Ukrainian Alexander Petrakov will become the new head coach of the Armenian national team, the Football Federation of the Transcaucasian Republic announced on January 14. The source does not specify the period of work of the 65-year-old Ukrainian specialist in the Armenian national team fixed in the contract.
Note that Petrakov left the post of head coach of the Ukrainian national team in January after the expiration of the contract. In turn, the Armenian team in September last year after the departure of the Spaniard Joaquin Caparrosa temporarily led the former long-term goalkeeper of the Armenian national team Roman Berezovsky. According to RBC, under the leadership of Petrakov, the Ukrainian national team played 15 matches: they scored six victories, lost two matches and ended seven meetings in a draw. The difference between goals scored and conceded is 23-13.
Meanwhile, the agencySputnik Armenia”, notes that the Ukrainian Alexander Petrakov is “known for his Russophobia”. In September, the RFU sent a letter to UEFA with a request to remove the head coach of the Ukrainian national team Petrakov because of his Russophobic statements, and UEFA fined him. At the same time, the source cites the following selection of extremist statements by a football coach:
“I don’t want to shake hands with these guys (Russians). We must build a great wall and do our best to separate ourselves from them.”
“I believe that Russians should be removed from all sports competitions for at least 5 years. At least”.
“They need to be isolated. There is no mention of any sport. All our players want Russia to be punished harder. We are in favor of isolating them from the whole world. We will be happy if they are excluded from all competitions, not just football.”
Petrakov himself admitted that he had been fined, but stressed that he was ready to repeat everything he had said to reporters about the Russians.
