Former Krasnodar and Urals coach Igor Shalimov believes that the newcomer to Spartak Alexis Duarte a little dry for a central defender.
On Friday, Spartak beat Sochi 2-0 in the third round of the RPL Winter Cup Winline and won the tournament ahead of schedule. The Red-Whites have already beaten Rostov (0-0, 2-1 in pen) and Krasnodar (4-0). In the FONBET Cup of Russia, Spartak will play their first home game against Lokomotiv on February 27.
– Duarte is not grossly mistaken, as long as he adapts, no one has especially created difficulties for him. You get the feeling that for a centre-back he’s a bit dry, lacks power – after all, centre-backs are different now. Tavares is squishy, not like a full-back, this position is usually played by quicker Mercury guys. The way the red-whites play – when they have the ball, they start playing three defenders – Prutsev or Litvinov sit down, and the extremes go high, – Shalimov is quoted by RB Sport as saying.
In the final Winline game of the RPL Winter Cup, Rostov will face Krasnodar on February 11 at 8:00 p.m. (Moscow time). Watch the live broadcast with commentary by Konstantin Genich and Dmitry Shnyakin on the and MATCH PREMIER channels, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
The Russian football season will resume on February 22 with the matches of the FONBET Russian Cup. On March 3, the WORLD RPL draw will continue. Watch live broadcasts of the matches of the RPL and the Cup of the country on the federal channel and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
RB Sports
Source : MatchTV
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