A strange resignation
After four rounds in the Russian Premier League championship, coaching heads flew with might and main. First, Yekaterinburg “Ural” fired Igor Shalimov, then there was the resignation of Sergei Yuran from “Khimki”, and the resignation of Alexander Borodyuk from “Torpedo” was announced, but, apparently, did not happen.
But if Shalimov is asked to leave his post after four consecutive defeats, then Yuran’s Khimki is at the top of the standings with seven points after four matches, including a draw with the country’s permanent champion in recent years. Petersburg “Zenith” (1:1).
But even last season, quite recently, the red-blacks avoided relegation, moreover, through the play-offs, where they fought against SKA-Khabarovsk with a home defeat (0:1) after an away defeat (0:1). they also fled. .
Successes both at the finish line of the previous campaign and at the start of the current campaign were led by Sergei Yuran, and therefore news of his dismissal between the fourth and fifth rounds of the RPL, something similar happened. a bolt from the blue.
And everything immediately escalated with rumors. Initially, information appeared that the reason for the resignation was Yuran’s refusal to release the main shareholder of Khimki, Tufan Sadygov, in a match with his son Rostov.
This season, striker Ilya Sadigov really entered the field only once – in the final six minutes (3:0) in the victory match against Pari NN. After that, he stayed on the bench for a meeting with Rostov (0: 1) and did not come into practice in the last game with Torpedo (3: 1).
True, the young striker’s scoring in two consecutive matches was under Yuran and distinguished himself in the victorious games in the spring with CSKA (4:2) and Krylya Sovetov (4:1).
However, this version was immediately refuted by other knowledgeable sources, and the club’s curator, State Duma deputy Roman Teryushkov, said that at the end of last season they initially agreed on short-term cooperation with Yuran, and now it’s time to leave. . True, this explanation at least seems strange.
handicapping version
Insider Ivan Karpov said on his Telegram channel that Yuran was fired for trying to organize a fixed match in the penultimate round against Rostov at the end of last season.
Back then, Khimki were fighting for survival and a victory could help them avoid the playoffs. For three points here and now, the head coach of Khimki allegedly promised to give the Rostovits six points in the 2022/23 season.
At the same time, Rostov refused the offer and won with a score of 2: 1, while Khimki had to save themselves at the joints.
Why the story arose and appeared now, no one really said, but Khimki fans, although extremely dissatisfied with the resignation of a highly successful specialist at the club, believe that the matter is still with Ilya Sadigov and the story of an attempt to organize. appeared for the “negotiable” cover.
Juran made a very succinct comment on this rumor following his resignation.
“This is total bullshit,” the expert snapped at RB Sport.
“Nobody offered me anything. What is this nonsense? So let those who offer or offer it comment. I don’t know at all,” ”Rostov head coach Valery Karpin got angry.
However, Khimki himself officially rejected this version from the mouth of the same Teryushkov. True, they will not sue Karpov for slander either.
“I always enjoy gossip and fairy tales like this. This, of course, is nonsense. Did Rostov also reject Yuran’s offer? They politely declined. How can a coach agree on something? – He’s quoting the “championship” assistant.
Knowing Yuran, he would turn his head to someone who would try to negotiate something with his opponent. We do not consider the possibility of suing Ivan Karpov. If it was a big and serious broadcast and here is the Telegram channel. We don’t want to pay attention to that.”
“There are more versions of that game than there was a goal”
For socialbites.ca, the situation around the current former coach of Khimki was interpreted by Alexander Mostovoy, a famous football player in the past and now a TV specialist.
“I don’t think Yuran’s dismissal is connected with a match-fixing. It’s just the reality of Russian football. I haven’t spoken to anyone about it during these two days – they’ve already told me seven different versions of what happened! There are more versions than goals scored in that game. This is really, One of the weirdest layoffs in recent times, says Mostovoy, that Khimki is three points away from first place – it’s all like a circus show.
– There were fixed matches before. We have people working in the RFU, there is a special committee – it is better to ask them about it. In any country, they are punished for it. And now we will say the wrong thing about it and we will be punished. Those responsible will not be punished,” he said.