You first came to the talks about two weeks ago. What happened during these 14 days?
- I don't know what happened these days. We had a conversation. The Zenit management announced the position that I was one of the candidates. Then there was another meeting, but it was not specific. Yesterday evening, the conversation went in a different direction.
- Many players will return to Zenit, including Dzyuba and Shatov. Do you have an understanding of their future?
- You will find out everything very soon. I have all the information on the players: who and where. Zenit had a lot of players on loan. Very soon you will find out who will go to the training camp and who will not.
- When will you have your first training session?
- As planned. June 15 medical examination, 17th - departure for the first collection.
- There was a lot of talk that Igor Denisov would return to Zenit.
- As for the players, I can’t say anything. There was little time. There is a lot to work on and a lot to weigh. Igor Denisov is a top player, one of the strongest in his position. Any coach likes his game.
- What were the goals set by the management in terms of the result? Champions League and first place or building a new team?
- Now we have a lot of footballers on contracts, we need to deal with this, and only then talk about the new team. As for the tasks - they will be announced by the management closer to the season. Of course, Zenit must fight for the championship and play in the Champions League.
- Was there a conversation about the sports department? Will Vyacheslav Malafeev stay, Oreste Cinquini? Will there be a new sporting director?
- There was a conversation around everything, but it takes time to analyze everything before making decisions.
- We understand that you won't say anything about the players, but there is one footballer who ...
- Messi?
- No, Miguel Danni said that he was ready to devote several more years to Zenit, that he would be glad to return. Considering his candidacy?
- We consider all the players who can help our team.
Dmitry ZELENOV
"Zenith" was the most principled and consistent supporter of the course for foreign coaches. In St. Petersburg, in fact, they set this trend by inviting a Czech in November 2002 Vlastimila Petrzelu.
Over 15 next years Zenith was led by a Dutchman Advocate, Portuguese Villas Boas, Romanian Lucescu, Italians Spalletti and Mancini... The approach did not change even in short periods Anatolia Davydova in 2009 and the same Semak in 2014. They were not going to cooperate with them for a long time. The first held the place while negotiating with Spalletti, the second served until the official signing Villas Boasha... “Zenith” and a status foreign coach - it seemed to be inseparable concepts.
And why should one abandon a foreign course if it somehow (in combination with other measures) produced a result? At Petrzhele Zenith moved up to second place, Advocate brought victories in the championship, the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup, Spalletti turned Peter into a hegemon Russian football, the team under him showed the most powerful football in the country.
It seemed that it was necessary to take another step to reach the long-awaited level of the leading teams in the Champions League.
But it so happened that with each subsequent Spalletti coach “Zenith” away from this goal. Villas Boas still managed to win the championship and get out of the Champions League group, Lucescu already finished third, well Mancini- fifth.
The system crashed. And it is obvious that in several directions, because the level and status of the specialist did not allow pulling Zenit back to the top. Neither the super-fashionable at that time succeeded Villas-Boasu nor the most experienced Lucescu nor modern Mancini.
Appointment Semak suggests that the second option was chosen in St. Petersburg. And it seems that the turnaround is confident and long-term.
Semak came to Zenit as an independent and mature coach, they signed a full-fledged contract, if not a space one (according to our data, one million euros a year plus bonuses). In the end, Semak won the competition. You can take whatever you like about the “casting of coaches” organized by “Zenith” (the names of the candidates were called almost in reality show mode), but it is obvious that at first there was no consensus among the management. AND Semak, who in the process of negotiations told how he sees the future of the team, eventually convinced everyone.
It is clear that status and coaching achievements do not allow Semaku come to Zenit on their own terms. His contract has no armor, failure to complete the task (and Zenit always has one - first place) may raise the question of resignation. But term (2 + 1) Semaku allows you to look to the future with confidence. There are many interesting things ahead - both for him and for the club.