But he does not see the “red-whites” as contenders for the championship.
Spartak had a very big advantage in the first half, actively pressing and creating a lot of chances. And Nicholson, and Promes, and Sobolev had scoring chances. In the end, just under pressure, Mampassi made a mistake, the “red-whites” intercepted the ball, played well, Sobolev turned around, left the opponent and scored a good goal.
In the second half, Lokomotiv replaced almost the entire attack group, due to which they managed to equalize the game. They had a couple of good moments, Ignatiev and Isidor went one on one, but in both cases Selikhov played great. And in the first half, Lokomotiv did not have a single shot on target at all. After the break, Spartak did not have such a game advantage, but they still played by the score and controlled the course of the meeting and quite confidently brought the match to victory.
Spartak had to win in order not to roll back to the middle of the standings. Now they are again among the leaders and are fighting for a place in the top three. The team was able to achieve the desired result, but Spartak still has a better team than Lokomotiv. For the railroad, for the first time this season, the defensive line played in such a composition. Jikia, Litvinov, Khlusevich and Denisov have already played with Spartak in this combination. They could decide the outcome already in the first half, convert your chances.
Abascal pays great attention to reliability in defense, and this is gradually bearing fruit. The better the team becomes, the better the results. But even in this match, having a big advantage, they might not have won, Lokomotiv converted their chances. Spartak does not yet have such reliability in the game as Zenit has, which is why they are not fighting for the championship.
As for Lokomotiv, the team has players of a good level, but the game is not built, not balanced. Zinnbauer has been a head coach for quite a while, but neither he nor Compper before him could find the optimal line-up that would play stably and reliably. Plus, it was evident from this game that the team was not functionally ready in the best way. They cannot play at a high pace from the first to the last minute.
Naturally, with such a level of players and with such a budget, the work of the coaching staff is unsatisfactory. The management of Lokomotiv will have to take measures to change the results and the quality of the team’s game. Lokomotiv has four defeats in a row. With such results, coaches who face serious tasks are fired.
Source: Sportbox
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Head coach of Crystal Palace Oliver Glazner he confirmed that he will leave the team at the end of the season. The Austrian coach will not renew his contract, which expires in June.
Glazner took over at Palace in February 2024. In 2025, he led the team to their first major trophy, beating Manchester City in the FA Cup final. Later in August, Crystal Palace also won the FA Super Cup.
Source: Soccer Ru
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Donetsk Shakhtar player Egor Nazarina commented on the draw in the Conference League match against Rijeka (0:0).
“We did not see the realization of the moments. There were moments that could have been scored, but unfortunately they were not accelerated by the blessings that they were. I respect you, we spent this match poorly, and the most important are the ones who moved on.”
This was our job, we wanted to complete it in the first century, and we died, so it’s good for you. If they had told us five months ago when the tournament started that we would be in the first week, I think we would have been in good shape straight away. Vikonali ce zavdanya – in ce nagolovnish.
What is the moral and moral aspect after six months of working so hard? Well, a little. Moving steadily while you are old, you know, it is not easy for you. But we won’t complain. We miss playing in the European cups, so there is nothing to complain about. We are happy that we suffer from, you might say, fatigue. When we are released immediately, we are excited and ready for training.
The first half of the season was difficult, but in the end it was positive. We completed our work at the Liza conferences – they passed, we are also in the lead with the championship – we share first place with however many points. I’ll say it again: if we had been told that five months ago, I respect that we would have been fit for those positions, as we did in both the European Cup and the Ukrainian Championship. I think we will continue to add more and in the other half of the season we will show even better results than the first.
I would like to thank the patients for their support in this difficult hour for us. This is the most important thing. Bless them with holy, healthy family well-being, and faith and belief in our victory, in the ZSU. They are the same – without them nothing would have happened. Once again: believe in our victory and have a peaceful sky above your head!
On Football.ua A video review of the Shakhtar – Rijeka match is available to watch.
Source: Football UA
Head coach Noah Sandro Perkovic commented on his team’s defeat against Dynamo (0:2) in the sixth round of the main round of the Conference League.
Our mentor exclaimed in front of his players about the club’s historic achievements:
“First of all, I would like to say a word of thanks to our Gravians and greet the team. For the first time in history, Noa reached the play-offs of the European Cup tournament. This is a great achievement not only for the club, but also for Ukrainian football. We are further collapsing,” Perkovich said.
Speaking of the match itself, the coach welcomed Dynamo to victory and expressed the high level of respect for the opponent:
“The team looked very solid in the beginning, caused a number of unsafe moments, but could not open the door. I said before the match that Dynamo is a great club. In matches with such teams, many mistakes can be made. Today they punished us for this,” said the mentor.
Perkovich emphasized that his team was not surprised by the defeat of the Kiev club:
“Dynamo has not suffered at all. This is a very good team, which clearly plays in defense and has a wide variety of tactical plans. Perhaps we did not realize that the stench is so fragrant from the first days of the century and blessed for the decade and in attack,” the coach added.
He also famously said that Noah wasted no energy for a positive outcome:
“We attacked, pressed, tried to earn as much as possible. So we could have played more than ten times under the hour from the opponent’s overhead passes, but I won’t say we played badly. Dynamo just showed very good football today,” Perkovich summarized.
In the group stage of the Conference League, Noah scored all points in six games and took 19th place. This result allowed the Virmen club to reach the 1/16 finals of the LK.
Source: Football UA
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