The defender and captain of the Moscow “Spartak” Georgy Jikia, in the fight for the title, said that someone in St. Petersburg believes that only the season will show whether he can get ahead of “Zenith”. Transmits words “Match TV”.
“The championship will show whether someone will emerge who can beat Zenit in the long run. I don’t know if he’s brave or not, but the championship will show.
I am not an analyst to hand out percentages. Let’s start the season and somehow get together from round to round and analyze the odds,” said Jikia.
The Russian Football Championship ended on 3 June. Petersburg “Zenith” became the champion of the RPL. The difference of Sergei Semak’s team from second place was 12 points. The silver of the championship went to CSKA. The top three winners were closed by Spartak.
CSKA also won the Russian Cup, beating Krasnodar in the Super Final.
The new season kicks off with the Super Bowl match between Zenit and CSKA on July 15.
In the 2023/24 season, two new teams will play in the elite league – Rubin Kazan and Baltika Kaliningrad, who will be promoted from the First Division.
Formerly Alexander Mirzoyan declarationHe says he wants Spartak to become champions in the 2023/24 season.