PARIS NN defender Dmitry Tikhy recalled the conflict with Spartak head coach Gogniev when he played for Khimki.
— It all started well. But very quickly it became clear that what he expected of us was impossible to achieve. Funny standards, a running goalkeeper, a so-called super-attacking game… All this is perhaps of general interest to the football of the future. But at that moment it was impossible to bring all of this to life. You always have to start from reality, especially when the team is at the bottom of the table and really needs points. The improvisation that Gogniev wanted from us was suicide for the club. He had a strange approach to everything and the results speak for themselves.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve worked for the Premier League for half my life and I clearly understand: what works in the Premier League won’t always work in the RPL. Here you are immediately punished for the slightest mistake. Apparently, Gogniev was not ready for the Premier League. Building a new philosophy in the middle of the season and recruiting a new team in the winter window is essentially like death. Any sane person understood: it would end in relegation. But the Khimki leadership apparently thought differently. In fact, they sent the team to the Premier League themselves.
— By the way, how did you get suspended?
— The team left, I missed the match due to disqualification. After returning, there was a theoretical lesson during which Gogniev announced: Idovu, Kamyshev and I were suspended from training with the team. Also, as I understand it, the guys simply got into trouble: one allegedly trained poorly and the other didn’t say hello properly.
– What was the explanation for you?
— Gogniev asked me: “I hear rumors that you don’t believe in our idea. Is that true?” Well, I said bluntly: “If we continue like this, the Premier League is waiting for us, this kind of football doesn’t suit us. What you want is suicide.” I told the truth as I see it. That’s why I was suspended. They fired me in October, shortly before my birthday. The funny thing is, for the first time in my life my club didn’t even congratulate me.
— Some time after the suspension, an audio recording appeared on the Internet in which Gogniev attacks you, with obscene shouts, as well as Ayaz Guliyev. What was that?
— Ayaz was already suspended then. We had a clear training program at the gym. That day, our class coincided with team practice. Gogniev considered this a provocation on our part – supposedly, we came specifically to annoy him and the guys. In general, it’s all funny.
— Gogniev said he suspected you of leaking audio.
– It’s absurd. How could we start recording while being in the same room as him? Of course, this recording was made from the hallway. Moreover, we hear Gogniev opening and closing the door. And then let him discover it himself,” Tikhy said in an interview with Sport24.
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