Abaskal’s dismissal will not greatly affect Spartak, Semshov believes

Ex-footballer of the Russian national team Igor Semshov does not think that the dismissal of Guillermo Abascal from the post of head coach of Spartak will radically affect the game of the “red-whites”.

Spartak will play at home with CSKA in the 11th round of the Russian Championship on October 8, starting at 19:00 (Moscow time). Guillermo Abascal’s team scored 16 points and is in fifth place in the standings. In the last two games, the “red-whites” lost to Dynamo in the Russian Cup (0:3) and to Krylia Sovetov in the RPL (0:4).

— What will a change of coach give to Spartak? It’s like this all the time – the team loses one or two games and everyone thinks about changing the coach. Look at how long our specialists work on average—four months. Abascal has been working for several years now, you can see some sketches from the team. I don’t think that changing the coach can radically affect the team. It is wrong to change the main specialists. I think we need to leave Abascal until the end of this year and then watch how Spartak will act. Maybe the “red-whites” will straighten out the situation. Football is a sport where you can lose today and win tomorrow, and everything will change quickly.

— What doesn’t work for Spartak? Why are they playing so uncertainly?

— There is a lack of a complete game. It depends on the whole team attacking and defending in an organized manner. You need to work for results,” RB Sport quotes Semshov as saying.

Watch the live broadcast of the game “Spartak” – CSKA on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru on Sunday from 18:00 (Moscow time).