Former president of Lokomotiv Nikolai Naumov said that Spartak could oust the railway workers from the top three teams in the MIR RPL ranking before the winter holidays.
After 16 rounds, Lokomotiv is third in the standings with 34 points. “Spartacus” is fourth with 31 points. In the 17th round “Locomotive” will host Khimki near Moscow, Spartak will play away against Krasnodar.
— The fact that Lokomotiv is experiencing a certain decline is undeniable. We have lost our courage and our lightness. If not all, then the majority – for example, Tiknizyan is worthless at all, Pinyaev looks bad, Batrakov is lost. The results are therefore natural, including in the cup match against Dynamo. Therefore, the best and most necessary thing for Lokomotiv now is a break. In order to rebuild and restart. But the remaining two matches before that will be very difficult – and I am afraid that Lokomotiv will not win these matches. Because Khimki is not a gift in the next round, and besides, they have already lost to them once. And “Krasnodar” – even more. Loko could therefore well be eliminated from the top three. With Khimki you can score one point, or three if you’re lucky. With Krasnodar it will be very difficult.
— What do you see as the top three in the table before the break?
— Zenit will be the first, of course. Krasnodar is second. But the third, I believe, will be Spartak. More precisely, in my heart, of course, I hope that it will be Lokomotiv, but I am afraid that Spartak can still get ahead of the railway workers.
— What should you do to ensure that your fears do not come true?
— I hope Galaktionov will still be able to put together a team somehow. You just have to grit your teeth and fight. Because young people are like that, as long as they have courage, everything is fine, but if they fail, that’s it, they wither and get lost. The remaining two rounds are very important, we must try to get the best out of ourselves. And during the break, you have to think about what to do. First of all, strengthen the team – for example, look for a striker. Because Suleymanov and Vorobyov are rotation players, not the starting lineup. But we need someone like Daku, who climbs, stomps, scores, plays well with his head and strives to play at the forefront,” RB Sport quotes Naumov.
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