MOSCOW, June 3 Blogger and sports journalist Vasily Utkin on his YouTube- channel criticized «Spartak» for the decision not to renew the contract with Zelimkhan Bakaev. After the final of the Russian Cup, in which «Spartak» defeated «Dynamo» with a score of 2: 1, Bakaev said that the game was the last for him in the «red-white» . Later, the club confirmed the departure of the midfielder. «Parting with Bakaev is a trifle for Spartak.» He was not even offered to renew the contract. An amazing phenomenon. The football player was ready to play for the club that raised him, he wanted it. Even after the end of the Russian Cup final, he left little hope : «I'll wait a little longer, maybe they'll change their mind.» Not plaintively, but that's how he said. This event just does not fit in my head, «said Utkin. Bakaev made his debut for Spartak in 2015. He has 105 matches, 11 goals and 29 assists. He won the Russian Super Cup in 2017 and the Russian Cup last season, as well as the silver of the Russian Championship in 2021.
