Former Zenit player Denis Ugarov expressed his surprise at the appointment of Fabio Chelestini as the head coach of the CSKA team in an interview with the website Evro-Futbol.ru. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
In his opinion, there are promising coaches at CSKA. For example, Ignashevich has done a good job at the Baltika club and should have been given a chance.
Additionally, Berezutskiy has worked in Azerbaijan and achieved good results. Therefore, the army team has its own specialists, and they should have been trusted.
He emphasized that it is unclear why confidence was placed in a Swiss coach. On June 20, 2023, CSKA announced Fabio Chelestini as the head coach.
Chelestini has previously only worked with Swiss teams. Under his leadership, CSKA will play its first match on July 12 against Krasnodar.
This match will take place at the Ak Bars Arena stadium in Kazan as part of the Russian Super Cup. The CSKA team aims to show competitive performance under the new coach.
