2017-03-04 09:05:16
Applications begin today, March 4 at 9:00, at the Ramzan Football Academy. Sports events Casting starts at 15:00.
Reality show “Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire?” gives you a chance to get into professional football.
According to the press service of FC Terek, anyone between the ages of 18 and 25 can take part in the project. The selection of participants will take place throughout Russia, but only the best 25 will get into the project: they will learn the details and realities of life of professional football players. Exhausting training awaits them, development of professional skills under the guidance of coaches led by Sergei Yuran, meeting football stars, and upon reaching an acceptable level of training, matches with famous teams.
The final match of the project will take place on April 27 in Moscow. Russian and Russian scouts will be present at the game. European clubs. The main prize is the opportunity to try your hand at one of the European clubs.
Registration is carried out at the address: Grozny, st. Zhukovskogo, 11, Football Academy "Ramzan". Registration starts: 9:00.
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"People need a chance." Who and why came up with the show “Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire”?
Today the show “Who wants to become a foreign player?” starts on Match TV. This is a completely new product with no at the moment analogues in the world. The essence of the show is that ordinary people who are fond of football will compete with professional football players. The idea of the project belongs to Alan Prudnikov.
History in photographs. Alexey Prudnikov
Alan Prudnikov is the son of a famous former goalkeeper Alexey Prudnikov, is himself closely associated with football. He already has solid experience in the agency field. It was Prudnikov who brought to Russia Ruud Gullita, who worked at Terek in 2011. Through his mediation, the midfielder moved to Manchester City Alexander Zinchenko. He also represents the interests of a number of other players. And now Alan decided to implement a completely different project. On sports television.
This is a football project, with an emphasis on selection,” Prudnikov told the Championship. - We held castings in different cities Russia. Several thousand guys were looked at, from which the 50 best were selected. 25 of them arrived at the base and will live in conditions as close as possible to those in which professional football players work. Another 25 remain in stock. When the main ones drop out, the guys from the reserve squad will be given a chance. The entire process takes place under the close attention of the project’s general manager Valery Karpin. And the guys train under the guidance of the famous former football player Sergei Yuran and his coaching staff. Coaching staff also full-fledged, as in the present football club. This includes assistant coaches, goalkeeper coaches, a physical training coach, massage therapists, doctors, and administrators. In a word, everything is the same professional team!
- How did the idea for the show come about?
- A little over two years ago, my friend Vadim Barlamov, co-author of the project, returned from America. He infected me with stories about how football players try out in the States. We have improved this system. We thought a lot about how to implement the screening process in Russia and the CIS, we discussed this almost every day. Ultimately, everything grew into the idea of creating a show. We monitored all similar projects in the world and took into account their mistakes. And as a result, they created an absolutely unique scheme of both views and the show itself. We were offered to implement this project in other countries, but we wanted to do it for the first time in Russia.It so happened that we subsequently proposed the project to the Match TV channel. A wonderful sponsor appeared in Gillette. Representatives of the company themselves chose our project and financed our show. We are grateful to Tina Kandelaki and the Match TV channel for paying attention to our show and not staying away. We really hope that this cooperation will not end in one season and we will give everyone a chance to get into professional football.
- In which regions did you conduct screenings?
- We settled on eight cities. These are Simferopol, Sochi, Rostov, Grozny, Vladikavkaz, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg and Moscow.- Why were they chosen?
- Firstly, we needed places suitable for climatic conditions. The weather had to allow both the participants and the film crew to work in comfortable conditions. After all, we were pressed for time. It was also important that local authorities did not interfere with castings for outdoors.
I already receive several calls a day. From governors, mayors and various high-ranking officials who really want us to look at the guys in their regions. Applications are already in the thousands.- If the second season starts, which regions of Russia will you go to?
- I would really like to start the second season with Khabarovsk and Vladivostok, and also visit Altai and Siberia. Ideally, I would like to cover 36 cities.- What is the goal of your project?
- It is difficult to express in one word all the goals that we are pursuing in the project. But the main impetus was the pain of the fact that thousands of children systematically every year for one reason or another find themselves overboard professional sports. You can't even imagine how much every month my agent friends and I everyday life We receive messages and calls that someone, for one reason or another, cannot get a chance.This is exactly the chance we want to give to everyone. And the most main result we already received. If only you could see the eyes with which the guys give themselves on the field. And how at the casting they proved through sweat and blood that they were the ones worthy of reaching the finals.
- Did you easily find a common language with television people?
- We are very lucky in this regard. The production team, represented by Alla Kurakina, very quickly finds a common language between representatives of sports and television. We can say that in this regard we are in complete harmony. There is a correct understanding of what our common project should look like.- Who is on your selection staff?
- Oleg Shirinbekov is involved in castings in Russian cities. Now he is a coach, but before he was a wonderful football player for Torpedo and the USSR national team. For a long time he was also responsible for selection in football CSKA. Besides him this Ravil Sabitov, former player Dynamo and Lokomotiv, former coach of the Russian youth and Olympic team. Also Ruslan Nigmatullin, ex-goalkeeper of Spartak, Lokomotiv, CSKA and the Russian national team, who at one time admitted best player Russian Championship. I have already talked about Vadim Barlamov. Until recently, he was a FIFA agent and has been working in the United States for the last 10 years. Everything took place under the control of the general manager of the project - Valery Karpin, who needs no introduction. And at the final casting in Moscow, 6 scouts already took part in the selection of the 50 best.
Evgeny Savin became the host of the project, which we are very happy about. From the very beginning, Zhenya was very inspired by the project and sincerely worries about the guys. His approach is a reflection of what we want our project to be.- Which regions do you have the most guys from?
- During the project there were a lot of casting interesting football players. Even from abroad - from Spain, France, African countries. Of course, there were many representatives from the CIS countries and all over Russia. I was especially pleased that final part there have been many guys who represent Student League Russia. This suggests that college football is developing strongly in our country. He is the future. Perhaps this league will be the springboard for guys who drop out of the system football schools and after them they cannot find themselves. A striking example of this is Andrei Arshavin, who got into big-time football from the student team.- Do you already have favorites who can follow the same path, for example, Alexander Zinchenko?
- I have favorites, but I won’t reveal their names. I hope that they will go all the way to the final with dignity and that experts will pay attention to them. The same Zinchenko is a wonderful example for them. Sasha went from amateur to professional in a short period of time.- What awaits the guys at the end of the show? What's the main prize?
- Throughout the show, football players will participate in matches. Vadim Barlamov and I invite scouts, club leaders, and sports directors from all over the world. They will definitely be present at the games. And at the end of the show after the final match, the clubs participating in the project will offer the best of the best to sign contracts or undergo trials in their teams. And the main prize, I hope, is that the guys will gain invaluable experience and will no longer give up. On the contrary, they will go towards their dream of getting into big football and becoming a professional football player.
“I decided to help young athletes get into the world of professional sports. This is a brilliant opportunity for children to express themselves and reveal their abilities. According to the general producer of the TV channel, Tina Kandelaki, “On the eve of the world championship in 2018, this project will add interest to this game among viewers and specialists, and will help young people open the curtain to the world of real football.”
Anyone aged 18–25 years can participate in the project. They are required to fill out an application and go through the casting stages. The selection will be carried out in different cities of Russia: Simferopol, Sochi, Rostov-on-Don, Grozny, Vladikavkaz, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Moscow. But only 25 of the strongest football players will get into the project itself and “feel” life in reality professional athletes. At a special base, they will undergo hard training, develop technical skills, improve their skill level and become acquainted with the aces of this game. And then the guys will have matches with famous teams. The head coach will be former Spartak player Sergei Yuran.
Here's what he said about the reality show itself:
- “I believe that the project will go off with a bang! This is a great idea! Once upon a time I myself was a young talented guy who was not accepted into the team. I got a second chance at a sports boarding school, after which I made my way into big-time football. I immediately accepted the offer to become a coach on the project, because I want really talented guys to be able to prove themselves if they went unnoticed in their region. I see myself in these guys. I think such selections will become a tradition, because for unrecognized talents this is, in fact, the only opportunity to achieve their dreams. “Match TV Live” promotes football to the masses. It will be a great joy for me to see the footballers I raised receive invitations to clubs abroad.”
Valery Karpin was appointed chief manager of the newly created team - editor-in-chief football broadcasts on the Match TV channel. His words: “Our goal is to create a team of professionals from gifted guys. Guys with sparkling eyes and no problems with motivation, imagining their lives in big football, who are not afraid of difficulties and achieve their goals - this is exactly what we are looking for.”
Evgeny Savin has been appointed the main host of this interesting reality show. “This will be a super project! Sometimes messages come to my account on social networks more than once a day: “Zhenya, I’m from the Volga region/Volgograd, I’m already 18 years old, I’ve been playing football since childhood, but they don’t take me to the team, help me, because you work on a famous TV channel! » The upcoming project was created just for such guys, so that they achieve their goal. I'm sure everything will go as planned! The assigned role suits me completely; being a friend and support for the guys is mine. Soon the world will know about the rising stars of football! – Savin shared his opinion.
The project will end with the final match on April 27 in Moscow. Experts from Russian and European clubs will come to the game. The main prize is to go play abroad and become a foreign player.
In March, the project “Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire” was launched on Russian TV, which has no analogues on domestic television. The main idea of the project is to create a reality show in which football players will be selected for further professional activities at a high level.
“Who wants to become a legionnaire”: the essence of the project
If anyone has not yet seen the show “Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire?”, then the essence of the project, first of all, is to give many young football players the opportunity to prove themselves at a high level. Participants in the show “Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire” get a chance to show their skills on one of the most popular channels in the country, which will give them new opportunities to advance their careers. During the project, they will learn the details and realities of life of professional football players. Participants will undergo grueling training, develop professional skills with famous trainers, meeting football stars, and upon reaching an acceptable level of training - matches with famous teams. Young football players from all regions of Russia will have the chance to make their dreams come true.
“Who wants to become a legionnaire”: casting
Casting of participants takes place in various regions of Russia. Any player aged 18 to 25 can take part in the project, for which he needs to fill out a form and come to watch. The trainers of the project “Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire” conduct a selection among the declared participants, after which 25 the best football players get a chance to prove themselves top level, and perhaps become a player for one of the leading teams in Europe. The final match of the project will take place on April 27 in Moscow. Scouts from Russian and European clubs will be present at the game. The main prize is the opportunity to try your hand at one of the European clubs.
Trainers of the project “Who wants to become a legionnaire”
The head coach of “Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire” is the well-known Valery Karpin. The former coach of Spartak, who won the RFPL silver with the “red-whites,” can give a lot to young and ambitious newcomers. In addition to him, the team is coached by Sergei Yuran, a famous Soviet and Russian football player. The leader of the project is Evgeny Savin.
Participants in the show “Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire” find themselves under the supervision of a specialist with experience at the highest level, and this is a huge plus for the development of an athlete.
Danil Tarmasinov (Eurosport.ru) watched the loudest premiere of “Match TV” and analyzed it especially for “BUSINESS Online” .“Who wants to become a legionnaire?” - a grand show of the country's only open sports channel. Every television company has some kind of product into which they invest more money, effort and skills. This is usually a licensed format, an excellent example is the First and its The Voice (“Voice”) or Got Talent (“Minute of Fame”). Apart from broadcasts on Match TV, there are no real shows that would leave viewers outside the screen big games. “Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire” is the second attempt after “Fight in the City” to make a sports reality.
It didn't turn out very well, let's be honest. In an effort to make a pop subject - that is, to organize the observation of young beautiful people so that it would be interesting - “Match” is taking the path of large channels and clearly wants to bite off a piece of the audience from those buttons that have nothing to do with sports. But in these attempts, “Who wants to become a legionnaire?” looks weaker than many reality shows that are on competitors. There are many mistakes in it in terms of editing, dramaturgy and plot construction.
The role of the leader is not fully understood Evgenia Savina. He has clearly improved as a showman over the year of working on camera, but still loses in charisma, for example, Ruslan Nigmatullin, whom the camera loves more than its own mother. In the episode with the settlement of the participants (the beginning of the second issue), Savin was clearly superfluous. Usually, in the rules of reality shows, such moments show the leaders, the leaders among the participants. They don't need extra people asking who will sleep on the cot. Such slightly artificial moments (some small bonuses that obviously not everyone will get and will inflame the conflict) are laid down at the level of producers, but for some reason the editorial group sent a presenter to the football players. Then this minor flaw raised the problem of identifying a leader in the frame and forced the bosses to come up with an attraction with curling .
In KHSL there are few stories that are told to us from the screen. Something personal about the participants that would make viewers fall in love with the characters was only revealed in the first episode. Did the editors really not find anything in the biographies of all the football players who came to the casting and made it into the top 50? Already found Twitter Kirill Laptev, who won similar competition, but for some reason they didn’t talk about this in the profile. Why? 26-year-old guy who played in Armavir ValeriaKarpina looks less strong story than a contract with Nike.
This show also reveals several problems of Russian sports and the people within it. Athletes and coaches still find it difficult to express their thoughts on camera and speak in the language of archaic Soviet media. The episode in which Sergey Yuran consoles a participant who dropped out due to injury, will be included in the list of the most shameful scenes of our television. You don’t believe for a second that the coach doesn’t give a damn about the young guy’s personal tragedy - going through a huge selection process and dropping out due to a stupid Achilles injury. This scene is physically awkward to watch: Yuran stands over the football player and chooses his words as if answering a five-year-old daughter’s question about what sex is. I can easily believe that the director and cameramen reached their hands to their faces at this moment.
Trauma is also a strange thing in the first episodes. There were already two of them, but the cameras did not film any of them - only footage of running doctors and football players writhing in pain. Imagine that in Titanic they didn’t show you a single plan of the ship’s wreck, and after some interruption with the waves they immediately showed Rose and Jack on an ice floe. Were there really not enough operators at the base? Why was there not a single synchronization of the first injured player in the episode? Didn't they record an interview with him? It looked very strange when only partners who had known him for a couple of days talked about the poor footballer.
Sincerity is, in principle, a big problem “Who wants to become a legionnaire?” It’s amazing that during the 100 minutes of the final episodes, one swear word was spoken. In the world in which he lives Valery Petrakov, members of the football team swore obscenely once - who do you take us for, Match TV? Tell all these young guys already that editors would rather sit and beep obscenities than see a lifeless picture on the edit.
The audience doesn't believe the bosses either. The premiere episode, which usually collects a larger share than other episodes, did not make it into the top 10 for the week either in Moscow or in Russia - that is, it did not break the 0.4% rating in the country. Imagine the numbers for the rest of the series and you will be horrified.
To give you some motivation to watch Who Wants to Become a Legionnaire, here are 5 things that I thought were good:
1. Scene with the selection of participants in the top 25. Karpin, Sabitov, Bezuglov and Nigmatullin really combine well and look juicy together. Chemistry in the jury is what you need in reality.
2. The story of a guy who came to the casting in memory of the coach. An excellently told plot, well-structured dramaturgy, bright details pulled out of the character, such as donated boots. There was not enough journalistic work - the football player said that his coach played at the U-21 World Cup. So what was the coach's name?
3. Powerful output Valeria Karpina at the end of the second episode. It was unclear why a general manager was needed for an already assembled team, but after a 1:4 defeat, he came into the locker room and destroyed all the players with a couple of proposals. Very much.
4. Producers quickly correct mistakes. For example, in the first episode, all the characters were titrated in the “Last Name - First Name” format, like in kindergarten. Within a week, everything was back to normal - no “Yuran Sergei,” although that’s exactly what the coach himself says about himself.
5. Clear criteria for expulsion of participants: if you screw up, you leave the project. This worked in both the preliminary stages and the main rounds. Sabitov, Karpin, Yuran and Nigmatullin nominate the weakest man from training, watch them in the match, analyze everyone’s performance and only then kick out the weakest. No offense, just to the point.
