The 24-year-old Ural striker, who scored in four recent matches, gave an interview to SE.

WHY NOT REPEAT THE WAY OF SMOLOV?

- Why are you so open in?

Here everything came together. Much credit belongs to . The team has been very good. Well, your own work brings results. So everything needs to be considered together.

I tried to forget this period, like a bad dream, in connection with difficult situation in the club.

If you played for Ural from the beginning of the season, you see, you would already be fighting for the title top scorer with the same Smolov?

By the way, it's not out of the question. If you look at my statistics like that, then, perhaps, I would have joined the race. But, as they say, everything that is done is for the better. We are all strong in hindsight (laughs). So far so good.

- Can you score 10 goals this season?

It is clear that many more goals can be scored in 8 rounds. You just need to prepare for each specific match. Now we have a game with Tomsk. We need to win. adds, a dangerous opponent.

- Why?

Theoretically, you can not tune in, and “Tom” in each match is laid out to the maximum.

- Now he has recovered in the Urals. Serious competitor?

Roman is a famous forward, it's hard to argue with that. It's nice to fight with such a player for a place in the squad and defeat him.

- And you, it turns out, beat him?

He scored five in the championship and the Cup. He has three.

Does he tell you a lot?

We communicate normally. But there is no hint from him. I somehow try to notice things that are useful for myself. Normal working environment. Nothing special.

- For you, the idol is not Pavlyuchenko, but?

Certainly. I myself am from St. Petersburg. Kerzhakov was constantly in sight. This is the best striker in the history of the national team and Russian football.

Vladimir Ilyin. Photo of FC "Ural"

I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY IN ZENITH, BUT NOW URAL IS THE CHAMPION

- In this championship, "Ural" will no longer play with. Are you sorry you won't get a chance to score?

Of course, it's prestigious. I basically celebrate such moments for myself. It was nice to score, and twice. I consider him very a good goalkeeper. Wanted to hit the gate. I also like him as a goalkeeper. Once hit his gate, then it already means something (laughs).

- And in whose gate do you want to excel more - in Spartak, where, or Zenit, which protects?

Probably Rebrov.

- Why?

He is a more experienced goalkeeper, and he is in the lead. “Zenith” also want to score, this team means something to me.

- You are a pupil of St. Petersburg football. Was it possible to get into

No. There were no options. Somehow got past it all. He moved his own way, through the KFK.

- And now in the championship race you are probably rooting for the St. Petersburg team?

Yes, I would not say. Now all attention is riveted to the "Ural". In fact, according to statistics, we are the champions in the spring part of the Premier League tournament. I even read somewhere that the champion will come to open Krestovsky (laughs).

I prefer to play in the center of attack. So I'm ready to replace one of them.

- Dziuba and Smolova?

Since I apply for this position, it means them.

- Have you already called?

No, there haven't been any calls yet. I'm waiting. We must continue to work, but already decide coaching staff national team.

Win the Cup of Russia with Ural and play in the home world championship - achievable goals for football player Vladimir Ilyin?

Certainly achievable. Why not win the Cup final? The chances are quite real. Playing at the home world championship is a more difficult task, but you have to work, not to reduce the requirements for yourself. I hope the coaches will pay attention to me.

December 12, 2017, 5:24 AM

Forward of FC "Ural" Ilyin: "My wife will connect me with a teammate"

Forward of the Yekaterinburg FC "Ural" Vladimir Ilyin, along with other team players, went on vacation. The EAN journalist found the forward in snow-covered St. Petersburg and asked him to sum up the results of the first part of the national championship. Nadezhda “bumblebees” debunked the myth that he had a football agent, and also told how he would relax and what teammate his wife would help meet.

- How do you assess the first part of the championship of Russia? Where did you see FC Ural before the start of the season?

I appreciate the results of the team. Before the season, there were no thoughts about a specific place in the table. Prepared to play to win every game.

We started the season well, we won, but there were no defeats at all at first. In general, everything was great. They even talked about European competition. As a result, in terms of points scored, the tournament position is not bad. But the sediment remained that the last six games the team went without victories. But nothing, we will work at the training camp and, I hope, we will improve the situation.

- You and your team will play at the FNL Cup in Cyprus. One of the rivals of the "bumblebees" will be "Tyumen", which are two of our players - Alexander Stavpets and Artem Yusupov. Will the match be difficult?

- I don't think. But these players will be more motivated to prove to those in Ural that they were undeservedly loaned out.

We have not yet discussed the upcoming FNL Cup. This tournament helps prepare for the season. Instead of playing friendly matches, you can play in a tournament: both prepare for the championship and get in shape.

- Let's continue with the cup theme. After the Russian Cup final, when Ural stopped a step away from the trophy, you said in one of your interviews that the team would win the Cup next year. But it so happened that they were already eliminated at the 1/16 final stage, playing against Shinnik. Now what is the main goal?

Unfortunately, we were unlucky, got to the "Shinnik". Although no more luck with the conditions - it was a terrible field. They played like on asphalt. It's not an excuse, but still.

This year the Cup did not work out. But now for us main game is every game. We will try to win every match and rise as high as possible. I want FC Ural to take a place higher than eighth at the end of the season. After all, while this is the best result of the club in its history.

- Many openly say that they work with you and are your agents. It is suspicious that there are too many such people ...

I don't have an agent and never have. These are all rumors. I didn't sign any contracts with anyone.

- Ural played the last official game of 2017 in December, on an open-air pitch. Do you think our football officials are doing their job, compiling the calendar? After all, playing in such a cold is anti-football ...

Everyone saw how hard it was to play in such weather. The field was frozen, and it all looked like ice hockey in felt boots, which we played together with Avtomobilist. It was very slippery and dangerous. Non-football conditions. And of course, better game do not carry out on such fields.

- To the most recent topic. FIFA officials said that in 2018 they will check the doping tests of Russian football players. Is there a risk that the Football Association will boycott the World Cup in Russia?

I hope nothing like this happens. So much effort has been spent, stadiums have been built... So much work has been done that I want to believe that there will be no boycotts and cancellations.

Even if there are checks, I believe that everything will be fine.

- How will you spend your vacation?

I think that, like most football players, I will be at home. There are few local players in our team. Everyone went to their cities. I will be in St. Petersburg more with my family.

- Which of the St. Petersburg players will you meet?

- I will meet with my teammate Roman Yemelyanov. My wife Christina is from Nizhny Novgorod. And Roma just lives in this city. I think that we will go to my wife's parents and meet Roma there. The wife will connect us (laughs).

- How do you organize your leisure time?

I will walk to gym near the house. By the way, I did my first workout today. I will also read books and play games. computer games on play station. And get out somewhere with relatives.

- To what extent do you plan to pump up?

There are certain shortcomings in physical form but you need to rest well. To do nothing. Eliminate shortcomings.

I think every athlete is faced with the fact that he lacks something. Vacation is the perfect time for this.

- In the course of the season, the press does not favor you, it criticizes you. Do you feel pain?

Not anymore, the experience is there. I take it normally. Everyone has their own job. Everyone is doing their own thing.

Pavel Pivovarov.

MOSCOW, 15 December. /TASS/. Ural striker Vladimir Ilyin is of interest to big clubs, but he should stay in Yekaterinburg and reach his previous level of play. This opinion was expressed to TASS by the president of the Yekaterinburg football club, Grigory Ivanov.

In the second part of last season, Ilyin scored 4 goals in 12 matches. This season, the 25-year-old has scored one goal in 15 Russian league games.

“There is interest in him, but I think Volodya didn’t play as well as he can: firstly, because he was injured, and Secondly, big clubs began to come out, to offer him something incomprehensible. He still needs to gain a foothold in our club, play thoroughly in the Premier League. Yes, Ilyin had a great ending last season, he helped the club a lot, we are very grateful to him and now we want him to start scoring again, we expect a good game from him. And there are no offers yet, but we don’t want to give him away, we want him to play at his level,” Ivanov said.

"Ural" has already signed two newcomers in December - midfielders 24-year-old Andrey Egorychev and 22-year-old Mingiyan Beveev, who previously played for Nosta Novotroitsk. Ivanov sees in them the future of national football.

"Very decent young guys, and we are giving them a chance. On high level they haven't played yet, but I think this is the future of the club and our football. I think that Egorychev and Beveev will be able to start playing already this season, they have a desire, their eyes are burning. The most important thing is that the players want to play, and not sign a contract and sit on the bench, this also often happens with us," the TASS interlocutor commented on the transfers.

"There are games to be ashamed of"

"Ural" according to the results of 20 rounds of the championship of Russia takes eighth place in standings with 25 points (5 wins and 10 draws).

“You can’t be happy with the result of the first part of the championship, after all, the team is in eighth place, in some meetings we played very well, in others not very well. Maybe somewhere we missed points, and there are games for which we are ashamed. nevertheless, we scored a lot of points and played well in most matches," Ivanov summed up the first part of the championship.

"Ural" will continue to search for players in the winter. “Ask the head of any club, and he will say: yes, we are planning, we are looking for reinforcements in each line.