MOSCOW, October 29 The best football player of the USSR 1972, bronze Olympic medalist Evgeniy Lovchev believes that the Moscow “Spartak” did not show character in the match of the 13th round of the Russian Football Championship against the Voronezh “Fakel”.
On Saturday, Spartak lost away to Fakel in the Russian Premier League (RPL) match with a score of 0:2.
«»There are football things that football professionals should know. There's no point in being fancy, put the pressure on Sobolev, who can push and score, but that didn't happen. We tried to play our football, but before the game it was clear that it was a bad thing. Well, they don’t play passing on such ground — here they hit and run. A great coach and a great team should understand this. When you can’t beat the game, you have to overcome it. Voronezh both ran over and overcame. Spartak did not show their game «He didn't show any character either. The team suffered five defeats in 13 rounds — that's a lot,» Lovchev wrote in his Telegram channel.
Lovchev also said that Spartak head coach Guillermo Abascal is not yet a quality coach, but he has potential.
Spartak is training a young Spanish specialist for a lot of money. And now the situation is such that they have developed to the point that after every match questions are asked whether Abaskal will now be fired,” Lovchev added.
Spartak suffered a fourth consecutive defeat in away matches of the Russian championship outside of Moscow. “Fakel” beat Spartak for the first time since August 2000, then the Voronezh team won with a score of 1:0.