Former CSKA Moscow player Valery Masalitin commented on the appointment of Tomas Amaral as the coach of the capital Spartak and suggested that the red-whites are focusing on the path of European development. vprognoze.ru.
“It seems that Spartak is focused on the European development path and wants to include players from Europe in its squad. However, now you need to know the South American market well to strengthen the squad with foreign players,” he said.
Amaral was not working as a sports director before Spartak. His last place of employment was Benfica Lisbon, where he worked as a scout. Led by Abascal, the red-whites collected 30 points in 18 weeks in the first half of the RPL season, leaving the leader Krasnodar with eight points and the national championship with St. Petersburg. Petersburg was in fifth place, six points behind Zenit. At the same time, the team entered the Russian Cup RPL Road play-offs in first place in the group with the same Krasnodar and Dinamo Moscow in third place.
Previously a veteran of Spartak called him a temporary worker The new sports director of the club.