MOSCOW, Apr 25 Victory over Krasnodar should be for the players of the Moscow «Spartak» starting point to improve the results, said the head coach of the «red-white» Guillermo Abascal.
Spartak beat Krasnodar on Monday in Moscow in the match of the 24th round of the Russian Championship with a score of 4:3. «Red-white» in the course of the match was inferior with a score of 0:2 and 2:3.
Russian Premier League (RPL)24 April 2023 • Start at 19:00End
Spartak MoscowRussia4 : 3
KrasnodarRussia
63' • Alexander Sobolev (P)68' • Alexander Sobolev81' • Anton Zinkovsky (Alexander Sobolev)
85 ' • Quincy Promes
11' • John Cordoba (Eduard Spertsyan)
58' • Joao Batchy72' • Eduard Spertsyan (Aleksey Ionov)
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“In difficult moments, what helps the team is confidence and trust, and, of course, the heart. It is important to say about our difficulties: we have a lot of injured players, but nevertheless we showed that our team has a heart, which supports us and helps us in such difficult times. This victory should be a starting point for us,» Abascal said at a press conference, the video of which was published on Spartak's official YouTube channel.
After the final whistle, Abascal left the field very quickly and immediately ran to the locker room. According to the coach, this is his usual behavior after matches. Abascal also noted that he lost his voice during the game.
«As for my sprint to the under stands, this is my usual behavior, I always immediately run to the locker room. Except for a couple of cases when I had to say something to the team right on the field. The voice of me lost during the match. What was said in the locker room at half-time will remain between us,» said the coach.