Vladimir Ponomarev, former defender of CSKA Moscow and the USSR national team, said in an interview with socialbites.ca that he was not satisfied with the performance of forward Fedor Chalov in the opening matches of 2024.
In his opinion, the 25-year-old striker could not show his worth in the match against Krylia Sovetov (2:0).
“I’m worried that Chalov is playing very badly, he’s not playing well for the second game in a row. Maybe it was his marriage that affected him so much that he stopped moving altogether. He was moving badly before: he has neither starting pace nor distance speed, no dribbling ability , mostly taking advantage of the opponent’s mistakes and that’s it. And Faizullaev is not impressed yet – in the autumn they praised the boy, it was impossible to praise him like that. What is he, Maradona? We need to work better physically. “There are moments that raise doubts,” Ponomarev said.
The match held in Samara ended with a score of 2-0. For CSKA, Willian Rocha scored double points with accurate shots. CSKA is in fourth place in the Russian Championship rankings with 32 points. Krylya Sovietov is in eighth place with 29 points.
He used to be a CSKA legend criticized attacking team players.