Igor Zhabchenko: “In Ukraine, without connections or a “hairy hand”, an ordinary coach will not get anywhere”

Well-known Ukrainian coach Igor Zhabchenko, who is currently heading Gornyak-Sport from Horishni Plavny, commented on his professional anniversary: ​​the specialist recently played his 200th match in the first league as a coach.

“I don’t follow the numbers, I don’t keep such statistics, so it’s nice to know about the anniversary. I always set myself a task. As well as in front of the teams in which he worked. Otherwise, Gornyak-Sport would not have won the second league in 2014, they would not have won the bronze of the first league in a year ...

Do you know what annoys me the most? The fact that in Ukraine it is almost impossible for an ordinary coach to break into the elite, work with an ambitious club, and even more so, to succeed. Without patronage or "hairy hand". It seems that specialists are mainly evaluated not by professional qualities, but by the number of connections with influential people. It's very annoying..." Zhabchenko said.