Spartak was different in this match. Playing in his optimal line-up, he started very slowly and non-aggressively, despite the team scoring an early goal after a good combination of Chernov and Promes. Apparently, they thought that at such a lulling pace they could easily win in Sochi. They were not even able to rebuild after a missed ball at the end of the first half of the game.

In the second half, although Spartak made substitutions, they could not significantly change the course of the match. Add in speed and aggression did not work. After that, questions arise for Abaskal. At such a low pace, after the club was in second place, the players have not yet played. Usually, Spartak creates many chances, but here, after a goal was scored, there was only Shamar Nicholson’s moment. The team, in general, delivered too few shots on the Sochi goal.

Sobolev dropped out of the game altogether, he had no chances. In the end, Abascal replaced him and Nicholson, who also did not fit into the pattern of the game. Promes moved a little better. At least he scored a goal, but these two did not show themselves at all.

The hosts are not at their peak and are not in the best functional condition. Noboa could not play, and many injured people remained outside the application. Sochi residents had to rebuild their line of defense. They started the game with three centre-backs. Given the fact that Terekhov and Margasov played out of their positions and were not played, Spartak had to play quickly and aggressively in order to crack this defense. But Muscovites could not take advantage of this.

“Sochi” naturally began cautiously. But then, during the game, the hosts felt that the opponents were not in a position to put pressure on them, and equalized the score. In the second half they looked even better than Spartak. They had more approaches, in general, they looked sharper in attack. For example, Joaozinho could have scored, but Selikhov came to the rescue.

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Of course, for Spartak, taking into account the current form of Sochi, this is a loss of points.