Former footballer and coachSpartak » Valéry Gladiline in a conversation with , he expressed the opinion that the “red-whites” lost “Rostov ” during the return match of the quarter-finals of the RPL Path FONBET Russian Cup due to squad rotation.
On Wednesday, Spartak lost to Rostov with a score of 1:2. The first meeting also ended in a defeat for the team. Dejan Stanković – 0:1. Spartak will continue to fight for the trophy on the Path of Regions.
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— Stankovic put together a reserve team for the match: seven or eight main players were absent. Apparently, Stankovic’s main task now is to play against Krasnodar in the RPL. However, in the Cup, even in the event of failure, the fight continues. They gave other guys the opportunity to play. And when so many reserve players come out, it immediately becomes clear that optimal connections do not exist. While these ties were being established, Rostov took a two-goal lead and the match was already over. In the second half, we had to send four starting players. The game changed and they scored a goal. But this is not enough to correct the result.
The purpose of the rotation is to give players time to play. If the task was to defeat Rostov away, the core that played against Lokomotiv would come out. This did not happen, which means that the priority is the match with Krasnodar.
— But shouldn’t a team like Spartak have a goal to advance in the Cup anyway?
— It was, but they still gave other players the opportunity to play. Psychologically, Stankovic made the right choice. These players also compete for the main team. They had to show that they deserved to play in the first team, but it turned out that was not the case,” Gladilin told .
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