Sheriff turned out to be the biggest sensation of the first round of the Champions League group stage. The Tiraspol team managed to outplay Shakhtar Donetsk with a score of 2 - 0. Thus, the Pridnestrovian club topped the standings, beating Real and Inter. Yuriy Vernidub told why “Sheriff” plays confidently in the Champions League. In addition, he pointed out the mistakes of the RPL leadership.
Why is Sheriff performing better than the leading clubs of Russia and Ukraine?
The head coach of the Pridnestrovian club drew attention to the fact that there are no stars in the roster. No expensive players. There is only one performer in the lineup, the price of which exceeds a million. On top of that, Yuri pointed out that the average player's salary is only 10 thousand euros.
At the same time, the team turned out to be surprisingly cohesive. Everyone strives to show their best performance in every match. They enter the field like it was the last time.
In Russia and Ukraine, they are striving to staff the trains with stars, paying millions of dollars for them. But the main problem is not this, but the legionnaires. Rather, in the limit for foreign players.
Why is the limit on legionnaires killing football in Russia and Ukraine?
The RPL leadership has been striving to impose a limit on legionnaires on all clubs for 15 years in a row. It's pretty tough now. Even in Ukraine, only 4 Ukrainians and 7 legionnaires can be released on the field. Vernidub believes that this fact of the soft limit allows Ukrainian clubs to show better quality football. He noted that Dynamo and Shakhtar play in the Champions League. At the same time, there is only one Russian club in the League, Zenit.
Vernidub agrees that the Moldova national football team is far from participating in the Olympic Games. At the same time, he pointed out that in the Champions League, the team can show off in the main European tournament.
Yuri believes that limits are killing club football. Everything is very clear in Russia. The Russians know that no matter what game they show, they will still be in the squad. Yes, even with a rotten game, any player understands that he will still enter the field, since the coaches simply have nowhere to go. They have no competitors.
Vernidub noted a couple of interesting aspects
1. “Sheriff” has no rivals in the championship. The teams have no funds. Only footballers with Moldovan passports enter the field. Accordingly, their game is more like torment than a game of football. Colombians, Greeks, Brazilians and so on play in Sheriff. There is no limit on legionnaires in the country. Here is the result. Sheriff has already outplayed Crvena Zvezda, Dynamo Zagreb and Shakhtar. Now even Ancelotti is beginning to fear his future rivals. He understands that players are free to play. There is no particular pressure or weight above them. They play for fun and this allows you to achieve results.
2. Two Sheriff players have recently played in Russian clubs. They are now the leaders of the team. Sebastian Thiel played for Tambov. Rather, he did not play, but suffered with the team. This season, Sebastian is considered one of the best players in Europe in terms of created moments. Momo Yansane from Guinea was on loan at Nizhny Novgorod. He not only scored 6 goals this year, but also helped the team get into the RPL. The lease is over. It turned out that the team no longer needed the Guinean. Accordingly, he left the location of the club and is now making history in the Pridnestrovian “Sheriff”, playing in the Champions League.
We can confidently say that this is not the last achievement of “Sheriff”. But, it is not even important that the team creates sensation after sensation, but that there is no limit on legionnaires in the country. This is the ground for thought of football functionaries in Russia and Ukraine. Have you been missing the Olympics for 20 years? Do not forget that 15 out of these 20, there are limits on legionnaires in the country. So what? Are the limits helping the national teams?
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