The coach is passive and many are finished in the club.
Psychology is the responsibility of the coach
Buvac and Smolov seethe with emotions. Dynamo executives were asked about the future of the Serbian, which is logical. Other mentors appear nearby, such as Nikolic with Moscow experience. Buvac called the question about the coach stupid. Nothing like that, the Dynamo bosses themselves are dissatisfied with the coach. Pivovarov reacted aggressively to the mention of Jokanovic after the loss to Sochi.
And Smolov called the journalist a “clown” and snapped when reminded of the promise to the fans to win the Cup. There was no provocation there. A calm remark in pursuit, proving the episode recording. You could answer without insults, something like this:
It’s a shame I couldn’t keep the promise I personally made to the fans. We lost to a minor league club and we apologize to the fans after our mistakes.
Smolov is many years old, but he made a childish mistake. Any doctor knows that it is impossible to promise recovery of relatives of the patient. Fedor, in a conversation with Dynamo fans after the failure against Spartak in last year’s final, knew that next year would be an anniversary. He himself promised a trophy, even if the “blue and white” did not have big victories in the new century.
Breakdowns of the veteran and the playmaker speak of the atmosphere in the club. The sponsors are dejected that the centennial season ended unsuccessfully. The Cup was the goal, a departure from Akron, despite a dozen moments: the collapse of hopes. Kaleshin’s team sings Shatunov’s song in chorus, and Jokanovic has not improved Dynamo psychology after the sometimes meek Schwartz.
We work with facts, leaving the emotions to Smolov. He lost at home to Sochi, creating chances. We lost to Krasnodar 1:3, again there were problems with the implementation. Defeated by Rostov? A similar scenario, the score in 22:4 strikes in favor of Muscovites. And with “Fakel” and “Pari NN” he gave the difference in two goals. The question of psychology, the coach did not work well.
Football players are also responsible for failures
According to the expected points, Dynamo is the third or fourth team of the season, depending on the system used. But good stats also work against the manager and his players. We could have done it in a year in which the young players in central defence, Dasa and Skopintsev, have forgotten their opponents in defense and there was no Moro in the support zone.
Tyukavin and Smolov were pleased and missed while Zakharyan became depressed. Makarov, Lesovoy and Grulev, like Ngamalyo, are not the worst extreme forwards RPL. But from these four it is impossible to choose two stable masters. And here we return to the players. Defense Latinos justified by adaptation? However, the Paraguayan and Uruguayan show wild swings.
Moreover, according to some indicators, Dynamo players are not only strong, but also classy by standards RPL. The potential of many is untapped. Is everything going well within the team? What is the relationship between Leshchuk and Shunin? How was Norman received? What happens between Smolov and Tyukavin? Happy Grulev? Is Zakharyan interested in playing for Dynamo or is he already in the top 5?
The players have clearly failed. Fomin’s condition is also a good indicator. Dynamo could have played better. But when they’re 14th in terms of pressing intensity, then draws and defeats come as no surprise. Winless in 7 of the last 13 rounds RPL. And in the Cup they lost to the unfortunate Wings of the Soviets and modest Akron. There are no results – questions have piled up.
In “Dynamo” will consider the change of mentor
Jokanovic is not a weak coach. And the Serbian will leave the foundations for the next Dinamo coach to develop the team with. But Slavisha’s indifference betrays a guest artist in him. Last August he promised to learn Russian. After taking off from Akron, the interpreter read the service lines from the newspaper. I have seen angry Slavisha on the sidelines, but more often he is himself as a spectator.
Won? Cute. It did not work? It happens. The team played more than once contrary to the ideas and attitudes of the coach. The transition from number two to number one took place, although Jokanovic stubbornly tried to make Dynamo an analogue of Berdyev’s Rubin, without having experienced defenders for this. But he didn’t do anything with the marriage in passing, even if the clarity of the passes is important to play in the style of Dinamo.
There was a clear task – to reach the final of the Cup of Russia. The conditions worked well. “Zenith” has passed, and “Akron” is much weaker. The rest of the cup participants have been faced and defeated in the past RPL. Including, they won against Spartak in the first round. Did Jokanovic add something to Dynamo’s game that no other decent coach would bring?
The main players dreamed of transfers
Did this also have an impact? Fomin recalls how they called him in the Bundesliga. Zakharyan regrets not being there Premier League. Sazonov was evaluated in Italy. Tyukavin was angry that he was left on the bench. He can call “Zenith” and accept. He connects Konstantin and Smolov, as in CSKA closed with Zabolotny and Chalov, Jokanovic failed. Many players are talented but lack maturity.
The team easily creates chances, two dozen shots were given against a variety of opponents. But how many victories in the new year? The two minimums RPL against two painful injuries. Zenit passed – well done, flew out of Akron – canceled a great second half against Semak. Lots of jumping from one extreme to the other. And little control of the coach.
Ahead is a derby against the injured Spartak, who also played unsuccessfully in the Cup, but remained in the tournament. Jokanovic can start with dignity, but a triumph is already ruled out. Bad for Dinamo, because he has always interrupted projects. The next manager will be the ninth in ten years. Leave Slavisha for another season? We highly doubt his inaction will upset the foremen.
Even with winter purchases they were in no hurry, as if they were letting the Serbian go. The club representative apologized instead of Smolov and Buvac. They themselves had to ask the fans for forgiveness. The team’s potential is evident and the swings in the game are appalling. Dynamo has few purely coaching victories, Jokanovic’s work left a double impression.
