Sergei AstakhovR-SportAll materialsCorrespondent Sergei Astakhov defended the footballer of Spartak Moscow Nikolai Rasskazov, who was harassed by fans after the interview, and argues that the level of Russian football is extremely low to demand outstanding results from its participants. «As shown by the level of Benfica, this is a team of the Champions League, so far it is difficult for us to correspond. Comparing us and “Benfica is not worth it. Yes, we are a big club in Russia, but a small club in the world. We are known only as a club from Russia. More than 20 years have passed since the last successes in Europe, so everyone does not care what happened before. We play in the Europa League every other time, so there is no need to compare with supergrands. And Benfica, as Guardiola said, is one of the best defensive teams in Europe. Look at us, at our team. In our country, only those who played in the national team have a European level, and those who played in the Champions League with us can be counted on one hand. No experience, no skill to match. When they said that we would pass Benfica, it was funny. «
August 11, 17:10 Rasskazov explained the defeat of Spartak in the game with Benfica in Lisbon These are the words of Spartak defender Nikolai Rasskazov the day after the team's departure from the Champions League. Less than eight hours elapsed between our conversation with Nikolay and the opportunity to study the opinion of fans, experts and colleagues on the interview of a football player after the game with Portuguese “Benfica”. Six of which fell on the flight from Lisbon to Moscow in an information vacuum. People on social networks and in the comments on sports sites literally destroyed the football player for his openness and sober point of view.
