“Such a Spartak can and will fight for the championship” – Zhukov

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and Spartak fan Alexander Zhukov commented on the victory of the Red-Whites over Lokomotiv in the return quarterfinal match of the FONBET RPL Path of the Russian Cup.

The meeting took place on Monday and ended with the score 4:2 in favor of Spartak.

– The game is wonderful. Spartak played well. Great game to start the season. And the youth is good, and everything somehow works, like one mechanism. Fast, combinational play, pressure – in all components pleases. Such Spartak can and will fight for the championship. Although the separation of “Zenith” is large. I will also note Lokomotiv – it looks better than at the end of the season. There were controversial moments in refereeing, but this does not change the assessment of the game, – Zhukov is quoted by Metaratings.ru.

The next opponent of Spartak will be determined during the draw, which will take place on March 2.

Watch live broadcasts of FONBET matches of the Russian Cup and the draw (March 2 at 14:25 Moscow time) on the Match TV federal channel and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru