Moscow “Spartak” football player Alexis Duarte in the 26th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) St. Petersburg talked about the moment when he was eliminated in the match with “Zenith” (2:3).
The Paraguayan player was sent off with a score of 2-1 by interfering with the blue-white-blue player Malcolm in the 75th minute. After that, the minority Moscow club evened the score, but in the downtime, Zenit took the win and became the champion of Russia ahead of schedule.
“Of course, I didn’t want to fight too hard. I’m a good enough person and I don’t want to hurt anyone. At the beginning of the move, there was a complete feeling that I would be the first to hit the ball and do everything clean. But Malcolm stepped earlier and I got nowhere – you can’t change trajectory in the process of moving,” Duarte says. “Sport Express”.
Duarte moved from Cerro Porteño to Spartak during the winter transfer window. In the current RPL season, the defender has appeared in seven games without scoring.
formerly Duarte said About the difficulties of adaptation in Spartak.