MOSCOW, Mar 2, Alexander Sergeev. Spartak Moscow head coach Paolo Vanoli, after defeating the Krasnodar Kuban in the Russian Football Cup match, said at a press conference that the exclusion of the club from the Europa League was a heavy psychological blow for him. On Monday, Spartak was expelled from the Europa League due to the situation in Ukraine. «It was a heavy psychological blow. Spartak deserved to play in the Europa League, but we cannot influence the decisions. Now we must remain focused. We have the championship and the cup, where we need to achieve high results. We have already informed both the players and leadership that we all stay. We will be here to the last. Football carries a message to the world,» Vanoli said. «I am very happy for the team, for the fans. In the last game, we upset them. difficult situation proved to be good.(Daniil) Khlusevich and (Shamar) Nikol Son still has a lot of work to do, but I want to talk about the team. We have seven players under the age of 21. We did a very good job,» he added.
