BOZOVIC: THERE IS NOTHING BAD IN OUR LOSS

Dynamo head coach Miodrag Bozovic is not going to make a tragedy out of his team’s loss to Rubin.

"It was only our blame for the first conceded goal, and in this case it’s hard to talk about painful loss", Bozovic said. " Nevertheless I have no claims to my players, because they were fighting on the field".

"As for the episode with non-awarded penalty shot for challenge of Kokorin, it’s hard to say whether it was right decision or not. Maybe it will be difficult to see on the videotape whether the opponent violated the rules, while the referee has to make decisions immediately, so I don’t blame him".

"Rubin was weakened by several selection problems since Bukharov moved to Zenit, Noboa was suspended and several other players were inured, but even taking into account these losses Kazan side has many other strong players".

"Sibaya played instead of Noboa, and I think there is no significant difference between them. One of them is more focused on defence, while the other is concentrated on attack, but they are both real professionals. To my mind Semak is one of the best players in Russia. We also had some troubles, which are not important at all now".

"I had only one striker for this match – Kokorin, because Voronin is out with a slight injury. However I don’t regret that we loaned Smolov to Feyenoord, as he had a lot of chances to show himself and be with the team. Anyway I think that absence of strikers is not the main reason of our defeat".

"I liked the first half of this match, since we controlled the game before the break. I don’t know why we failed the opening 10-15 minutes of the second half".

... but nothing matches the thrill and challenge of having money on the line!

BOZOVIC: DYNAMO IS NOT ABSOLUTELY NEW TEAM FOR ME

Dynamo head coach Miodrag Bozovic summarized his first preparation camp with his team.


"I cannot say that Dynamo is a new team for me", Bozovic said to sport press. "I worked with five players in my previous clubs and I knew others well too. There is nothing special about this training camp".

"We managed to fulfill the whole program, as we gave equal workload to all players and let youngsters show their best qualities".

"Now I can say that I know all players’ weak and strong sides. I was liked that our experienced players proved that they can take the initiative and fight to help their team".

"Each of our reserve players can establish himself in our football. Defenders Mijskovic and Karakin produced better impression than others, so I will keep an eye to our reserve team".

"Dynamo sealed two draws and lost one game during our preparations, and I don’t want to search for excuses. I take responsibility for our defeat to the Georgian team. I think that it’s necessary to achieve positive results even in trial matches, but anyway we shouldn’t overestimate their importance".

"We conceded seven goals in three matches, and I think that it’s better to concede now rather than in the Russian championship".

"Fyodor Smolov could possible move to Feyenoord. He is high-class player, but with Kuranyi’s move to our team he won’t have too much playing practice".

"I expect that our effectiveness will improve after Kevin joined us, as his link with Voronin is supposed to become successful. I cannot say which playing scheme I will choose, but our current model will be changed for sure".

KOBELEV: NOTHING STRANGE HAS HAPPENED

Andrey Kobelev and Miodrag Bozovic comment on changes in Dynamo coaching staff.


"Nothing surprising has happened", Kobelev said to journalists. "When coach signs the contract, he should be ready that the club can dismiss him at anytime".

"Dynamo won the previous match, while coaches are rarely sacked after winning games. Now there is no sense in talking about it, because the board of directors has made the final decision".

"Rumours about my possible dismissal appeared before the start of the season, and people said that I would be sacked in case there are no points. Yuriy Isaev phoned me when I was at our training base and he told me the news".

"Players and coaches usually don’t celebrate any holidays, so I will have a unique opportunity to have rest now".

"We will solve all problems in accordance to our contract. Dynamo is serious club and I am sure that there won’t be any problems concerning money matters".

"Dynamo representatives called me last week when I was in Montenegro", Miodrag Bozovic commented. "I didn’t hesitate at all and agreed to head Dynamo immediately".

"I was very surprised to get an offer from Dynamo. To be honest when I left Russia, I was eager to come back to this country, however I didn’t expect that I would return so quickly".

"My former colleague from FC Moskva the goalkeepers’ coach Branislav Djukanovic will enter our coaching staff in Dynamo, while my assistant will be Stesevic".

DYNAMO USHERS IN MIODRAG BOZOVIC ERA

In a surprise announcement, Dynamo Moscow declared the dissolution of Andrey Kobelev’s contract with Miodrag Božović handed the managerial reigns, with a contract that runs through the end of 2012.


Andrey Kobelev, who came out of the Dynamo youth development program and whose own player career spanned nearly fifteen years, moved to the coaching ranks in 2006. Under his tutelage, the White-Blues returned to prominence and won a berth on the European stage in 2008.

Last year Dynamo looked strong coming into the final third of the campaign but a series of injuries in combination with young squad led to a series of selection problems and eighth-place finish.

During the winter-months, the White-Blues went heavy on the acquisition trail with six majors signings, including Andriy Voronin from Liverpool, Igor Semshov from Zenit Saint Petersburg as well as Alexandr Samedov , Edgaras Česnauskis, Alexey Rebko and Alexandru Epureanu, all from the Citizens. Despite these additions and displaying quality football in the opening weeks, Dynamo upper management decided on the move after only two wins to show for their efforts.

Miodrag Božović has been one of the hottest managerial commodities since the financial fallout of FC Moscow made him available. The forty-one year old Montenegrin manager led FC Moscow to a sixth place finish last year, after moving over from Amkar Perm, who he guided to a Europa League spot the prior season. Dynamo is unquestionably the most talented unit he has had to under his direction and he will tempted to move from his generally more reserved attack, given the weapons at his disposal.

Dynamo returns to play on Saturday as they visit Spartak Nalchik.

Prepared by John Davies

BOZOVIC COULD HEAD DNEPR

Amkar and FC Moskva former head coach Miodrag Bozovic could move to the Ukrainian championship.


The 41-yea-old specialist is said to be close to replacing Dnepr head coach Vladimir Bessonov in the new season.

Bozovic and Dnepr management are rumoured to reach preliminary agreement, and the coach’s agent is expected to come to Dnepropetrovsk to discuss details of the contract.

Meanwhile the club’s official representatives don’t confirm this information.

"I said several times that Vladimir Bessonov would stay in the team minimum until the end of the current season", said Dnepr general director Andrey Stetsenko. "I cannot comment on rumours".

BOZOVIC: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WOULD NOT SAVE MOSKVA

The Montenegrin specialist who head FC Moskva last season, Miodrag Bozovic talked about his todays feeling when his club have been collapsed..


Having hardly stepped over the threshold of the conference room Bozovic mentioned in a slightly humorous manner typical of him:

- I thought that people have already got tired of me, let Bozovic off. Probably I will be able to last for several more years still, and will be interesting to somebody.

- Do you still at least nominally remain head coach of the Citizens or can we say that you have already finished your work?

- My contract has not been cancelled yet, that is to happen in the first week of March. And then we will be able to speak about the end of my career in FC Moskva.

- Are you promised to get the full amount under the contract signed till the end of 2010?

- They told me everything will be done humanly but I do not exclude the possibility that I understand this word differently than they do.

- “They” means managers pf Norilsky Nickel, does not it?

- “They” means “they”.

- Have “they” rebated any of your words in the press?

- No. nobody has said anything.

- Do you have a contract with the management of Norilsky Nickel?

- No. Everything that has anything to do with me is done through the former president of the club Igor Dmitriev. But three days ago I met Isakovich [head of the company Sports Projects supervising all sports directions of Nornickel].

- And what were you talking about?

- About the weather, what else could it be. We discussed how much snow there is this winter.

- What impression has Isakovich made on you?

- I think he was not the one to make decisions. He did what he was told. It is obvious he is not a very important person.

- Do you think Dmitriev experience any guilt for what has happened?

- I do not know. And I do not think he is to blame for anything. On the contrary he did his utmost to safe the club. I think you know that the decision about the future of Moskva was made in such places that we could only hear and obey.

- Do not you think Dmitriev has walked off?

- He is a clever man. Maybe somebody advised him that he should better think about himself, not about the club.

- Can you name the man whose word decided the fate of the club?

- I know the name. But I do not want to say it. And why are you afraid to say the name out loud? And I think that you have a couple of options. You can utter any one and I do not think your guess will be too far.

- Recently Isakovich says one thing and then an opposite one happens. Four days ago he stated that Moskva has a chance to play in the Second Division and Norilsky Nickel can take advantage of this opportunity. But we have a feeling that the matter goes to the team’s liquidation. What feeling do you have?

- I know not more than you do. But I think that the club will be closed. I also assume that Isakovich himself does not know about the future of Moskva, “they” have not told him yet.

- As the possibility of the collapse of the English football club Portsmouth shows that a bankruptcy of a club is real. But is it possible that anywhere except in Russia such a political-economic situation appears, analogous to the one with Moskva?

- No. But in Moskva there was no bankruptcy. The club had no debts. The amount of money we had was enough to participate in the Russian Premier League for half a year. The decision made was completely political. And I do not know why Nornickel was so cruel to us.

- Had Moskva acquired a spot in the European Cups would the company have risked pulling the club out of the tournament?

- Probably not. And that could have saved the club but only for half a year. If we get to the Europa League or even the Champions League we would in any case have been disbanded as soon as we stumbled out of it.