Oleksandr Khatskevich: “I am sure that Mikolenko will play consistently well under any new Everton coach”

Former head coach of Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Khatskevich told what he thinks about the situation that has developed in the English Everton and the prospects for the Ukrainian defender of the team Vitaliy Mykolenko in connection with this. Recall that Liverpool are in distress in the current championship of England, occupying the penultimate place in the standings, and Everton head coach Frank Lampard was recently dismissed from his post.

- Why did Lampard's Everton fail and is Mikolenko to blame?

- First of all, there is no stability in the game and no result. It can be seen that Lampard could not solve these problems, which were at the end of last season (in terms of composition, game and result).

According to Mikolenko - here you need to look in the complex that the whole team is playing unstably, including Vitalik. Against this background, he does not look as consistently good as he can play.

- Why has Mikolenko been grossly mistaken lately?

- Everyone makes gross mistakes, including effective, but here, apparently, everything is in the complex. The team does not have any confidence, there is no stability in terms of the result. Therefore, such errors occur in his game.

- What kind of coach is needed to replace Lampard?

- This should be the coach who can stabilize the squad, the game and the result. It seems to me that a more experienced specialist is needed here to take the team to another level.

— What future awaits Mikolenko?

— I know Vitalik very well, he has a very high intellect. He will fulfill all the requirements of a new or next coach, what he wants to see from his game both in defense and in attack. Perhaps the scheme will change, there will be other requirements, but Vitalik will cope with this and will consistently play well.

- Has Mikolenko already proved his level in the Premier League?

- You need to prove not in one game, you need to be stable all the time. Then you can prove that you are worthy of this league. If Vitalik is playing today and the coaches used him, then he showed by this that he is no worse than someone else in his position.

- Will the new coach have reasons to replace Mikolenko?

— Everything depends on Vitalik himself. Will he play consistently and reliably in defense, without gross individual mistakes. And he will play actively and effectively on the attack, then there will be no problems. If he does not fulfill the requirements that will be presented to him, then he may lose his place in the squad.

Andrey Shevchenko