The red and white players no longer understood the coach.
The Spaniard is a profitable scapegoat
Lukoil Corporation took over Spartak. Fedun is selling his property and it is unlikely that Alekperov also plans to live in Moscow in the next few years. Behind the “red and white” is the nameless shadow of a large company. Managers were named, but no one really remembered the names of those responsible. There is a strange bet on older brother Ashworth as sporting director. Paul proved his worth when he failed to find a central defender in time.
The public now cannot reproach Fedun or his girlfriend Salikhova. Abascal remains. If the Muscovites were to face a humiliating season, it would be to the advantage of Spartak’s new bosses to stick with the young Spaniard and then make him guilty. When billions of rubles are spent, we need responsible people. Nobody wants to take the reins of power. After the defeat of “Wings of the Soviets” they may leave Abaskal. The result in Samara reminded us of the 7:1 defeat against Zenit Rui Vitoria, but the situations are different.
The Moscow club can no longer count on hiring a promising foreign coach. Vanoli, who won the Russian Cup with Spartak, cited family issues and left. Abaskal, whose firstborn Nicholas is growing up in Moscow, is ready to work RPL. Strategically dangerous situation. You can fire a Spaniard and find an even weaker mentor. Who said Cherchesov would fit into the team? Stanislav Salamovich is a special person and coach, he can ruin Spartak.
Abascal cannot explain the solutions
Spartak beat Dynamo 4:1 in the Russian Cup. In that match Litvinov, Prutsev and Ignatov played in the center of the field. In the next match against Krasnodar, only Mikhail started, but he failed. We lost away against a team we had already beaten in the Cup. The choice between Duarte and Dzhikia is a little easier to explain for the coach, because the Spartak captain is in decline, and the newcomer Babich is left-handed, like Georgiy. But Alexis has no leadership qualities and Jikia takes offense at Abaskal, judging by the sarcastic reference to the coach interview.
Christopher Martins as a main midfielder is a gift for opponents, as he showed once again in Samara. Abascal makes stubborn decisions as if to spite critics, proving himself to be the smartest in the sandbox. The more everyone puts pressure on him, the more shamelessly he repeats his mistakes. They say that Martins is bad in the support zone: the midfielder comes out again and again. Questions for Moses, who is not in the best physical shape? Victor is at the beginning. Last season they asked to play Ignatov less often, but Guillermo ignored the logical complaints. He knows better, let’s not argue, he has more information. But even the demand for results comes not from critics, but from the Spartak coach.
A weak defense makes you average
Abascal poorly explains his moves not only to the public, but also to his own players. A striking example is the match against Zenit, where the coach failed from start to finish. Against Krylya Sovetov, Spartak players had no idea how to deal with opposing counterattacks with two flanks. The replacement of Promes was also not understood. For the first time in a long time the “red-whites” remembered the times of the legendary “Help” meme. In defense, defenders are often left alone with opponents and do not have time to return, because Abaskal orders to attack with large forces without looking back.
It’s just that the offensive coach’s plans have not been working for a long time. Effective matches in the Cup arose spontaneously, in the championship Spartak had problems converting chances. In terms of the ratio of goals to shots on goal, the “red-whites” are below Sochi and Orenburg, in tenth place in the table. RPL. In a season where Lokomotiv and Zenit score without many shots on goal, Abascal’s team is the exact opposite. Out of almost 60 shots, only 14 were converted. Of course, Spartak is not in tenth place, it cannot be declared a complete failure. But four defeats in 10 rounds are the result of Paris NN, where Yuran’s task is to fight for survival.
Abascal has two mod fights
With such bad football against the most successful teams of the season – Zenit, Krasnodar and Krylya Sovetov, Abascal will not fight for the title. The club spent 24 million euros on her in the summer. In the last championship they behaved more modestly, but now the 34-year-old coach has a squad worth around 100 million euros in his hands. A serious team that was brought together for first place RPL. Therefore, it is understandable why Spartak fans accept Abaskal’s resignation in the near future. There are many failures, and the defeat in Samara is another coaching defeat, just like Zenit’s failure in Orenburg. The middle peasants showed the leader how important the work of a mentor in football is. Deogracia and Osinkin took into account the characteristics of the favorites and played perfectly in attack.
And Abaskal’s Spartak does not control anything on the field except the ball. They go with the flow and wait for their opponents to make mistakes. Whoever allows the Muscovites to score three to five goals loses, but fails RPL Muscovites already have too much. Abascal has lost points in half of the rounds played and four defeats demonstrate his unpreparedness for the championship fight. Krasnodar is ahead by eight points. And it is unlikely that Cherchesov or any other coach is ready to start a winning streak right now. Spartak has two derbies ahead of Dynamo and CSKA during the week. No experienced manager would make such a debut after a four-goal defeat.
For now Abaskal remains, Lichka and Fedotov will control it. Spartak don’t impress at all, even when they win. And this is another reason to be wary of Guillermo’s prospects in Moscow. The Spaniard lacks experience and the club does not have a person who can advise him in the critical period, where there were victories, but he lost three key matches RPL and foolishly gave victory to the Urals. “Spartak” still plays tricks in defense, and this is a sure sign not yet of a crisis, but of an uncontrollable decline. Abascal invents many useless things, helping his cute rivals. The coach slows down the team, depriving them of draws and victories instead of defeats.
