Moscow Coach “Spartacus” Guillermo Abascal says it was important for the ‘red-whites’ defenders to always be close to the striker Lokomotiv Artem Dzyuba in the quarter-final match of the RPL FONBET Cup of Russia.
On Monday, Spartak defeated Lokomotiv in the second match of the Russian Cup quarter-final with the score 4:2. In the first game, Spartak won with the score 1:0. Abascal’s team have qualified for the semi-finals of the country’s RPL Cup qualifiers.
— Are you satisfied with the newcomers today?
It’s a shame I couldn’t get them out sooner. I would like to highlight their attitude, their involvement and their desire to help the team. I saw it in their eyes. Despite the fact that they were out for only a few minutes, I am happy with their involvement in the game, this cannot but rejoice, – the correspondent reports the words of Abaskal.
– You didn’t tell the installation to play tighter with Dziuba? In the first game, a lot of things went through him.
“Of course there are. But in such games it is not the player himself who counts, but who can catch the rebound, where the ball goes next. They use Dzyuba as a guide, but we watch where the attack will go after he takes the ball. It is very important to consider this ball and the fight for the rebound. Ahead of us is a match with the Urals (in the Premier League), there are also such players there. It is important to know how we will fight for the rebounds, for the second wave. It was important for (defenders Georgiy) Jikia and (Nikita) Chernov to be close to Dzyuba even when we had the ball.
Lokomotiv will continue to fight for the trophy in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Regions Path Playoffs. The teams’ next opponents will be determined in the draw, which will take place on March 2.
Watch live broadcasts of the matches of the Russian Cup and the draw on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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