Former defender of Spartak and the Russian national team Vladimir Granat evaluated the chances of the red-whites for the silver medal in the Russian Premier League (RPL).
“Probably, if Spartak doesn’t make it to the top three, it could be called a failure. They played really great football in the fall, fighting with Zenit for the lead in the championship. But in the spring there was an unexpected fall that mixed all the cards with red and white.
Will Spartak finally be in the top three? It’s hard to say, anything could happen. We have four more laps ahead and a derby with CSKA. I think the match to be played with the army team will determine everything,” says Grenata. “Championship”.
Last weekend, Spartak lost to Zenit with a score of 2:3. Claudinho, Andrey Mostovoy and Ivan Sergeev scored against the winners. As part of the Muscovites, Keita Balde and Quincy Promes distinguished themselves (from the penalty spot). It is worth noting that “Spartak” returned twice during the match and conceded the decisive goal already in the stoppage time. 15 minutes before the end of the match, the defender of the red and whites Alexis Duarte was sent off.
After 26 weeks in the RPL, the red-whites are in fourth place, two points behind the second-placed CSKA. The teams will face each other on May 21.
Formerly Andrey Chervichenko evaluated the team’s second chance in the Russian championship.