Marino Pusic adheres to our philosophy
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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FC Shakhtar CEO Serhii Palkin talked about the decision to invite a new head coach and his expectations from cooperation with Pusic
– A new coach was introduced to the team the day before. The decision to change the mentor in the middle of the season was probably not easy. What were you guided by when making such a decision?
– I would like to congratulate Marino Pusic on his appointment as the head coach of our team and wish him success, victories and trophies. For our part, we will support him as much as we can. Why did we make this decision? Because the fans saw where we are going or not going, what kind of football we are showing or not showing. The quality of the football was the answer to all the questions, and so were the results. We made a mistake, we admitted it. We admitted it together. I am not saying that only Patrick’s coaching staff is at fault. No, we all made a mistake. But we fixed it very quickly and we are moving forward. We have to turn the page and understand that the club comes first. Not names, not positions, but the club and its results. That is why we made this decision. Maybe it is not that humane, maybe it is too fast, maybe we should have given it more time, but we sat down, analysed the situation and decided that we do not have time. And to be honest, we made the right decision.
– Why did you choose Marino Pusic? What do you like about this coach?
– First of all, we like Feyenoord. Because the football they played and play is our football, it is our DNA, it is our philosophy. We started to analyse the work of Feyenoord: who is behind all this, how it all happens. And when we did this “homework”, we realised that there is a coach who does a lot for the success of Feyenoord, for them to play the kind of football that they show. And I think that 50% of the work that we see today from Feyenoord is Marino Pusic’s job. We analysed his work before Feyenoord, when he was at AZ Alkmaar, at Twente, and we realised that he made a good contribution to the development of football in the Netherlands. He has been recognized as the Coach of the Month and the Coach of the Year several times, which means that he has done many things for football in the Netherlands. We met with Marino and decided that he is our coach. And what we heard from him is in line with our philosophy, our DNA, our system which we have been building. So, after several meetings, we made a decision and invited him to take up the position of the head coach.
– What do you expect from Marino Pusic at Shakhtar and how did the first meeting between the team and the coach go?
– The first meeting went very well, because I saw the eyes of the players, I saw how they reacted, how they listened to Marino’s every word very carefully. For my part, I will say that it was also a very memorable experience for me, because every word he spoke reached deep into the players’ hearts and minds. Because of that, they had extremely positive emotions after the meeting. And we expect only victories from Marino. First of all, the victories with our football – attacking football, with our philosophy. You may lose, everyone may lose, but the difference is how you lose. So, if we maintain our philosophy and our football, I believe that the victories will come and very quickly.
– I would like to congratulate Marino Pusic on his appointment as the head coach of our team and wish him success, victories and trophies. For our part, we will support him as much as we can. Why did we make this decision? Because the fans saw where we are going or not going, what kind of football we are showing or not showing. The quality of the football was the answer to all the questions, and so were the results. We made a mistake, we admitted it. We admitted it together. I am not saying that only Patrick’s coaching staff is at fault. No, we all made a mistake. But we fixed it very quickly and we are moving forward. We have to turn the page and understand that the club comes first. Not names, not positions, but the club and its results. That is why we made this decision. Maybe it is not that humane, maybe it is too fast, maybe we should have given it more time, but we sat down, analysed the situation and decided that we do not have time. And to be honest, we made the right decision.
– Why did you choose Marino Pusic? What do you like about this coach?
– First of all, we like Feyenoord. Because the football they played and play is our football, it is our DNA, it is our philosophy. We started to analyse the work of Feyenoord: who is behind all this, how it all happens. And when we did this “homework”, we realised that there is a coach who does a lot for the success of Feyenoord, for them to play the kind of football that they show. And I think that 50% of the work that we see today from Feyenoord is Marino Pusic’s job. We analysed his work before Feyenoord, when he was at AZ Alkmaar, at Twente, and we realised that he made a good contribution to the development of football in the Netherlands. He has been recognized as the Coach of the Month and the Coach of the Year several times, which means that he has done many things for football in the Netherlands. We met with Marino and decided that he is our coach. And what we heard from him is in line with our philosophy, our DNA, our system which we have been building. So, after several meetings, we made a decision and invited him to take up the position of the head coach.
– What do you expect from Marino Pusic at Shakhtar and how did the first meeting between the team and the coach go?
– The first meeting went very well, because I saw the eyes of the players, I saw how they reacted, how they listened to Marino’s every word very carefully. For my part, I will say that it was also a very memorable experience for me, because every word he spoke reached deep into the players’ hearts and minds. Because of that, they had extremely positive emotions after the meeting. And we expect only victories from Marino. First of all, the victories with our football – attacking football, with our philosophy. You may lose, everyone may lose, but the difference is how you lose. So, if we maintain our philosophy and our football, I believe that the victories will come and very quickly.