Promes in the game with Zenit was uncomfortable in the Abascal scheme, Shalimov believes

The former head coach of Ural Igor Shalimov, in an interview with a correspondent of RB Sport, shared his impressions of the match of the 5th round of the WORLD RPL, in which Spartak and Zenit met.

On Sunday, Spartak lost to Zenit at home with a score of 1:3 in the match of the 5th round of the WORLD RPL. This victory allowed the Petersburgers to rise to fourth place in the standings with 10 points. Spartak is in sixth place with nine points.

– As for Spartak, when the line-up was announced, I thought it would be like this: Medina on the right, Promes on the left, Sobolev on the edge. But it turned out that this is a rhombus in the center, plus 2 forwards – Promes and Sobolev. But Promes has disappeared in this scheme, he is uncomfortable. This is normal for Sobolev, he knows how to play with his back, he looks good. Promes also appeared in the first half in the 40th minute. The same applies to Medina, the same to Ryabchuk.

For the first 15 minutes, Spartak strangled the opponent – they went on the attack with great forces, and when they lost the ball, they immediately covered it there, there was pressure. But in the end, Zenit came to his senses very quickly and began to go into fast attacks from the bottom, which led to Wendel’s goal, Shalimov said.

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