In a comment to socialbites.ca, former Moscow CSKA and Spartak striker Valery Masalitin talked about a part of the Lokomotiv – Zenit match in which Loko midfielder Sergei Pinyaev escaped expulsion. In addition, Masalitin emphasized that with the onset of cold weather, Zenit Brazilians started to play worse.
“If they had pushed him away they probably would have been right. He played very rudely. They gave me a yellow card, so that’s how the judge interpreted it. Lokomotiv had no head coaches, Galaktionov or Barinov. It seemed that this situation would have a bad effect on the team, but the guys rallied. The opponent is a good irritant. Loko scored an early goal. This goal also affected the course of the game. Railwaymen believed that they would play well against Zenit. And when the cold comes in Zenit, the Brazilians do not show their real skills, that’s all. But this was clear a year ago. When the winter games begin, the Brazilians do not look as confident on the field as they do in the summer weather. This minus probably played a big role,” Masalitin said.
Lokomotiv defeated Zenit with a score of 2:1 in the 17th round match of the Russian Premier League. With the defeat of the blue-whites, Krasnodar once again took first place in the rankings.
Former head coach of Spartak Guillermo Abascal he apologized Because of his emotionality in his match with Akhmat.
Source: Gazeta
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