Spartak Moscow’s coach Guillermo Abascal announced the absence of defender Ruslan Litvinov for the match against Sochi in the eighth round of the Russian Premier League (RPL). His words are quoted “Match TV”.
“National team matches are a period when it is important for players not to get injured. Litvinov had an injury that we knew and talked about before he was sent to the national team, but he still played 90 minutes. In our opinion, this is not the solution needed. Therefore it is not included in the application.
As for previous experiments or solutions, I have explained them before. There are injuries, the same Litvinov may be in the starting lineup. “We will go out and try to find that stability,” the expert said.
On 12 September, Litvinov took part in the Russian national team’s match against Qatar.
The match against Sochi was played at the Otkritie Bank Arena stadium in Moscow and ended with a score of 1:0 for the home team. The only goal of the match was scored by red-white defender Srdjan Babic (90+2 minutes). socialbites.ca edited a text online broadcast meetings.
The red-whites rose four places to sixth place in the RPL standings, with 13 points after eight weeks.
Previously Chervichenko criticized Red-whites after the Sochi match.