interview with zenit player alexander erokhin. sasha, i would like to ask, do you have football dreams in the beginning? it happens periodically, especially, probably, on the eve of some significant moments, matches, sometimes i dream about scoring a goal or the team winning, so basically they are all positive, that's it, but it really happens. is there a dream that you remember, i will explain a little later why i am asking. for example, everyone knows the story of valery karpin, who... being in the national team before, i think, the match with france, he he lived the upcoming game so internally in a fast sleep that he dreamed of some kind of attack, and he smashed his head in a dream, playing with his head, hitting himself on the headboard of the bed, well , maybe - already pushing off from this story, probably the second one also came to mind in childhood, probably, as a child, i slept on a bed, next to the bed there was a cast-iron radiator, so and also ... kicked

the ball with my foot hit the radiator, it turns out, and also left a little bruise, here is the second such moment, probably, this was also, probably, 18-19 years old, i played in the sheriff then, we had an important match, the champions league qualification, it depended on it whether we would advance to the group stage of either the champions league, the europa league, so the day before i lay down to sleep for literally half an hour, probably, and i dreamed that...

well , you can't call it any other kind of dream on eve, what's happening at the end of last season, what's happening now, what is it anyway, what is zenit? probably work, that work and that faith in each other, in the result, in the fact that each of us can contribute a part of ourselves to this process, in result, in victory, i think, the faith of each of us gives such a result, and the work that... which will end in the spring of 2025 in the year when zenit celebrates its centenary, but what i see, what i hear now, there is no feeling that the pumping has already begun, that somehow on the players, the training camp, the beginning of this year, i think that , more than ever, probably, the team feels united throughout the past season and pre-season , and i think that this is bearing certain fruits, this is the season, this is the championship, the team is under pressure that you have to, this century, necessarily in every match, necessarily win everything. this is no longer the case yet,

i think that everyone understands this inside themselves, being, playing for the football club zenit, you basically always bear this responsibility , not that this pressure from the outside, this internal feeling that you play in a club that has one task and goal - to win, not that in every tournament in every tournament in which we take part, namely in every game, going out, giving in 100%, always playing to win, that is, there is no thought about the fact that somewhere a draw might be okay or something like that, that is why i think that such a philosophy, clubs and teams in general, which is passed on to the guys who come again, who have been here for a long time, and well , i think that this understanding in general, it is present inside everyone, well, it is still interesting to understand what happened after these titles, after these victorious matches of zenit at the very end of last season, what happened to the team, because i see and talked with

dynamo players, how the team reacted to the missed championship, and it was clear that this was a very deep psychological hole on the one hand, but they reacted very correctly to the result, this dynamo stat with all the personnel difficulties is just an illustration of the fact that the team perceived and survived the end of last season correctly, this is how zenit survived the championship victory in the russian cup, this was also, probably, well, something special, of course, first of all, first of all it was special, because it it was decided literally there in the last minutes of the match, yes in the championship and in the cup, and i understood that dynamo would probably have it a little more difficult, yes in this last match, because they have such pressure from the result, they needed, yes this result, maybe not every season this happens to them, to the zenit team, yes, when you always strive to be in first place. you have this responsibility for

the result, it is always present, that is why in that match, probably psychologically, probably, they had a little more difficult, as it seemed to me. that's why the way events unfolded, this is of course, probably already somewhere history, yes, a confluence of circumstances, which, which developed this way, due to again the same work and faith, probably, we turned this whole story in our favor. i would like to rewind a little time and return to the summer of the seventeenth year, when you moved to zenit, then the team was headed by roberto mancheni, and it seemed that zenit was doomed to something big that season, but... it was the worst result, fifth place, and nevertheless, despite fifth place, the season was successful for you, you were the second scorer of the team, you played constantly, what kind of season was it for zenit and for you, well, naturally, when you move to a team like zenit, yes, it's a new

challenge, new partners, in general a new level of communication in principle, yes, with the club's employees and the guys with whom you share the same locker room. therefore, in that season, probably, in addition to the fact that the entire coaching staff was new, a lot of football players came, probably about ten, if i'm not mistaken, both russians and legionnaires, there were guys, there were a lot of argentines, so of course, it was necessary to somehow assemble this team in the shortest possible time, and inspire it with the goal of the idea that the coaching staff was pursuing, and at first, well, probably the first... the first round, yes, they performed quite well, they picked up a good pace, there was a gap, that's it, but gradually, of course, probably, the distance was a little lacking that enthusiasm that was at the beginning, and some difficulties, difficulties, probably developed in such a way that

they finished the season not very successfully. they came out to zenit as a rotation player or a starting player composition, who invited you, how did it happen? well, i transferred to zenit in order to both raise my level and , of course, help the team, no one ever, i think, promises when transferring whether you will be a starting player or a rotation player, well, you know, why am i asking, i will simply interrupt you, i remember how konstantin zaryanov transferred to zenit, he was taken exactly then from torpedo as a rotation player and it seemed that he would simply strengthen and lengthen the bench, but kostya had an outstanding season, he... became a leader, he became an irreplaceable footballer and he received the title of the best player of the championship, when you were going, here is your story, it seems to me, a little similar too, after all, erokhin, yes, he was an irreplaceable footballer for rostov, here is berdyevskiy rostov - it was something with matches in the champions league, with such games, but still

at that time you did not have a reputation as a person who is, well, one of the stars of the russian premier league, well, naturally, probably, starting from that rostov, yes, that in principle... there a season and a half, which i there conducted, they were quite successful and interesting, yes, performances in the champions league , getting into the national team, and as if, probably, from this logically followed the transition to some next stage, yes, the next level, and since we have several guys from rostov musta transferred, and there was quite a large rotation within the team, yes, that is, what i said, a lot of people came, i think, based on this, well, there was an understanding that there is an opportunity to compete for...

which may have formed, if you did you think about this, what is so special about sergei simak? in my opinion, it is probably human, coaching wisdom, yes, which comes with experience, in principle, he has it, yes, as a person, not to make any hasty,

impulsive decisions, actions, weigh everything and approach the solution of the issue with the awareness of how this ... affects the team first of all, yes, not that this somehow relates to him personally, namely, so that it would be better for the team and so that the team develops and moves forward, that's why i i think that...

they change positions a lot and during the game, for example, in our team, yes, the guys

, in principle, during the season , the coaches use different guys in different positions, so you can say such a broad outlook on football, when you have an idea of ​​how to play there in defense, in midfield, in attack, i think that in general this has a positive effect on the progress of a football player in general, now this topic also somehow does not sound particularly given. years, but simak returned to the national team to khidinku before euro 2008 as a defensive midfielder midfielder. this was the position he played in under berdyev, perhaps berdyev, he also had a very serious influence on simak as a coach. you worked wonders in rostov under berdyev, again with your partners, it was a special team for russia, for europe. here is simak abertyev, as coaches, what do they have in common, if any, what could simak adopt from him? um, well, if we talk about some common features, then, probably, this is precisely, uh, that

calmness, probably, with which they make decisions, yes, in terms of choosing a game pattern, tactics, approach to football players, that is it's always on time, yes, some moments, to come up, talk personally, when it is necessary, when it is not necessary, for example, well, on the contrary, not to touch the football player, so that he calms down a little somewhere in terms of psychological state. he probably approached the game more holistically, that's why, probably, there are some common features, but nevertheless , each person is still an individual , each has some specific life experience behind him, which affects work and communication with people, therefore, of course, no matter what similarities, probably they did not find, but each of them still has their own approach to football and life in general, i will remind you once again, you are at the zenith of the next... 2017, the team is being updated, there is a constant rotation

of players, you stay, you stay, and you play, you score, and there is some quality in alexander erokhin that prevails, which allows him to play for such a team as zenit for so long, without being its alumnus, having transferred already as a fairly mature footballer with experience playing for many clubs, well , again, it is always difficult for me to speak for myself, but as if to say some... such, i don’t know, if i may say, some laudatory qualities, yes, but this is not really my thing, i may say, well, perhaps, the psychology of the team itself had a little influence, yes , zenit in general, the fact that this team is a winner and the mentality of a winner, it should be formed inside the footballer, that being a sheriff's player, in principle, the situation in terms of striving for constant championship, for victories, for the fact that... in principle there is no draw, no defeats, there are only victories and you need to strive for it, probably those years when we

there they became champions for 3 years in a row, won the cup, the moldovan super cup, this time probably formed the same worldview that no, you can’t think that there could be some kind of good draw, in principle, yes, that is, you should strive to show your best qualities in every training session, in every match, and even there...

the dream, probably, has always been to play for the best club in russia, for zenit, to continue to help the team achieve victories together with it. artem dzyuba, as far as i know, wants to continue your career in order to take all the records that exist in russian football, for goals scored, and not just take them for yourself. you have, according to wikipedia, 90 goals scored at a professional level. i don’t know, but that’s not true, you keep these statistics and no, taking into account your, well, usual scoring. this figure of 100, yes, not only the club’s centenary, but also 100, as the number of goals, here it is somewhere, yes, tangibly, vaguely, in front of you , to be honest, i haven’t followed the number of goals scored, in general, yes, i'm probably not that familiar with my statistics, you could say, yes, i try to live for today and

train in order to become better tomorrow, but since you've already... voiced yes, that there is some kind of tangible bar of 100 goals, then perhaps in principle you can think about it and it would probably be interesting to get to it. you mentioned the national team, your first national team was quite a long time ago, 13 years ago, it was the second national team under the leadership of yuri krasnozhan, and at that time you were a player krasnodar, the year 1911 is far away, what kind of krasnodar was it then, what was it for you? for an experiment, if it was, well , an experiment, an experience, with the second team, can you tell us, with what mood did you go there, with what mood did you return, what was your status in general? well , as for the second team of russia, at that time, probably, it was such a yes, as you said, an experiment for the guys who could possibly be called up to

the national team in the near future, but for some game or non-game reasons they were not there were ready for the main team, but that core of players, two of them were called up for games for russia, at that time they were, well, pretty good players, there was fayzulin, and bukharov, and samsonov and there were good names, and when we were training in this team, some guys were called up for training with the main team, because it was there , they were training practically on the neighboring fields in novogorsk. that's why i think this story is interesting, but unfortunately it didn't really get a continuation there, but nevertheless it was interesting for me the realization that this is still a call-up to the russian national team and this is already some kind of a certain step and i don’t know, maybe a mark that there is potential to be called up to the main

team sometime in the near future. and krasnodar, that krasnodar and you, that yerokhin in that krasnodar, what was that? it is now, therefore, well for me, moving from the sheriff to krasnodar, i think it was a big step forward in my career and as a football player, to return to russia, to the premier league here and try to show yourself, grow, move on, you have an amazing, yes, i don't know, luck, involvement, skill, quality, any

word you can choose, you found yourself at the zenith in the best period of the club's life in terms of quantity. titles and you found yourself in the national team in one of the two best periods of its life, the world cup of 1918. slutsky called you up for the first time in 1915 for the match against the turks. slutsky, a little later, being a rubin player, would say that erokhin is a specific player who needs to find his key, and who is good in the final part of attacks, but still, he is special. what was your specialty for that team, how easy did you take the fact that there was a pause, right? the fact that you didn't have euro-16 in your career? of course, for me, the call-up to the national team, because, i was a ural player then, yes, and, uh, it was a good start to the season, i think i scored a few goals there, so by... i got this call- up to the national team, of course, for me it was, well , great happiness and joy, and even i was on the roster, but i didn't go out in those matches, but

nevertheless, i still felt that atmosphere, the atmosphere of the locker room and the atmosphere matches of the national team, this was of course a new level for me, yes, understanding how everything happens, so well for me it became a huge motivation for this challenge not to be the first and last, yes, so that after it... more challenges would follow, so naturally, from myself, from me it was only required to continue to work, try and so that the coaches had a reason to call me in the future, for you, if again, look at your track record, look at your history, talk to people who again you worked and work in zenit, in the russian national team, you always, as it seems, the country had absolutely correct emotional reactions to what was happening to you, you...

uh, there were moments when emotions went a little too far, and somewhere i could not behave quite correctly and correctly in similar situations, which, and as i already sometimes think about it, it’s good that some mistakes happened to me at a fairly young age, so that i could learn from them myself, and then, based on my experience, again, m... not allow such moments in their reactions and maybe some hasty conclusions, so i always try to uh first think a few times, then do it,

that's why as for the fact that there are moments when you don't go out on the field, but after some time you are given this chance, then i think that every football player should use his there, let it be 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 there or sometimes it's 90 minutes, you should use it.

somewhere when you are younger, yes you can play due to your readiness due to physical, physical qualities, yes, if somewhere you played a little tactically incorrectly, then due to your endurance, strength, speed you will run there, you will have time, yes, well, with time, of course, there is a moment when you try to read the game more, to be in those positions, in those zones, to open up and there in those zones, where...

where the local team hosted cska, an absolutely unpredictable match in all respects, the fate of which was ultimately decided in the last minutes, having scored eight goals in the two previous rounds, the capital's army men looked rather pale and conceded the first goal in the locker room, scored by batchi. it would seem that cska was saved by igor deveev, who has already scored four times this season, which became the repetition of the record among central defenders for goals in one season for cska. sergei ignashevich would have had the same number once, however, deveev's goal did not even bring the army team a draw. at the very end of the match, after a cross from spirtsan from the corner, the brazilian starmen scored and 2:1 by...

samoshnikov and morozov, one of the assists was given by nineteen-year-old alexei botrakov, who after four rounds has already scored six points on the goal plus pass system, he has two goals and four assists, in this match 2:0 in favor of the local. in the round was the game in orenburg, where talyatinsky akron came to visit , the two teams scored four goals. the hosts were first forced to recoup after a converted penalty, savichev clearly scored from the point, sakharkhizan equalized garbani seemed to have straightened out the situation for orenburg, the team led 2:1. but literally a couple of minutes later, kirill danilin hit the near corner accurately and okron took one point from orenburg, draw 2:2. in other matches of this. there was even

one meeting without goals, spartak, who had been scoring, stalled and could not cope with akhmat at home, here 0:0. rastov also drew, but played effectively with rubin 1:1, krylya beat fakel 2:0 at home, and porien was able to earn three points for the second time in a row, winning 1:0 against khimki. this was russian football, the season is just gaining momentum. this was daniel makhalin with you, happy.

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