Famous former Soviet and Russian forward Valery Masalitin, who played for CSKA Moscow throughout his professional career of more than five years, said the following about the army team’s expectations in this season of the Russian Premier League in his comment to socialbites.ca: The red-blue team is the leader in the first part of the season. He noted that if Krasnodar continues to lose points, it may struggle to be in the top three at the end of the championship.
“Now let’s see how Krasnodar will perform. If there is failure, CSKA may take part in the awards. And if the “bulls” come together, it will be very difficult for the army team to fight for medals,” says Masalitin.
In the spring part of the season, CSKA drew at home with Orenburg (1:1), missed the victory after extra time and then defeated Krylia Sovetov in Samara (2:0). After the winter break, “Krasnodar” missed the home victory against Kazan “Rubin” (1:1) at the end of the match and then lost to the local “Rostov” in Rostov-on-Don (1:2). After this loss, the “bulls” collected 39 points in 20 weeks and were ahead of St. Louis in the rankings with 40 points. Petersburg fell to second place after Zenit. While CSKA is in fourth place with 32 points, it will drop to sixth place with the wins of Spartak and Lokomotiv, which have not yet played in the 20th round.
It was known before because of what CSKA defeated Krylia Sovietov.