Valery Gladilin, former football player and coach of Spartak Moscow, talked about the weather conditions on the match day to be played between the red-whites and Samara “Wings of the Soviets” in the 18th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL). In his comments to socialbites.ca, he expressed the opinion that the don would not interfere in the match.
“The field is heated. The important thing is that there is no snowfall, as in Kaliningrad, this is the most dangerous thing. But here the guys will put on their tights and pull up their thermal underwear – this is no problem. Fans, of course, will be uncomfortable sitting in the stadium in such conditions. But if the field is not covered with snow “There will not be any problems for the players,” he said.
The match between Spartak and Krylya Sovetov is planned to be played on Saturday, December 9, and the start time is scheduled for 14:00 Moscow time. Competitors will be evaluated by Pavel Kukuyan. Spartak head coach Guillermo Abascal will miss this match due to disqualification.
The 17th round CSKA – Rostov and Lokomotiv – Zenit matches took place in heavy snow conditions. The meeting of the army team with the Rostovites was threatened with postponement, but in the end it took place at the appointed time. After the match, Rostov’s head coach Valery Karpin called the person responsible for the decision to play in such weather an idiot, and for this reason he was disqualified for one match and suspended for the other match.
Previously Mostovoy statedIt was stated that the postponement of the Spartak match should be discussed on the match day.
Source: Gazeta
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