“Amazed by the game of Spartak and Loko in the Cup. There were the same speeds as in the game between Newcastle and Manchester United – Pimenov

Former Lokomotiv striker Ruslan Pimenov raised the quality of football in the second leg of the ¼ final of the RPL FONBET course of the Russian Cup between Moscow »Spartacus ” And “locomotive “.

On Monday, in the second match of the quarter-finals, Spartak beat Lokomotiv 4-2 at home and advanced to the semi-finals of the RPL playoffs.

Open a video

– I was amazed by the game between Spartak and Lokomotiv. You know, I also watched the game between Newcastle and Manchester United at the same time. Switched between games. In the photo, the speeds were the same. Even surprised. The football was fantastic.

Spartak got 11 Russians in the first game, 10 in the second. Now (Red-Whites head coach Guillermo) Abascal has to rack his brains to bring in star foreigners as the Russians have taken full advantage of their chance. (Defender Nikita) Chernov completely amazed me – he completely extinguished the whole Lokomotiv. The team did not notice a weak zone.

In the combination game, Spartak added a lot with Abascal. The only thing is that there are not enough players capable of giving the final pass. Like (Egor) Titov or (Dmitry) Alenichev. Spartak is a formidable force now.

– Can it compete with Zenit?

– “Spartak” will win its matches, but “Zenith “Even. The gap is too big. So far, I don’t see any chance in the championship fight for anyone other than Zenit. If the Brazilians leave them, there will be failures. But if they don’t leave, then I don’t see who can get around them,” Pimenov told .

After 17 innings, Spartak are second in the RPL, six points behind Zenit.

Watch the matches of the Russian Cup and WORLD RPL on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.