Famous former Russian football player Valery Masalitin criticized the transition to the “autumn-spring” system in his comment to socialbites.ca. The former forward of CSKA Moscow and Spartak emphasized that the idea that domestic teams can perform better in European cups in this way is not justified.
“Why was this transition made? It is clear that an arrangement has been made for new entrants to play in the European Cups. We adjusted. What do we see? Europe is playing it cool. It plays both in winter and summer. All is well in the fields. Are there any force majeure events? To eat. Games are postponed. Why can’t we make a transfer? All of this was done for the transfer. Well, let’s write that we will have transfers on these dates, that’s all. We haven’t won anything in European competitions for 12 years. And when we played “spring-autumn” we won. We tried – it didn’t work. And you can’t go back.”
The “autumn-spring” system was once again criticized after the Russian Premier League matches Baltika – Spartak (1:2) and CSKA – Rostov (2:0) were played in sub-zero weather and snowfall.
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