Petersburg Zenit and former striker of the Russian national football team Andrey Arshavin said that Russian Premier League (RPL) clubs will try to avoid playing in the play-offs for the right to play in the top league next season. with the Krasnoyarsk Yenisei.
“I think everyone will be afraid and avoid the Yenisei in order not to play in the arena where the Krasnoyarsk club can catch up. Arşavin said, “It is necessary to rank higher in the ranking in order to go to the homeland”. “Match TV”.
Fakel, Krylya Sovetov and Paris Nizhny Novgorod are candidates for the playoffs for the right to play in the RPL next season. Recall that teams placed 13th and 14th in the final table of a higher division will participate in transition matches with Premier Division clubs.
With a high probability Krasnoyarsk “Yenisei” and Moscow “Motherland” will get the right to compete for the RPL ticket at the end of the First League season. Both teams have received RFS-1 licenses that allow them to play in the top league.
Previously recognizedThe club of the First Division “Baltika” from Kaliningrad is in talks with the head coach Sergei Ignashevich to extend the contract.