” There are errors. Why drop all the dogs on Chistyakov now? Zyryanov supported the player after a blunder

Former football player and coach of St. Petersburg “Zenith” and now the head coach of Chornomorets Konstantin Zyryanov commenting on the situation with the defender of “bleu-blanc-bleu” Dmitry Chistyakov said that everyone has the right to make mistakes.

During the match of the 16th day of the WORLD RPL, Zenit lost at home against Grozny Akhmat (1-2). Chistyakov’s mistake led to the second goal against the hosts, the player was substituted midway through the first half. The following day, Zenit general manager Alexander Medvedev told that the defender had been dropped from the main squad. Later it was decided to send the player back to training with the main team.

– Is it true that at Zenit they dreamed of spending the season unbeaten and Akhmat’s 1:2 result was a blow?

– I don’t know, I don’t work in the Zenith system. Someone may have stated. But that doesn’t happen. We have to take it calmly… The important thing is how the team will perceive the defeat, from there it will be clear how everything will turn out…

– You trained Chistyakov, who, after a mistake in the match with Akhmat, was recognized as the culprit in the defeat of Zenit?

– He played with Vladislav Nikolaevich Radimov at Zenit-2. I met him when I was a player-coach at Zenit-2.

– Did you support him in the current situation?

“I understand where you are coming from. There are errors. Why drop all the dogs on him now? There is a coach, there are leaders. They will close the problem and fix it. I think they will succeed. Everyone is wrong. And even I was wrong. I had such a moment when we played in the Champions League. When we lost 0:2 against Benfica. The goalkeeper comes to the ball, and I wanted to play with a “scorpion kick” to get it out. And I got a cut, a man goes one-on-one, scores – 0:2. Then I couldn’t sleep for several days,” KP Sport quoted Zyryanov as saying.

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