A well-known Russian coach, head of Dinamo Makhachkala, Gadzhi Gadzhiev, spoke about the away defeat of Spartak from Orenburg in the 20th week of the Russian Premier League (RPL). The specialist recalled that the Orenburgers beat Sochi 4-0 away in the previous round, which was a sensation, and the victory of Marcel Lichka’s team at home against any opponent was much less surprising.
“Of course, Spartak is of interest to everyone – and because he is our most popular team and one of the contenders in the fight against Zenit, if not the main one. And everything that has been said about Spartak lately is mostly positive, the successful work of the coach was noted. During his tenure, the team grew, became more mobile, more organized, more responsible.
However, Orenburg beat Sochi away, the team coached by Kurban Berdyev. We know that their teams always play very carefully and reliably competently on defense. And Orenburg managed to score four away goals for this team. Such a victory is a bright spot in the championship. And they always played great at home. For me, the away defeat of Sochi is a much more unexpected result than Spartak’s defeat at Orenburg. In any case, this is the result of someone under whom you can put an exclamation point in favor of “Orenburg”, Gadzhiev told socialbites.ca.
Orenburg beat Spartak 2-0, both goals came in the first half. The doors of Spartak were knocked down by Yuri Kovalev and Dmitry Vorobyov. After this win, Marcel Lichka’s team scored 31 points and moved up to the middle sixth place. With 40 points, Spartak is in second place, eight points behind Zenit, who has not yet played the 20th round match against CSKA. Also, Rostov’s game with Khimki is ahead – in case of a win, Rostovians will beat the red-whites by one point.
Earlier, Spartak’s former football player and coach Valery Gladilin said that after the red-whites’ defeat from Orenburg, Zenit was the direct path to the championship.