Igor Linnik: "Rebrov unwittingly fell under the influence of Ancelotti"

Famous Ukrainian sports journalist Igor Linnik touched upon the topic of goalkeepers of the Ukrainian national team.

"About Trubin and Lunin ...

In my opinion, favoring Lunin even in the Euro qualifying matches, Rebrov unwittingly fell under the influence of Ancelotti, who needed Lunin to be confident in Real Madrid ahead of the decisive stage of the Champions League playoffs.

Then Ancelotti gave in to the press, and our coaching staff gave in to his antics. Lunin played against Bosnia and Iceland.

And at the Euro he was already going to the first number of the national team, although shortly before he got sick.
In turn, Trubin did not let the national team down before, and in the sparring with Germany and was one of the best on the field (Lunin against the Germans, perhaps, just in case they decided to save). What happened next - we all saw...

Goalkeeper reshuffles, however, have always been a very slippery, delicate and subtle topic. The specificity of the role on this field is such that it is better not to take out a wild and unpredictable shredding cat from the pandora's box.

For example, Shovkovskiy, himself a flesh-and-flesh goalkeeper, already as the head coach of Dynamo Kyiv decided for some reason to give Nesheret a chance in the match with LNZ and left Buschan, who had never let the team down before, on the bank.

And what was the result? Nescheret's only mistake, and Dynamo lost two points, which eventually made Shakhtar's championship lead very comfortable....

In his time, even Lobanovsky stepped on the same rake. For example, in the 1988 season. He had just persuaded goalkeeper Zhidkov, a rising star, to move from Neftchi to Kyiv and almost for the first time in his career decided to start the rotation of goalkeepers. Zhidkov and Chanov took turns playing from the start of the season... Until the match with Spartak. In which the former Baku player made a fatal mistake that broke his career for good.

And Lobanovsky forever gave up experiments with Schrödinger's box.

I believe that Rebrov and Shovkovskiy, who have already caught their kitties, will also try not to step on these specific rakes again.

That's what experience is!", - wrote Linnyk on his Facebook page.