Arshavin: Spartak is not a top club, they have shown championship football once in 20 years
Deputy Chairman of the Board of St. Petersburg Zenit for Sports Development Andrey Arshavin spoke about Spartak Moscow. According to Arshavin, Spartak is not a top club now. As of today, the red-whites occupy sixth place in the World RPL standings.
– Don’t you think that the team is losing its identity?
– People of my generation associate Spartak with beautiful football: with short passes, one-liners, runs. This is how Titov, Pyatnitsky, and Tsymbalar played. But after 20 years you can forget about it. Over the years, Spartak became the champion once. What are we talking about? Let’s add another point for the Cup, okay. Recently on English television I heard the thought: “What do you expect from Manchester United?” You think this is the team that was under Ferguson. But this has not happened for more than 10 years. They are average, not top, but to win, you need to become top.” The same can be said about Spartak. The emblem, the history – everything is there, but champion football has been shown once in 20 years,” Sport Express quotes Arshavin as saying.
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