MOSCOW, July 12, Oleg Bogatov. Former coach who heads the Egyptian national football team Moscow «Spartak» Portuguese Rui Vitoria is a quality specialist, but not able to defend his principles man, said the ex-goalkeeper of the USSR national team Anzor Kavazashvili. On Tuesday it became known that Vitoria will coach the Egyptian national team for four years. In June 2021, Vitoria headed Spartak Moscow. In December, the Red-Whites announced the dismissal of the Portuguese coach, who had worked at the club for half the season. Under his leadership, the team was unable to break into the group stage of the Champions League, but from the first place in the group reached the 1/8 finals of the Europa League.
"Rui Vitoria is a good coach, but not of the highest level. I will be happy for the success of any professional, in this case in the Egyptian team. For "Spartacus" Rui was a good coach, but he's a spineless man. A man who agreed to work under the dictation of a woman, the wife of the owner of the club (Zarema Salikhova). I do not respect such a coach as an unprincipled man, he remained in my memory like that. If he was a tough guy, he would come and say: "I agree only on one condition. I know that there are weak players in such and such positions in the team, very serious legionnaires should be invited to these places in order to fill the gaps. And if you agree to my terms, then I will sign the contract". But he didn’t,» Kavazashvili said in a conversation with .
«At the same time, I liked his emphasis on strengthening the attacking power of Spartak. But with the players that he had, he was not able to fulfill this task. On enthusiasm, the team began to score three or four goals in test matches, but when the defeats began, it began to burn constantly. And then he was removed from the team in disgrace. And if he continues to work in Egypt under someone's dictation, and not to follow his principles, then he will get in trouble there, too,» the agency's interlocutor added. Vitoria and Benfica, as well as in the Saudi team An-Nasr. With him, Benfica won the Portuguese championship twice. «An-Nasr» he led to victory in the championship and the Super Cup of Saudi Arabia.