MOSCOW, Aug 12, Svetlana Bonopartova. Petersburg Zenit looks insecure after the departure of the leaders, so the Moscow «Spartak» can impose a fight for first place in the championship of Russia on football, said the former player of «red-white» Alexander Mostovoy.
On Friday «Spartak» lost to «Ural» with a score of 2:3. The Red-Whites are in third place in the RPL standings with 9 points.
«Spartak» started the season well, and I'm not at all surprised by these results. After the first rounds, we always make a list of teams that will claim the championship. «Zenith» feverish, shaking. Kuzyaev and Malcom left, it is not clear what happened to Wendel. At the same time, «Spartak» has acquired players, so it can compete with «Zenith», — said Mostovoy.
“Theo Bongonda is showing himself very brightly. He has already made more effective actions than many players do in the whole season. (Jesus) Medina is a good footballer, for some time he showed himself brightly in CSKA, until he stopped betting. How many more of their players. The team looks very confident, «- added the source of the agency.
Mostovoy said that team mistakes in defense are the norm for the start of the championship.
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«Many people have problems with this. Krasnodar played 4-3 against Dynamo. Many mistakes, courage , we will still see ineffective games. This is normal,» Mostovoy concluded.