“Wings of the Soviets” play football better than they fight, said Gadzhi Gadzhiev

Honored coach of Russia Gadzhi Gadzhiev, who coached Krylya Sovetov in different years, explained what happened to the Samara team in the match of the eighth round of the WORLD RPL with CSKA (2:2).

The Wings were leading 2:0, but after army player Willian Roshi was sent off in the 62nd minute, they missed out on the victory by conceding two goals.

— You know, a thousand years ago, when I walked along the corridor of the Football Directorate of the USSR State Sports Committee, I often met Alexei Paramonov there, the 1958 Olympic champion, Honored Master of Sports. His favorite topic of conversation was the fact that the team, after sending off the opponent, plays ten times better. He constantly proved this to everyone. This cannot be said to be the absolute truth. But this happens often. Stress – the removal of a player – mobilizes the team. But only one where the principle of “all for one” operates, strong in spirit. And not where there are just 11 players.

– One team goes “psychic”, no longer afraid of losing anything, and the other begins to develop complexes, backing towards the goal – did this happen in the second half?

— It’s not like there’s a complex there. It’s just that the team that remains in the majority can involuntarily relax, believing that it will now complete the job. Acts in such a way as to play the odd one out. In hockey this is often possible, but in football it is more difficult to do – the puck flies faster and more accurately than the ball. If the opponent, who remains in the minority, switches on other speeds, he compensates for all this.

— Conclusion: CSKA is a team with a strong spirit, and “Wings” is an immature team?

– No, they just play football better than they fight. This can be said about “Wings,” RB Sport quotes Gadzhiev as saying.

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