Lokomotiv Moscow needs to strengthen its squad in order to finish in the top three at the end of the season in the newly started Russian Premier League (RPL). This is the opinion in the commentary Legal betting Former striker of the “railroad workers” and the Russian national team Dmitry Sychev summed up the results of the 1st round match, in which the red-greens defeated Akron Tolyatti.
“Of course, Lokomotiv misses Anton Miranchuk, Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Max Glushenkov and Guilherme. It’s hard for me to say what position the railroad workers will compete for this season. You need to hear from the management what the team’s task is. It seems to me that if quality additions do not come to the squad before the transfer window closes, it will be difficult for Lokomotiv to fight for the top three,” the expert believes.
Speaking about the last match against Akron, Sychev praised Lokomotiv for their execution and personally noted Sergei Pinyaev scoring the first goal. The expert admitted that he enjoyed the match and noted that Lokomotiv had more chances thanks to the opponent’s mistakes than their own creativity.
The match with Akron ended with a 3:2 victory for Lokomotiv. Sergey Pinyaev, Alexey Batrakov and Dmitry Vorobyov distinguished themselves as part of the “railroad workers”. Soltmurad Bakaev and Abu-Said Eldarushev from Tolyatti scored for the club.
The next match in the second round of the RPL Lokomotiv will be against another capital club – Dynamo. The match will be an away match for the “railway workers”, the match will be played on July 27, the start whistle will sound at 17:30 Moscow time.
Formerly coach of Lokomotiv Galaktionov excluded Failure of the team in the 2024/25 season.
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Source: Gazeta
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