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CSKA head coach Bruno Akrapovich gave an exclusive interview to BLIC. The Bosnian specialist announced where he met Christmas and where he will be on New Year’s Eve. Bruno talks about the situation in the “reds”, the goals he will pursue, the next team and his relationship with midfielder Yunus Sankare.
– Mr. Akrapovich, good afternoon! Where do we find you at this moment and where did you celebrate Christmas?
-Hello! I am in Germany with my son. We celebrate christmas. We were gathered in a close family circle. Here, the measures related to the coronavirus pandemic are extremely strict. You will hardly find anyone on the streets. People are at home, and after 9pm it is even forbidden to go out. There is a state of mind, we are happy to be together, but it is not like in previous years. I hope that all of this subsides and that soon we will all go back to living a normal life. But at the moment there is no way …
-And for the new year, where will you be?
– I’m going back to Bulgaria because I have a job related to CSKA.
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-Well, isn’t it a vacation ?! New Year.
– Yes, it is true, but I have unavoidable tasks. There is no way to postpone them. Yes, on the night of December 31 versus January 1, we will gather to welcome the new year 2021, but in a very brief and modest way. The rest of the time: work, work and go back to work. You know that in a few days we start winter training, which, I hope all the boys are healthy, we have to do more than good. We have to prepare well for the spring part of the championship.
-A very large percentage of CSKA fans believe that it will bring glory back to the team. What will you answer them?
-Firstly I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and I wish you a pleasant welcome to 2021. May the New Year bring you good health and win with your favorite team. I promise you that I will do my best to make your dreams come true. But I can’t guarantee anything 100 percent. It’s just not in my style. I know that CSKA fans want titles, cups, they thirst for them. The team and I also want and will pursue both first place and the Bulgarian Cup.
-However, are you 6 points behind Ludogorets?
-Yes, we are falling behind, but nobody gives up in CSKA!
-What is the team’s situation after the end of the middle of the fall season?
– The best thing is that we ended the year with a victory over Levski. So there is a state of mind. But the most important thing for me is that there is order and discipline. I am very attached to these two components.
-As you mentioned order and discipline, what about the angry Sankare? How is your relationship?
– Sankare is a very good footballer. Here, I will tell you how I solved the problems with him, if it can be said that there were big problems. There’s no point telling you now, I don’t want to ruin the surprise. We simply agreed to the following. The next time you replace him from a game and you’re not happy, leave the field on the other side of the field. From the opposite touch or from one of the two doors. So that we don’t have contact, so that it doesn’t explode (laughs).
-Really?
– Yes.
-The fans are interested in knowing if there will be new additions. Is there even a rumor that two have already signed with CSKA?
-Nerd. No one has signed yet. There’s no such thing. You know, if we don’t take on new recruits and keep this team that we have, I’ll continue to be happy, because there are a lot of good players at CSKA. But it is really possible to strengthen some positions. Let the fans be patient.
-Dinish Almeida at CSKA?
– Look, I’m very serious about it – Dinish is an excellent soccer player, but no one from CSKA has contacted him to attract him now in winter. I read an interview with Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) sports director Georgi Ivanov in front of his media. He said Dinish has a contract and it costs money. Okay, it’s true, but we weren’t looking for Almeida, whom I respect infinitely.
-And if it is about the sale of Ali Sow and Valentin Antov …
-If it happens, we will react immediately. Make sure of that. But for now they are CSKA players.
–8 is your favorite number, and 8 is your favorite Hristo Stoichkov number …
– (laughing). Yes Yes. Here, this is a sign of destiny, perhaps, that I came to CSKA. Because, when you say Bulgaria and the number 8 of the world, they all exclaim: Hristo Stoichkov. With the eighth number on his back, Itzo worked miracles at CSKA, Barça, Bulgaria and around the world. Especially in the World Cup in the United States. I fell in love with the eight, I already told their media two years ago, around the date of August 8, 1988. Then that day, I played in Germany for the first time. Eight brings me luck and is my favorite number.
– The fans of Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) were not satisfied with your departure, which was really surprising and sensational.
-I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Reasonable people will understand me. Enough accomplished in Lokomotiv and it was time to develop. What could be better for me than to become the coach of the most titled team in Bulgaria of all time?
Rumen ILIEV / BLITZ SPORT
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