Demenko called “Spartak” without Promes a team that is not stronger than “Ural”

Maxim Demenko, a former football player of a number of Russian clubs, including the capital’s Spartak, believes that without their leader Quincy Promes, the Moscow team is no higher in class than the Yekaterinburg Urals.

Spartak lost to Ural on Tuesday and went on the FONBET Way of the Russian Football Cup regions. The match in Yekaterinburg ended with the score 2:1 in favor of the home team.

– “Spartak” fought well, another thing is that “Ural” looked better. I can’t say that we saw the class from the hosts right away – the teams are absolutely equal, but the Muscovites are now undergoing restructuring. This is due to the fact that the leaders do not play. Promes means a lot to Spartak. We see this and understand that when there are no leaders on the field, problems arise. You have to take responsibility.

— Keita Balde equalized the score in the match. How do you rate his game? It was his first time in the starting lineup.

He fights, he tries. Emotions are visible. Scored a good goal. Quickly processed the transfer, performed. But still, Spartak lacks in attacking actions. Although we must pay tribute to the Urals. He did not give the opponent the slightest chance, Euro‑Football.Ru quotes Demenko.

On Saturday, April 8, Spartak will host Dynamo at home as part of the 22nd round of the WORLD RPL. Watch the live broadcast of the meeting from 19:15 (Moscow time) on the Match TV channel, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.