Head Coach “Spartacus” Guillermo Abascal explained why the team’s newcomer Keita Balde unsuccessfully entered the game with Zenit in his first game for the reds and whites
Spartak lost Sunday in the game of the 8th day of the WORLD RPL against Zenit with the score of 2:1. The Senegalese Balde Keita, who signed a 3-year contract with the Red-Whites at the end of August, entered the field in the 52nd minute.
– You passed the previous seven rounds in such a way that Zenit came into today’s game extremely motivated.
“I thought the same as you. We have to work, work and work. Carry on. I’m happy to hear such words from you. Maybe after the goal we weren’t ready to develop more our success, to be more aggressive. After the goal scored, it felt like we had changed roles with Zenit. Therefore, we have to work to make sure that after a goal is scored, we don’t don’t start thinking that the job has already been done. On the contrary, you must run forward even more motivated. We will strive to achieve it.
— To what extent were today’s replacements planned? Even if you don’t count the injured Ruslan Litvinov and Christopher Martins? It looks like Balde wasn’t ready to come on as a substitute today.
– All substitutions were forced – I made them based on what is happening on the pitch. In football, everything comes from episodes: injuries, cards, goals. Unfortunately, today, in two minutes, there was a goal and an injury. Keita Balde hasn’t played for four months. Four ! We wanted to give him less time, but it turned out a bit more,” Abascal told a press conference.
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