“There are games in which Spartak shows high-quality football.” Tikhonov opposed the dismissal of Abaskal

Former Spartak footballer Andrei Tikhonov said that the “red-whites” sometimes show good play under the leadership of Guillermo Abascal, so he believes that it is not worth firing the Spanish specialist just yet.

Spartak scored 10 points and ranks 9th in the WORLD RPL standings. The 34-year-old Abascal’s team’s winless streak in the RPL is four matches.

— How do you feel about conversations about changing the coach?

– Negative. There are games in which the team shows high-quality football; there were good periods. But there are also questions – if what you do does not produce results, you need to understand why this happens. Everyone has these questions, I hope they convey this to the coach. When you have a certain direction, tactics that bring results, why do you need to make a lot of changes and change tactics? When you adapt to any average team or even one that is in the group of leaders, you lose your face. There is a leapfrog when players change, and this does not bring results,” RB Sport quotes Tikhonov as saying.

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