Spartak first creates difficulties for itself, and then overcomes these difficulties with honor, said Valery Masalitin, a former CSKA Moscow footballer.

Spartak beat Fakel on Saturday with a score of 3:2 in the 19th round of the WORLD RPL.

— I think the question [с чемпионством] resolved. But now “Spartak” plays two matches at home, he first creates difficulties for himself, and then overcomes these difficulties with honor. Because even in the first game with Ural it was clear that they had a good reserve, that they had a good attacking line, chances were created, but not realized. But there were also refereeing mistakes, with Sobolev’s goal. But it was the same in the match against Fakel, the team was leading calmly 2-0, predicting nothing, and suddenly, at the end of the first half, they conceded two goals and played very well in the second half. They have superiority.

“Spartak” even went so far as to release the second striker and put pressure on the top after all, the bulk went. This is very good, it shows the coaching style, where the specialist does not want to put up with a draw and wants to win, does everything for this, even releases a second striker. Throws came, shots came, and yet they put pressure on me. Let’s say that Spartak has a very good shop, so very high-quality players came out who were injured or did not make it to the main team, they added attacking power.

To date, Spartak is a contender for gold medals, albeit theoretically so far. I would like to see not only Spartak compete with Zenit in our football, but also other clubs. But I think that Spartak will not succeed this year,” Masalitin told Gazeta.Ru.

“Spartak” with 40 points takes the second place in the standings of the championship of Russia. In the next round, the Red-Whites will play away against Orenburg on March 18.

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