In an interview with socialbites.ca, former coach of Moscow Spartak, Valery Gladilin, said that after the defeat of the red-whites in the match against Voronezh Fakel (0:2) in the 20th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL), The Red-Whites lost their chance to win a medal at the end of the season.
According to him, according to the results of the remaining 10 matches in the championship, it will be impossible to get into the top 3.
“There has been no fight for the title for a long time, because the gap with the leaders was already reasonable in the autumn. The best possible option was to take part in the awards, most likely taking third place. But this opportunity has already been lost,” said Gladilin.
After this meetings Having collected 25 points, “Fakel” remains in 11th place in the RPL rankings. Spartak is in sixth place with 31 points.
Guillermo Abascal’s team will play their next match at home against Ural.
After this round, Zenit defeated Ural in the RPL and became the leader with 40 points. Krasnodar is one point behind. Dinamo (38 points) is in the top three.
Former coach of the Russian national team Boris Ignatiev named The reason why Spartak lost to Fakel.