Gogniev: ‘If they give me time, I’ll make a candy with Khimki’

Head Coach “Khimki” Spartak Gogniev said he could make a “candy” from the Moscow region team if the club’s management gave him time.

On Saturday, Khimki lost to Moscow “Dynamo” (1:6) in the WORLD RPL 15th round away match. The series of the club from the Moscow region without victories consists of 15 matches.

– There was no desire today – the team did not play from the first minutes.

– I would not say that the guys have a great desire. But psychological factors and moments that I cannot express also prevent this from happening. Notice that (midfielder Danil) Kazantsev came out in the middle of the pitch, he looked good. Yes, there were cuts, but at least he got back into the game. (Dzhambulat) Dulaev got a penalty. Yes, he was overweight, but he made it. And it didn’t look bad.

Lots of guys go out and do their job. Some people don’t do what they want. But again, it’s our in-house kitchen, and we’ll take care of it all. My players are the strongest in the league.

– Orenburg, after the defeats of the Moscow teams, gave a cool series. Do you expect this from yourself?

– Of course, I would like. As a coach, I believe in miracles, but they only happen once. We have to live in reality. If each player plays at 101%, we will increase the two remaining matches. But different things are happening: a player may not come into the game, and we don’t have a big rotation yet. Many young people train with us, we watch them, we analyze them.

So far we miss him a lot. We have to admit that we are ill-prepared. I have to rake it. If the leaders make a different decision, I’m ready. But I know that if they give me time, I can clean everything up and make a candy with the Khimki team. We will do it. And such games only make us stronger,” Gogniev said.

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Khimki, with nine points to his credit, is 15th in the Russian championship standings.