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Enisey’s head coach Vadim Garanin told RB Sport that he does not consider returning to the MELBET First League team a step back.
Last fall, Garanin was fired from his post as head coach of Sochi. In January, the specialist, together with his coaching staff, returned to the Krasnoyarsk Enisey, where he worked before leaving for Sochi.
– For you personally, returning from the RPL to the First League is a step back?
– A very difficult question, because for the team and the fans the words “step back” will be wrong. We had serious offers, they wanted to see us in the teams, but we chose Krasnoyarsk because it is an important part of our life. We have now talked to experienced players and told them: “Guys, understand that it was not the head coach Garanin and his staff who came, did a miracle and left for the RPL. We did it all together.”
Without management and players, we could tell the details as much as we wanted, draw game principles on the board, make beautiful theoretical lessons, but without the faith of the players, nothing would have happened. And this season, Yenisei continued to play well, despite the loss of Sasha Zotov, Mingyan Beveev, Misha Oparin.
Of course, the level of the RPL is a dream for any football player. And now one of the most important reasons why we came here is that with this team we want to try to reach the big leagues. For the sake of the RPL, we all live and work. This is what allows you to develop, makes you deny yourself rest, communication with your family, in order to work and be at the top. So I will not say that for me personally this is a step backwards. Yes, visually, the return from the Premier League to the First League looks exactly like that. But in this regard, we hope to take such a small step back, so that later we can take a big step forward.
But it will be very difficult. The competition is very serious, the specifics in the FNL are not easy. Now it will be a little easier, because there are fewer “tees”, the calendar is optimized. This is a great help to coaches and players for recovery and preparation. Here, in preparation for the game, work in microcycles is of great importance.
After 22 rounds, Enisey is fourth in the First League.
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