Surprise at the Sheriff! A Romanian refused Dinamo and signed with the champion of the Republic of Moldova
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The date of publishing: Monday, June 27, 2022, 12:43 p.m.
Data update: Monday, June 27, 2022, 12:43 p.m.
Moldfootball announces that Denis Zmeu, the former football player of FC Vaslui, who has dual citizenship, Moldovan and Romanian, has been included in the technical staff of Sheriff Tiraspol.
Kite has already started work and was present on the technical bench of the champion of the Republic of Moldova at the first friend of the summer, 4-1 with FC Balti.
Sheriff Tiraspol, deprived in recent months of the contribution of head coach Yuriy Vernydub, the Ukrainian who left for his native country to fight against the Russian invadershe named him instead former Croatian international Stjepan Tomas (46 years old), who until now has only trained in Turkey.
Denis Zmeu left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine began
The last time Zmeu worked as a physical trainer at the FC Akron Togliatti club, in the second league of Russia, from which he broke up in March due to the war in Ukraine, after which he was in talks with Dinamo, when he coached at ” dogs ”was Flavius Stoican.
“A common denominator should be reached (no – related to Ukraine)but, knowing Putin, I don’t know if he’ll back down, he’s more authoritarian.
It’s more difficult to explain something to him or to convince him, that’s why I think it would be time to take or break from Russia, change the championship and be able to work quietly.
It is possible for me to return to Romania, I am in talks with a club from Romania, but let’s see how the discussions will proceed in order to reach an agreement “, declares for sport.roin February, Denis Zmeu.
UEFA has banned Sheriff from playing in European cups in Tiraspol
On Friday, the Executive Committee of UEFA has decided that Sheriff will not play any European Cup matches in Transnistriaso the champion group of Moldova must propose another stadium than the one in Tiraspol.
Sheriff plays in the first preliminary round of the Champions League with HSK champion Zrinjski Mostar, the Bosnian champion (away on July 6, at home on July 13).
The champion of Moldova announced on Saturday, in an official communiqué, that the Chisinau federation “does everything possible for the Champions League matches to take place on the territory of the Republic of Moldova”. The most likely variant is the “Zimbru” stadium in Chisinau.
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