The head coach of “Spartak” Abascal believes that the devastating defeat from “Zenith” should strengthen the team

Such defeats in no way make Spartak weaker, but only strengthen them, said the head coach of the Moscow team Guillermo Abascal after the defeat from Zenit in the match for OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup.

The meeting, held in St. Petersburg, ended with the victory of the “blue-white-blue” with a score of 4:0.

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– We started the match well, created good chances, but made four mistakes, for which the opponent punished us. We will work on this component in the future. Today we must accept this defeat, but in no case should we be upset, tomorrow we will continue to work with our heads up. This is part of the process, we must move forward, and such defeats in no way make us weaker, but only strengthen us.

As for the episode with Zinkovsky and a potential penalty, I did not see exactly this moment. He entered the game well, there were pluses and minuses, he tried, tried, went one on one, which he knows how to do, and he needs to add determination and concentration. We will do it and help him,” Abascal said on MATCH PREMIER.

Zenit won the Russian Super Cup for the seventh time (2008, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022) and caught up with CSKA in this indicator.