The first Ufa European – Euro Cup News – Football

– Everything is ready, the city in anticipation. We are waiting for a historic event! – said in an interview with "SE" general manager of "Ufa" Shamil Gazizov. – The weather will be chic, the stadium is full. What else is needed for clbad football?

– It is already clear that there will be a full house (the capacity of the stage "Oilman" is 15 thousand people.) – [Note] "SE") ? Well, apart from the tribune, which according to the rules is reserved for guests

– There will be no Slovenian fans at all?

– As we have been told, there will be one or two people [rires].

– Did find anything special for fans on this important day? Alexander Zinchenko during a visit to Manchester was not invited?

– There will be an interesting show program . Zinchenko will not arrive, but Dima Golubov will visit the match, whose goals helped us to enter the Premier League In turn, the fans themselves decorated the city with graffiti, dedicated to our entry in European cups.

– If we talk about the Russian championship, does it feel that the public interest is growing? Can you sell more tickets?

– It is difficult to appreciate that for the moment. We only sold tickets to Domžale, and we did not start for the first round match with Loko. For us, it's a new experience. And very interesting!

The enthusiasm of Gazizov can be understood. The club of Bashkortostan in something can be compared with "Krasnodar". First of all, we are talking about a constant forward movement. In each subsequent season, Ufa rose higher and began a new historical milestone in its history: the European Cup.

In the offseason, the Ufimians repeated their debut and played many friendlies with serious European rivals at the training camp in Austria. The results can hardly be considered impressive: in seven games, the team has suffered four defeats (Sofia CSKA 1: 2, Salzburg 0: 3, Munich-1860 0: 1 and Istanbul BB 2: 3), and earned only twice ("Universitatu" – 3: 2 and "Pribram" – 2: 1). But the score in such matches, as you know, is not the main thing. The experience is much more valuable

It is important that the Ufimians begin their campaign in almost the same composition as last season. On the left only Stotsky (just in the "Krasnodar"). The newcomer is also a – a young flank defender of the "Zenit" Krugovoy.

But the most important news of the summer is to recognize the signature of Ufa, a new contract with the Igbun attacker. The Nigerian has been in favor of the Bashkir club since 2015, spent nearly 80 games during this period, scored 15 goals and gave 10 badists. In short, the figure for the team is important. In addition, Zhivoglyadov is not sold anywhere, for which the Ufimians hope in the future save some decent money.

After the departure of Sergey Semak for Zenit, the coaching post of the Ufimiens remains then the time is free. Bashkir Vadim Evseev, but the club bets on his man – the successor of Semak was Sergey Tomarov, 36, who has been a member of the Ufa headquarters since 2011, two years ago, led the team on the pitch as interim leader, and in the past the season was the main coach.

However, the star coach in the club still appeared. Speech on Dmitry Kirichenko, who entered the headquarters of "Ufa" this summer. Until last December, the former striker of the Russian team worked as a coach in Rostov. And in the match with Domzhale Kirichenko, not Tomarov, will be registered in the protocol as the main. The case in the presence of a relevant license.