Smorodskaya urged Plutnik to resign

Edigarokt, St. Petersburg, 8 Former Lokomotiv Moscow president Olga Smorodskaya said that Alexander Plutnik should resign following Josef Zinnbauer and Thomas Zorn. On Saturday, Lokomotiv announced the departure of Zorn and Zinnbauer from the club after losing to Sochi with 0:4 in the match of the 12th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL). The defeat from Sochi was Lokomotiv's fifth in a row in the Russian Championship. The team occupies 14th place in the standings. «It was high time to fire them. These resignations are long overdue, there was no need to wait for 14th place. It was clear that they were not succeeding. We still need to change the general director. (Vladimir) «Leonchenko has nothing to do in the club. The general director must determine all the procedures in the team. Also, (Alexander) Plutnik should be resigned. He did not succeed. To spend such a huge amount of money and not buy a single worthy player — you have to manage it,» she said. Smorodskaya.