Alexander Alaev, president of the Russian Premier League (RPL), made the first comment after he officially took office.
“Thanks for your trust. Today my new life begins. I have known you all for a long time, we have difficult tasks and difficult times ahead of us. But we have a good team that can handle anything. Now I am fully operational.
I hope I am not disappointed, ”says Alaev Sports24.
Recall that Alaev became the eighth president of the RPL, replacing Ashot Khachaturyants, who voluntarily resigned at the end of last season.
After five rounds, Spartak Moscow is leading the Russian Championship standings. Wards of Guillermo Abascal scored 13 points out of 15 possible, beating Krasnodar, Orenburg, Ural and Sochi.
The second line is St. Petersburg is occupied by the “Zenith”. The same score was recorded by Rostov, led by Valery Karpin, who took third place in additional indicators.
Grigory Ivanov, previously head of Yekaterinburg “Ural” spoke About the need to expand RPL.