Andreas Pistiolis is a specialist with extensive experience and knowledge, as well as excellent human qualities. CSKA chose him for the position of head coach of the team, the president of the Moscow club told Andrei Vatutin .
CSKA announced his resignation on Monday Emil Rajkovic and the appointment of Pistiolis as head coach of the team. Previously, the Greek specialist worked for eight seasons as an assistant to former CSKA head coach Dimitris Itoudis.
—Why Pistiolis? What was needed was a coach who could immediately get involved in the job, without adapting to the country, the league or the club. We saw Andreas’ great potential even during his work as first assistant to Dimitris Itoudis. This is a specialist with extensive experience and knowledge, capable of managing a team, possessing charisma and, above all, excellent human qualities. For the moment, Pistiolis is the best candidate. We got to know him during eight years of work in Moscow. He does not need to explain anything about the work of the club, as we wanted, he will need a minimum of adaptation time. He worked at CSKA with Kurbanov, Antonov, Ukhov and Astapkovich, at Galatasaray with Trimble and knows many of our other players very well.
Another important point is the coach’s confidence that positive changes are possible in a short time. He responded to our challenge with great desire and enthusiasm. I really hope and believe that Andreas and the team will carry out the assigned tasks. The decision made gives hope and determines the path. Besides, his arrival at Galatasaray in the middle of the 2021/22 season significantly improved the team’s results,” Vatutin said in an interview with .
CSKA took third place in the VTB United League regular season. In the quarter-finals of the playoffs, the “red-blues” will meet “Yenisey”.
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Source : MatchTV
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