Kazan head coach “Ak Barsa” Oleg Znarok revealed that he himself was the initiator of the invitation to the club Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.
On Saturday, Ak Bars announced the appointment of Bilyaletdinov as Advisor to the Executive Director for the Hockey Vertical. The specialist was head coach of Ak Bars in 2004-2011 and 2014-2019. Under his leadership, the Kazan club won the Gagarin Cup three times.
– How are you?
– And it was good, but when I met you, it became even better. I want to smile.
– At what stage of preparation “Ak Bars” now?
We have just started laying the foundations. Of course, it’s hard for the guys. But we have time, so everything is going as planned.
– Does it make sense now to pay attention to combinations?
– In principle, at the start we plan in a certain way. And there you are already looking at who will be best with whom. There are friendlies, as well as two-way matches between them every four days. There may be changes. We have a big and good team.
— How significant was the bilateral meeting for you?
— This is the first bilateral meeting, and we have been doing this over the past few years. What the guys look like, what happened to them over the summer, we look at the jumpsuits. This time they sat down with Khaidarovich (Zinetula Bilyaletdinov) and discussed it.
– Tell us about your tandem! Two great coaches.
– If there is something to learn from a person, why not learn? He is an experienced person who has won so many cups. It’s the first. Second, he’s a legendary defender. There is something to listen to. We spoke even before the signature, we knew the existing structure. Maybe I was even the initiator somewhere,” Znarok told reporters.
Source : MatchTV
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