Spartak lost to the second team of Orenburg. Bubnov is dissatisfied with the performance of the “red-whites”

The first quarterfinal game of the Russian Cup with Orenburg made it possible to answer the question of who should play in the starting lineup for Spartak. Without Zinkovsky, Promes, Prutsev in the midline, Guillermo Abascal’s team is unable to seize the initiative and control the ball. The named players play a key role in creating chances at the opponent’s goal, and without them the “red-whites” can’t do anything. By the way, from this match it should be clear why Litvinov operates in the support zone – a lot depends on him not only in defensive actions, but also in organizing attacks.

Even without a number of leaders, Spartak had a semi-main squad. In defense, there are mainly first-team players; in goal, Selikhov plays no weaker than Maksimenko. In a couple of moments the goalkeeper simply saved. If not for Selikhov, the score could have been larger.

Returning to the question of the composition, I can say that in this form the Moscow team showed a low percentage of ball possession, a lot of defects, losses, and lost in single combats. And there were practically no chances other than what Chernov had in the end after the standard. Abaskal, I believe, gave the leaders of the attack a rest before the difficult game with Akhmat, and at the same time allowed those players who, for various reasons, fell out of the main team, to prove themselves.

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Orenburg actually had a second squad take to the field. And this lineup completely outplayed the Spartak players. We scored one, could have scored more, forced the opponent to earn a red card. And it turns out that the Ural reservists turned out to be stronger than the semi-main squad of the “red-whites”. If not for the problems in the championship, then Deogracia could have released all the strongest.

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