Promes is not the same? Even with Quincy, Spartak suffered their fourth defeat in a row!

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Spartak - Rubin - 0: 2, match review

Promes is not the same? Even with Quincy, Spartak suffered their fourth defeat in a row!

Domenico Tedesco’s side failed to score again despite the Dutchman’s return.

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Spartak extended the losing streak in all tournaments to four matches. After relegation from the Russian Cup, the red and whites lost for the third time in a row in the championship.

Quincy Promes got into the base of “Spartak”, despite the fact that he had no playing practice for a month and trained with the red and white for only a couple of days. What does this mean? Domenico Tedesco was ready to use every opportunity to get goals, even to the detriment of team interactions. In addition, from the first minutes came out Alexander Sobolev… The center-forward has replaced the disqualified in the attack line Jordana Larsson

When the starting lineups were announced, it became clear that Promes would play on the flank in a 4-4-2 (or 4-4-1-1) formation. The only surprise was that Quincy came out on the right. In theory, it is more convenient for the Dutchman to act on the left edge, and Victor Moses on the right. After half a time, Tedesco also came to this idea, watching the match from the podium due to disqualification: then Promes and Moses changed positions.

Quincy’s first touches were not very successful – the Dutchman gave the ball to the guests. But it was the star rookie who was the first to hit Rubin’s goal: his shot was blocked, the ball went for a corner. In general, neither Promes, nor other players of the red-and-white attack group were able to set unsolvable tasks for Rubin’s defense in the first half. Problems for the owners were created, among other things, by their own field: the ball was crushing, the footballers’ feet slipped. The opponents fouled a lot, which slowed down the game. By the break, the red and white were inferior in shots – 4: 5 (on target – 2: 2).

Among the Kazanians, the most dangerous was, of course, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. He easily walked away from the hulking for the full-back Pavel Maslov, put on yellow cards in less than 45 minutes Samuel Gigot and Roman Zobnin, and after his rebound hit in the opening of the game, Rubin demanded a penalty kick. At that moment, Tedesco, who was sitting with a laptop, probably felt uncomfortable – again a penalty for the hand! However, the judges with VAR, after examining the replay, determined that this was not a violation of the rules. However, Tedesco still ironically patted the judges from the podium already before the break after the removal of Zobnin. Still the solution Sergey Lapochkin can be supported: the midfielder’s foul was quite rude, he drove hard into the supporting leg Denis Makarova

Arbitrator Fedotov: Zobnin was removed correctly. Why he beat the Rubin player is unclear

After the break, Tedesco moved to 5-3-1: the Spartak coach blocked the center with three defenders and three midfielders: Alex Kral entered the position of the defensive midfielder, and Promes and Ezequiel Ponce got the role of insiders. The Italian German’s move contained a certain risk, because “Rubin” could create an advantage on the already dangerous flanks two-on-one due to the connection of the full-backs. True, the Kazan team did not immediately adapt to the changed model of the red and whites, they lost the opening of the second half.

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And yet Rubin scored in the 53rd minute! In this episode, Moses, who accompanied Kvaratskheliya and had to block the penetrating transmission, and Georgy Dzhikia, who did not react in time to the jerk Djordje Despotovic… The Serb once again showed why he is playing, and not the forward of the youth national team of Russia Ivan Ignatiev: he skillfully realized the moment.

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We must pay tribute to Spartak, who did not give up when the score was 0: 1 and withstood physically. In this regard, Tedesco prepared the team well at the winter training camp. Gigot joined the attacks, increasing the pressure on the defense of Kazan. But Rubin’s players began to get tired more and more, even in the majority. Maybe, Leonid Slutsky made a mistake, because he could replace the ones hanging on the cards Oleg Shatov and Oliver Abilgore… As a result, the Dane was sent off for a foul on Sobolev.

In equal compositions, “Spartak” did not create much. True, Sobolev scored after a corner, but VAR recorded the striker offside. There was more emotion than thought in the game today, and this is one of the reasons why Promes’ return failed. Quincy did not make a difference in the match against Rubin: his stats – 60 ball touches, one inaccurate shot, one dribble and four key passes.

In the end, Rubin scored the second goal, which removed all questions about the outcome of the meeting. Despotovic was thrown into the penalty area, and the Serb scored a double on finishing.

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Spartak is still two points behind CSKA, and already seven points behind the leader of Zenit.

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