He was the legend of the USSR and Kyiv, quarreled with Lobanovsky, left for Germany and hated it. Stories about the Great Belanov

He did not ask his career in Europe. Many of you well remember the game of the famous striker of Kyiv Dynamo and the USSR national team Igor Belanov. The pupil of the Odessa Black Sea stood out with a powerful blow at both legs and incredible speed, for which he received the nicknames “rocket” and “ball lightning.” In Kiev, Belanov won all kinds of titles and was very close to the trophy with the USSR national team on Euro 1988, where in The finale against the Netherlands did not implement a penalty. We dedicated the whole text to this unpleasant episode from his career. Igor would probably not open without the great Valery Lobanovsky. Indeed, before the arrival of the head coach of the Kyiv Dynamo in the USSR national team, Belanov was not called to the main team of the country.RIA Novostra Rrav, their relationship was not always perfect. A serious conflict between Lobanovsky and Belanov broke out in 1987 and began, oddly enough, with a harmless situation – the issuance of prize cars relying on the players of Dynamo Kyiv for the victory in the Cup Cup. Cups – they were given to everyone in due time, it was necessary to come in two. And now the turn came to me and Vasya Raca. And the day before, we lost, we lost. Anyway, they played worse this season, ”Belanov said.“ Only we come to me at once by Baku (Mikhail Baka – Chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture and Sports at the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR – approx. Sport24) began to scream, spread for defeats. My eyes were already filled with blood: “What are you screaming? I was told to come, my turn came! ” “How do you play?” – answers. “Yes, you all go!” – I say. “What will I run after you?” He slammed the door and left. And then we went to Rut to the training collection. And there Valery Vasilievich [Лобановский] He said to everyone that Belanov was asking for the car. I immediately answered: “Firstly, I deserved the car. And secondly, they told me that it was my turn. I did not ask her. Why is the tank lying to you? ” He replied: “No, you say it.” I slammed the door and left. ”It would not endure such behavior Lobanovsky. He put Belanov Ultimatum: “If you don’t return, you’ll go home.” Nevertheless, Igor did not back down either. He refused to return and left the fees. Even the teammates could not calm the football player. “Tolya Demyanenko came up:” He will calm down, you know him! ” I answer: “And you know me. He was incorrectly informed information, and I looked like some kind of beggar in front of you. It’s better to go home, this is wrong, ”Belanov recalled. In the end, the forward left for Odessa and missed the entire collection. While his teammates were preparing intensively for the season, he caught fish in his small homeland and rested. He who knows how the fate of Belanov would have developed after that scandal – he could even stay in the club?! But, fortunately, the wise Lobanovsky came up with how to resolve the conflict.RIA Novosti sent to Belanov the head of the team Yuri Dyachenko, who was considered an excellent negotiator. It was he who was able to reconcile the football player with Lobanovsky. “Valery Vasilievich sent Dyachenko. We had a fish with him in Odessa. He knew how to reassure and convinced me to return. True, before that I was again called to the committee. I just go in, and to me: “Belanov, what do you allow yourself?” Then he slammed the door again and left. But then he went to Valery Vasilievich. We talked well with him and reconciled. I told him: “I am responsible for the words. If you believe the leadership, not me, and disgrace me in front of the guys, then I will leave. I don't like it. ” As a result, he stood on my side, ”Belanov recalled. After that conversation, the disgraced striker returned to the team. And a little later he received a well -deserved Volga. As Belanov admitted, after that case, no one was deprived of the car in Dynamo. Off, at the end of the 80s, Igor, like many of his USSR team partners, went to play in Europe. According to Belanov, he moved to Germany with great reluctance. In the first, Odessa did not seduce the northern city of Menhengladbach, and secondly, the last team of the Bundesliga did not correspond to his ambitions. Perhaps that is why Belanov did not work out in Germany: in two seasons in Borussia, he scored only 5 goals, and in five years in Aintracht from Braunschweig – only 21. What an evil, in a foreign country to problems on the field Other difficulties were added. Belanov often began to conflict with the coaches, as well as getting into unpleasant situations and scandals, because of which he had a very unpleasant precipitate from Germany. In addition to the famous case with suspicion of theft, especially the football player broke the betrayal from good acquaintances. Because of him, he was even disappointed in the Germans. In Germany, Belanov made friends with a local family tightly. It all started with regular meetings, and it ended that the football player and his wife began to regularly visit his friends, play with their children and even carry his parents to them. It seemed to Igorye that in an unfamiliar country he had found a support that could be relying on. However, in reality, everything turned out completely different: once, outwardly, friendly comrades tried to rob him meanly. “These people always told me beautiful and warm words, and then robbed me. The man took my card and tried to withdraw money from an ATM. When I noticed the loss, I called the bank and asked the card to be blocked. Therefore, he could not withdraw money, ”said Belanov.RIA Novosti is not strange, after an unsuccessful attempt to steal, the thief immediately appeared with a confession. And he began to beg for forgiveness: “When a person came, I immediately realized where he was. He prayed: “Please do not report it anywhere, I have a family!” “Okay,” I say. “Live with God, only do not touch me,” said Belanov. Ocception, after that case, the football player did not communicate with non -tug friends. ” And about Germany and its inhabitants, he formed an extremely negative opinion: “Everything is worth it there. It was painful, ”said Belanov. Forma played in Germany until 1995, and then returned to his native Ukraine. There he spent one season in Chernomorets and Metallurg, after which he ended his career. Also about the legendary football players of the USSR: