Alexander GovorovSport correspondentAll materialsGeorgy Yartsev played at a high level at the age of 29, and then made a bright coaching career, creating the best «pioneer team» in the history of Russian football. Just a week ago, he coached Spartak in the match of legends in St. Petersburg, and today, at the age of 75, the heart of the legendary specialist stopped.Beskov saw Yartsev's talentYartsev had a unique career as a player. He revealed himself fully as a football player only by the age of 30, when he got into the Moscow Spartak. Prior to that, he played in his native Kostroma, Smolensk, Gomel and as part of CSKA. The great Konstantin Beskov personally drew attention to him and called him to him. Yartsev quickly got used to the team and scored 55 goals for the red-and-whites in four seasons. He interacted well with Yuri Gavrilov, from whose passes he scored many goals. His successes did not go unnoticed in the USSR national team, in which the forward managed to play five matches. Yartsev ideally suited Beskov's «Spartak football» with an abundance of «walls». After completing his playing career, Georgy Alexandrovich trained children in Kapotnya for two years. And in 1984, Oleg Romantsev invited him to be his assistant at Krasnaya Presnya, which was considered the farm club of Spartak. However, then there was a conflict with Romantsev due to the fact that Yartsev did not meet the team at the Nalchik airport, which was part of his function.
Georgy Yartsev and his wife Worked in a travel agency and commentatorYartsev disappeared from the coaching party for almost 10 years. During this time, he managed to work as a director of a travel agency and a commentator. Just while working at the 1994 World Cup, Yartsev found out about the problems at Spartak and decided to call Romantsev. Oleg Ivanovich became interested, forgot past grievances and called a friend as his assistant to the club. The times for the leader of Russian football were not easy at that time. The team was constantly left by leaders who wanted to play in Europe. As a result, at some point in the 1995 national championship, Spartak dropped to ninth place. At the finish, the Muscovites still finished third, but the prospects were vague. But on the European arena, Spartak lit up that season, winning all six matches in the Champions League group stage. Despite this, Romantsev decided to leave the post of head coach and focused on the affairs of the national team, which was to play in the final part of Euro 96.
