Former striker of St. Petersburg Zenit and the Russian national team Andrei Arshavin said in an interview with socialbites.ca that Krasnodar has a chance to maintain first place in the national championship table at the end of the 2023/24 season.
In his opinion, the key to the southerners’ success was the arrival of Vladimir Ivich as head coach.
“We’ll see, there are still three months until the restart of the championship, how they will be reinforced and by whom, a lot will depend on that.” “Krasnodar has always been playing well in general, stability has come with the new coach and that’s why they are in the lead,” Arshavin said.
After 18 weeks, Krasnodar is leading the Russian Premier League (RPL) with 38 points. In the 18th round, Vladimir Ivich’s team defeated CSKA with a score of 1:0. Zenit is in second place with two points missing. Dinamo (32 points) completed the top three. Spartak is in fifth place in the rankings with 30 points.
In the 19th round to be played in March 2024, Krasnodar will face Rubin Kazan at home.
Previously Andrey Arshavin named The main failure of the first part of the season in the RPL.