KAZAN, June 10, Vadim Kuznetsov. Football club «Spartak» surprised, appointing Spaniard Guillermo Abascal as head coach, said the former midfielder of the Moscow team Igor Ledyakhov. On Friday, Spartak announced the appointment of 33-year-old Abascal as head coach. In this position, he replaced the Italian Paolo Vanoli, under whose leadership the club won the Russian Cup last season, and took 10th place in the national championship. «I know that Abascal worked in the Sevilla children's teams, but I heard little about him «In Spain, no one talked about him. He did not work in any adult Spanish team. Did the choice of Spartak surprise us? He has already accustomed us to surprises, this is another surprise for Spartak,» said Ledyakhov. Last season, Abascal coached the Swiss «Basel». The Spaniard led the club since February after the resignation of Patrick Rahmen, under his leadership the team took second place in the Swiss championship table. Before Basel, Abascal was the head coach of the Italian Ascoli, the Greek «Volos», and the Swiss «Chiasso» and Lugano.
