MOSCOW, November 3. /TASS/. The players of CSKA and Spartak did not allow each other to play in the match of the 14th round of the World – Russian Premier League (RPL) than they showed their skills. This opinion was expressed to TASS by the honorary president of the Russian Football Union, Vyacheslav Koloskov.
On Saturday, CSKA lost to Spartak at home with a score of 0:2. In the second half, a brawl occurred involving several team players; as a result of the episode, Spartak defender Ruslan Litvinov and CSKA defender Willian Rocha were sent off the field. Spartak players Nail Umyarov and Srdjan Babic received yellow cards.
“Honestly, I expected more football, and not a battle between Moscow teams; in the derby, of course, the highest competition and fighting are expected, the teams demonstrated all this, but, unfortunately, there was little football,” Koloskov said. “It all came down to brawls, skirmishes , tripping, to attempts to impose a forceful fight. But Spartak still played more football, although they were not inferior in the fight, they were not whipping boys, they tried to respond in every way. Spartak held the ball better, created more chances. , but there was also more composure. I wanted to see football skill, like in the Dynamo – Rostov match, but here each team tried to prevent the opponent from playing, and not to play themselves. The game was kept in suspense. , the match was super motivated, but I wanted to see more football.”
“Now, in general, it’s somehow all come down to power combat. For example, take the match between Zenit and Makhachkala Dynamo, it seems to be the leader of the championship, the undisputed favorite, but I really didn’t like Zenit. Somehow it’s not like football the team looks like skilled footballers, but it’s unclear what kind of game they are playing, it seemed that the team was unbalanced. But this is not a criticism of Zenit, but that there is such a tendency, everyone wants to fight more than play. More character than football skill.” , – added Koloskov.
Spartak is in fifth place in the RPL standings, gaining 25 points in 14 matches. CSKA is in sixth position with 24 points.
