Surely everyone remembers the story connected with the "revelations" of the head coach of Lutsk "Volyn" Vitaliy Kvartsyany. However, according to the specialist, the person to blame in the situation was a media representative, since the specialist had in no way given any hints about a "fixed" match with "Dnipro." Moreover, after this incident Kvartsyany announced to all media a "taboo" on his person. However, on the eve of the match the "Volyn" coach nevertheless decided to hold a press conference, at which not only the results of the first round were summed up...
\n \n- First of all, I am grateful to Volyn media workers for their cooperation in 2004. Although the attitude of many central newspapers and local journalists toward "Volyn" has long surprised me. It even got to the point that some of my interviews began to be edited without authorization! How should one act in such a situation? We tried not to enter into any conflict with any mass media outlet. But everything has a limit! There is no other way out but to limit communication with such people. What happened after the publication in "Sport-Express" only strengthened my convictions on this matter. I did not shift my guilt onto someone else's shoulders; whoever wants to sue - let them sue, but as the head coach of "Volyn" I have firmly decided: no interviews! Who benefits from this? Definitely not the Kyiv newspapers. Therefore I ask you to pass on to colleagues that from now on I will not communicate by telephone with Kyiv media: neither by mobile, nor at the club, nor at home, as was the case before. If someone wants to have information about the team, then let them turn to the "Volyn" press attaché Anton Zelep. This will be so as long as I work as head coach. Although you know what our fate is: today you are head coach, and tomorrow you are not... As for the mandatory post-match press conferences, I will attend them.
\n \n- Your assessment of the first round?
\n \n- On behalf of the club I officially declare that during the entire existence of Volyn football the current team has shown the best result. The team is in 4th place in the table, it is competitive. Opponents take us seriously, because "Volyn" has demonstrated a decent level of play. This is, first of all, the merit of FC president Vasyl Stolyar, all the coaches, footballers and other club employees. At present the collective is in a stage of formation; we know the shortcomings and we know how to correct them. If we manage to prepare properly for the 2nd round, select the needed performers and conclude contracts with them, then no particular concerns will arise. True, one has to take into account that henceforth there must be no fewer than 3 Ukrainian footballers on the field and no more than 8 legionnaires. This is not simple, because the Ukrainian market is experiencing a shortage of good performers. There is a preliminary agreement with 6 domestic footballers who should arrive at the training camp. These are not young and are experienced athletes who still have prospects. But these are not representatives of the current generation of "Dynamo" or "Shakhtar." We do not have that kind of money to satisfy a whole package of contract conditions.
\n \n- Is the task of playing in European cups still relevant?
\n \n- In the second round it will be much harder to play. All the opponents who have significant potential and are currently below fourth place are ready for the struggle. First of all these are "Dnipro," "Chornomorets," "Illichivets" and "Arsenal." They are powerful and financially strong. So to hold fourth place, or to pull up to third - this is no simple task. It is a pity that we lost many unplanned points. But we do not want to give up our positions just like that. We will do everything to hold them. As a coach I am very concerned. No one perceives "Volyn" as a real representative of Ukraine on the European arena. We need to strengthen our play; we must find top-class performers. There is a great deal of work, and besides, every opponent will play against "Volyn" with even greater dedication in order to take away the victory. In addition, in football there are various moments. In the end, even such a scenario of events is possible when the team encounters additional obstacles that will kick in when intrigue is building in the table at the finish. We need to take absolutely everything into account: both the relations between clubs, and the potential of opponents, and the point of view of the referees and the FFU, and the commissions of the PFL and the federation, and so on. There are very many questions and an invisible eye will be watching everything. We will play, and they will watch us and react to the results achieved. So the theoretical calculation of points is relevant.
\n \n- Has cooperation with the authorities been established?
\n \n- We are already playing our third season in the top league. But with the authorities, in fact, no dialogue has taken place. No serious dialogue! Why? In Donetsk, for example, far more serious people than ours find time to support three powerful clubs at once! And here, for our one and only - nothing doing. But it is "Volyn" today that is the best representative of Western Ukraine in the top league! And during this time the question of developing even children's football in the region has never been raised seriously. Never have the deputies and top officials taken a serious approach to the problem of completing the construction of the "Avangard" stadium - the most important sports facility in the region. Never has any of the parliamentarians come forward with an initiative to establish cooperation (except perhaps individual journalists who really want to change something for the better). And how many budget funds have been used? They went into nowhere! They went and continue to go! Why do athletes not feel support from the local authorities? Neither children, nor professional athletes, nor those who represent the honor of the region even at the international level! I simply cannot understand why it is so and not otherwise?! The only thing that gladdens me is the imminent change of the regional executive authority. I am glad that FC "Volyn" took the correct position by supporting Viktor Yushchenko, and therefore I believe that qualified and decent people will come to the leadership, because it is simply impossible to cooperate with the old ones: they have different priorities. Maybe at least then something will change in the cities and districts? Remember that not so long ago 20 good teams played in the amateur championship of the region. Now - only 10. The Lutsk championship is not held at all. Instead - mass competitions among businessmen and officials in mini-football. Soon we will reach the point where a three-on-three bathhouse championship will be organized in Lutsk, a two-on-two hairdresser's championship!!! And in the neighboring Lviv region, 48 teams compete in the regional championship! Do you feel the difference?!
\n \n- Perhaps there are not enough financial resources to help football?
\n \n- I am tired of hearing this from officials! If you were to shake the mayors and governors like a pear tree, so much money would fall out that at least children's and youth sports would develop painlessly for more than one year! If they wanted to do something, they would carry out the orders of higher bodies which by their decrees and resolutions obligated the development of football in Ukraine! And what happens at the sessions?! There they constantly decide something, but they do not care for sports! Why? When will all this change? Who will answer? Is it really not clear that even rallies do not gather as many people as matches involving "Volyn," because people come here and pay money for entrance to the stadium. And people should know that the team is having a very hard time right now. One cannot hope that Kvartsyany, only by such methods, when he gathers the footballers, shouts at them, or does something else, can achieve results with his bare hands. What European cups then? Football requires a serious attitude! Yes, it is not simple to work in Volyn, but even here, with proper organization of work, significant successes can be achieved. If only there were good will! Therefore hope does not die. And I am saying this now so that later they will not say that we kept silent and the superiors did not know. Because our superiors, you know, are able today to amicably support one person, and tomorrow in an organized way run over to support another. In general, top officials should never hide behind ignorance of something. This is wrong. A top official should know everything. Even what boots an ordinary journalist walks in and what hat the best actress of the regional music and drama theater wears! And the fact that those entrepreneurs who help sports are literally torn into four parts by the law enforcement structures.
\n \n- What can you say about the development of the club's infrastructure?
\n \n- There are many tasks. We need to think about how to complete "Avangard," how to create another stadium with an artificial turf, a new swimming pool... And here - a constant struggle with some nimble people who have occupied the land plots belonging to the "Avangard" stadium, which we lease. The behavior of the city authorities simply surprises me here! Do they have no other plots left?! Honestly speaking: it is very hard to work in such conditions. You know, it is like the tale of the Swan, the Crawfish and the Pike. The Swan is our president Vasyl Stolyar, the Crawfish is the city mayor Anton Kryvytsky, the Pike is the heads of the regional authority Anatoliy Frantsuz and Vasyl Dmytruk. People simply have no right to cooperate like that!
\n \n- How would you assess the potential of those players who remain on the team?
\n\n- If some of our footballers work to their maximum potential, if their class and skill grow, then such a master will be worth big money. We will sell him - and it will be enough to build a new stadium!
\n \n- Isn't it too much to put so many performers on the transfer list?
\n \n- I have 16 names of potential newcomers on my note. And I am not worried that I will not find a common language with them. And I do not pay attention to difficulties of adaptation. And as for the fact that there is somewhat of a lack of teamwork on the field, that is precisely the main reason why in matches that we should have won, we did not always get 3 points. For me the main thing is different: that the footballer fits the tactical formation of "Volyn" and that his individual capabilities be, if not high, then promising. What difference does it make that he drinks before a game? I know how to deal with that. The main thing is a person's mentality, his intellect. Language is not the main thing. And when I was offered a whole "sack" of footballers, that is already good. I know many personally, on many I have received objective information. Therefore we kept only those candidates who can suit us. True, I have not yet seen some of them, but I very much await their arrival. For example, a defender from Senegal. His height is 195 cm, age - 20 years. Just such a left defender is what we need. If he justifies the advances by 50%, that is already good. We will add about 20 percent at the training camp, and another 30% should be added by the coaches already during the championship.
\n \n- How many footballers will go to the first training camp in Crimea?
\n \n- The delegation will consist of 35 athletes. Plus, in addition to this, 8-10 performers will arrive directly in Yevpatoria on their own.
\n \n- And those with whom you may part ways, will they also go?
\n \n- If they are not with other clubs, then of course. Borys Chebotar, for example, had a serious injury, but did not tell us about it, "played on injections." That is why he did not perform at full strength. What condition he is in now, we will know when Borys arrives in Lutsk...
\n \nAt the first camp we will work until January 25 at the base of the Center for Paralympic Sports. There are wonderful conditions: a field with artificial turf, a gym, the sea, mountains, sand... Most importantly - there are no girls within a radius of three kilometers, unless at night some mermaids come out of the sea. So we will have one problem fewer. Going to Turkey is no problem for anyone, except for representatives of certain countries that are in the "risk zone." The Turks give them visas for a maximum of 18 days. Thus, we will set off for Antalya on February 4 and will be there until the 22nd. And then - the start of the second round.
\n \n- Will you play the second match with "Shakhtar" in Odesa?
\n \n- Listen: that was the last interview! Because from now on I will not answer similar questions...
\n \n- But that was a joke!
\n \n- I understand. Therefore I will say: if everything is calm, we will play in Donetsk. If there is tension - we will play in Odesa. We have many acquaintances there, and besides, the Super Cup was played precisely in the Southern Palmyra. And now, taking the opportunity, on behalf of the club president, myself personally and the footballers of "Volyn," I thank the Volyn journalists for their difficult work. You may have criticized us, but fairly. So I congratulate everyone on the New Year and the Nativity of Christ, I wish all the best to all the fans of our team!
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