MOSCOW, April 2, Alena Sulizova. Former football player of the USSR national team Anzor Kavazashvili, in a conversation with, called the head coach of the Khimki football club near Moscow, Spartak Gogniev, a professional of the highest class.
On Sunday, Khimki suffered the biggest defeat in its history in the Russian Premier League at home, losing to Krasnodar 0-6 in the match of the 21st round. The Moscow Region club extended its streak without a win to five games. Gogniev told reporters at a press conference that he would not leave the post of head coach of the «red-blacks» of his own free will.
“Gogniev did a great job in Vladikavkaz. The team (“Alania”) was always in the lead, but he wanted to try himself and leave his hometown for Khimki. For me, he is a professional of the highest class, a very worthy person, but coaching is not sugar at all, it is very difficult,» Kavazashvili said.
«How can I discuss other people's losses, other people's work? For me, all football clubs and coaching staffs are exactly the same. I wonder how they all know how to work, how they conduct recovery and competitive processes. I never condemn the actions of the coaching staff or individual footballers,» the agency's interlocutor added.
Khimki, who scored 13 points, occupy the penultimate, 15th place in the RPL standings.