Yuri Pervak, former general manager of Moscow Spartak, stated that the red-whites need to prove their status as a people’s team. He spoke about the words of Zenit board chairman Alexander Medvedev from St. Petersburg. Pervak agrees with this thesis due to Zenit’s successes in recent years and Spartak’s failures in the same period.
Zenit has achieved great success in the last decade. A lot of work is done at the club: it concerns the players, the fans, the management’s attitude towards the team and everything connected with it. The concept of “People’s Team” comes from some depths. Today, it’s mostly just talking. If you are a commoner, then you must prove your nationality with victories! The arrival of fans to the stadium, the work of the shops, how much equipment is purchased, how the children’s schools work. I know the attitude towards the guys there isn’t very good. My relatives told me that one boy studied there and a month later declared that he did not want to be in Spartak. He said the coach threw them a ball and left. They’re all on their own. As an impartial person, I will say that Zenit has become the most popular team in Russia over the last decade, the blue-white-blue have more success than the red-white. St. I see a full stadium in St. Petersburg, but not in Moscow. Fan cards are everywhere now, but participation is changing. There are fewer people going to Spartak. If this is a people’s team, a favorite team, the fans should be with it in joy and sadness. Talking about Fan Identity is nonsense!” — nail Pervaka Legal Betting.
Zenit are nine-time Russian champions and have won the last five Russian Premier League titles and also lead this season’s competition after 20 rounds. Spartak has ten championships in Russian history, but the last one was won in the 2016/17 season, and before that the red-whites won the gold medal in 2001.
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