MOSCOW, 7 Apr. Journalist Vasily Utkin commented on the results of the first matches of the 1/4 finals of the Champions League and expressed his opinion on the position of Spartak in the Russian Championship standings. the English «Manchester City» over the Spanish «Atletico» and the Spanish «Villarreal» over the German «Bavaria». Away victory with a score of 3:1 won the English «Liverpool» over the Portuguese «Benfica» and the Spanish «Real» over the English «Chelsea».
"Benfica", by the way, the only team that made it to this stage through qualification, where she beat "Spartak". Last season, fans of "Zenith" were very proud that the teams he lost to in the group went high. "Spartak", fortunately, is now in a completely shameful position in the Russian championship. And there, too, probably, there would be someone to remember that, look how "Benfica" has gone far. But, you see, the plot "Benfica" — "Liverpool" was much more predictable, because "Benfica" probably reached its limit", the journalist expressed the opinion on the video on his YouTube channel.
The return matches of the 1/4 finals The Champions League will take place on 12 and 13 April. After 23 rounds of the Russian Premier League, Spartak is in 10th place with 27 points. The team is ahead of the play-off and direct relegation zones by six points. The worst result of the “red-whites” in the history of the championships of Russia was the 10th place in the 2003 season.