At the end of February Russian army started military actions in Ukraine. Since then everything has changed. Including Russian football. It was isolated from the international matches and now it’s hard to predict its future
Igor Denisov - «Zenit», «Dynamo», «Lokomotiv» and Russia national team ex-captain - met Nobel Arustamyan to speak out on the current events and to tell us how he finds salvation in football
0:00 Our guest -Igor Denisov
0:44 Igor arranged the meeting at the tearoom Gazgolder. Why here?
1:07 Where were you on the 24th of February? First reaction -«horror and catastrophe»
2:34 Could he flee Russia? What about his house in Spain?
5:54 Denisov started coaching kids, although he hadn't touched a ball for years
7:37 «I would play until 40 if not for that shitty Russian football»
11:25 How to speak to kids about the events in Ukraine and to stay up to date (not by watching TV)
14:34 About his grandmother who survived the Siege of Leningrad and his main fear right now
16:11 «I'm ready to go on my knees in front of you»: Denisov has recorded a message to Putin that hasn't been published
18:33 Why Denisov speaks out while almost everyone else keeps silence. If Denisov was a current player he would have retired at the end of February
24:05 Denisov and money: «a luxury car, a bunch of chicks» → failed investments → commercial estate
28:30 Igor's financial expertise on «fake» dollar rate and the market
32:12 «Are you sick?» About Ilya Gerkus as a director and his dismissal from «Lokomotiv»
33:40 And now about his support of the «special military operation»
35:09 «It's the right thing to ban Russia from international competitions». Why is everyone of us to blame and is it possible to persuade those around us?
39:05 About his support of Navalny and the fear to speak out
43:37 «Madhouse»: about Dzyuba wishing to «enter a war» and a «field commander» Cherchesov
44:14 Can sport be kept out of politics?
46:04 «If I was 22 I would get wasted with vodka». What our young players and football bosses should do now
48:42 Denisov finds salvation in children's football. Why is it horrible?
54:01 Igor's reaction on the Russian Football Union boss statement. And suggestions for clubs' bosses
56:27 If you have 7 million rubles Igor has ideas for investments to improve Russian football
58:30 Denisov wants our children's football system to change. In what way?
1:01:57 Denisov used to have «awesome» relationships with the Russian football boss, but he became a misfit for the head of Gazprom
1:07:30 Denisov stands against Russian managers for the national team. Wow!
1:08:36 «Total bullshit!» How Capello went mad
1:11:37 Why is current «Zenit» a failure even though they win titles every year
1:12:53 Denisov against world stars: a «sluggish» Del Piero, admiration for Scholes and Ballack
1:15:38 Denisov hasn't watched Russian football for a while - it «makes him vomit»
1:16:57 Igor dreams to train children at the «Zenit» academy with Arshavin, Kerzhakov, Shirokov and other legends. Voluntary!
1:20:46 «Zenit» played cowardly against «Betis». Igor is sure: you can't do that in St Petersburg
1:24:09 He would bring back Loskov, Pashinin and Alexey Miranchuk to «Lokomotiv». With those he would take them at least to the second place as a manager
1:25:48 Igor didn't want his kids to play football. Why did he change his mind?
1:28:08 «You, moron, where do you pass that ball?» - that's not the way he speaks to children
1:29:15 Denisov's sons (especially Danya) - are his copies. And Vanya is even more skillful than Igor!
1:31:38 Fantastic stories about diving with sharks. Just why?
1:33:53 Igor's daughter dived with a tiger shark at 13!
1:35:22 Denisov has two cats (previously had dogs). Is it harder to get on with people than with animals?
1:37:53 Why do very few footballers pay attention to financial awareness? How did Igor learn it?
1:43:17 «I freaking pity Kokorin. He ruined his career with his own hands»
1:46:11 What Denisov regrets the most
1:49:38 Dick Advocaat shouldn't have been fired from the Russian national team after Euro 2012 exit
1:52:20 Igor predicted Slutskiy's team failure at Euro 2016
1:52:27 Playing associations: Spalletti, Semin, Zenit
1:55:05 What is he dreaming of now?