Stanimir Stoilov: "Coaches and football players understand their responsibility and that they have to fight only for the victory"

- First of all, I want to congratulate all Kazakhstanis on the holiday - the Constitution Day! The new tournament is starting,which gives hopes and chances to all the teams that are currently ready to play beautiful and interesting football, to fight for participation in the European Championship-2020. It's good that UEFA has divided teams according to their coefficients at different levels. All the teams in our group have equal chances for the first place. It is clear to us that the favorite of the group is Georgia and we will start the UEFA Nation League with this team in the home match. The most important thing is that all our players are healthy. I am a bit worry that many Kazakhstani players do not have enough practice. About 50% of the main squad do not play. But we will hope for a successful and fruitful work during our TCB. Both the coaching staff and the football players understand their responsibility, that they have to fight for the victory to the end. We are 100% responsible for the result and will show football, which was shown in the last three friendly matches. I think we will have a good chance of success if manage to play at the same level. We will think more about the game. I hope that the players will do their best.

- Recently FC "Astana" managed to win in one of their hardest matches, and they qualified for the group stage of the Europa League. What do you think if fatigue of Astana footballers may affect the game in the match of the national team?

- My congratulations to "Astana". Excellent result! For the fourth time in a row, they successfully represent Kazakhstan football in the international arena. I am not bothered by the fatigue of the players. In the game with APOEL on the field there were only three players who who would play in the national team. I'm more concerned about the game practice and the physical condition of each of them. The more players play, they are physically fit.

- The football players of Astana play in the defense line and midfield of the team, ahead of the attack there are no players. Have you sorted out the problem with problems?

- I will say again that the main problem is game practice. We called to the national team the players, who will do 100% their best. You should not divide the team into defense and attack. Several defense and midfield players found their place in the clubs. As for the attack, very few players have the appropriate skills, and not only in Astana, but also in Kairat. Some clubs with forwards just do not have necessary level for European football and competitions. The problem remains open. We will be able to solve it only together with football players and coaches. You need to adjust the players so that they may feel comfortable. Forwards, who play little, will receive support from the coaching staff. It is important to show character and desire. In a week we will prepare, we will give football players of "Astana" a rest and, having spent gathering, we will try to play the best way.

- Lately, there has been a lot of talk about your possible return to FC Astana. Are you ready to combine the two posts?

- "Astana" now has a coach and my help is not necessary. Now my thoughts are only about the national team and I am not interested in other conversations and possible offers. I want the main team of the country to show their best in the Nations League. Regarding the clubs, I'm only concerned with providing them with the support of the team in the form of providing game practice to the players - I do not need anything now. When I worked at the club, we tried to keep the players physically fit. Now I'm a little dissatisfied with the fact that clubs do not support this approach. I do not want to offend anyone, but everyone should think about the national team.

- In one pf your interviews you said that the second half of the friendly match with Bulgaria was a benchmark. Will you set for the match against Georgia as in the match with the Bulgarians?

- I think that we had better matches. And with the Azerbaijanis, and with the Hungarians, the first half was stronger. For example, if we analyse the match with Azerbaijan, it is obvious that the football shown by the team in the first half is at a level that we must keep and raise. In the second half of the match, we a little failed because of the physical condition of the players, more playing on counterattacks. But I believe that Georgia is much stronger. My requirement is to play both in attack and in defense. If necessary, we will defend for 90 minutes and will also attack for 90 minutes. We will do everything to win. The best football is attacking. But having an excellent attack, one must not forget about defense. Let's try to do our best. We will not look at the rivals game, pay more attention to ours.

- You are talking about the game practice in the midst of the championship, the players are playing and at the same time you think that they do not have necessary experience. What do you mean talking about game practice?

- Zainutdinov, Beisebekov, Shchetkin, Murtazaev and several other players of "Kairat" for three months after the friendly match, which took place in June, played only three or four games. Is this really enough?! They must fight for in their clubs, competing with teammates. There is no coach who will recall someone who does not deserve to play. I have never devided the players by their passport, it doesn not matter if he was a legionnaire or a local player. The only main thing is what they really can. When someone showed his skills, fought and proved his professionalism, then, choosing him, I considered that he was the best at that time. In Europe, no one looks at citizenship.

- Vladimir Weiss is a coach of the Georgia national team. Does this fact give you additional motivation to the game, since he could not get around you when he headed the club of the Kazakhstan Premier League? Now you will meet with him at the national team level.

- I have known Weiss for a long time. He is an excellent coach, a great person. He had good achievements in the clubs in which he worked. I think for the Georgian team this is an achievement, because they chose a good specialist.  I'm glad that we'll see each other again. Let the strongest win.

- A question about Shchetkin. In the last match for "Astana" he scored a hat-trick. Does he have to play in the starting line-up?

- We have many forwards, who score hat-tricks every year. There are two forwards in the team, one of them will be in the starting lineup - Turysbek or Shchetkin. Both should be well prepared. We will decide before the match about the starting line-up. The fact that Shchetkin scored three goals, can give him confidence. First of all, he should believe in himself. We believe in him. He has a lack of confidence, because his qualities are not valued properly. According to the game characteristics, he is an excellent player.

- Please tell us about our new players.

- Since I work as head coach, the team has changed. We do not recall those players who used to play, not because they are weak, we just want to focus on young players. In Kazakhstan, there are young players who show themselves well, and we trust them. Even at the first press conference, I said that we would have a young team that would determine the game in the coming years. But there is a problem with young players: they can progress well, but then a decline is possible. We will continue to trust the young pupils of our football.

- You probably studied the opponent. In all the teams where Mr. Weiss worked, he had a strong middle line. In addition to the midfielders of the Georgian team, what other factors we should pay attention in the upcoming match?

- Georgia is a compact team. They have defenders who play in Moscow ''Lokomotiv'' and Donetsk ''Shakhter'', and strong players from clubs such as ''Gent'' and ''Anorthosis'' are also playing in the attack. They are strong not only the middle line. Almost all Georgian players play in Europe. There are players playing in the Russian Championship: in "Lokomotiv", "Krasnodar", "Ufa" and "Krylia Soveta". We have foreign players who do not play abroad. But the national team of Kazakhstan has a high potential if we can convince the players that they can play better. Now our goal is to instill confidence in our players and are not afraid of any rivals. I forgot to emphasize that we have such a group that we can get points in the match with Georgia, but lose in Andorra. In modern football, teams show an equal level. The team that makes the least mistakes, I think, will come first.

- In connection with the preparation for the tournament UEFA Nations League has the team's training process changed?

- It depends on the training camps. But only UEFA determines these dates. If we take the first place in the group, then in February we can plan a gathering and a friendly match, but I have some doubts that the clubs will agree to release their players because they will have their own training camps. Now I want to think about the forthcoming stage of the UEFA Nations League.