Valery Karpin believes Spartak Moscow fought well against CSKA Moscow: Russian Premier League
Spartak Moscow were held to a 2-2 draw at Luzhniki stadium by CSKA Moscow in their recent Russian Premier League encounter. The Myaso caretaking head coach, Valery Karpin, has revealed that he is pleased to see the performance of the Red whites against the
Koni and shared his expression on the incident that led to the injury of Armeytsy shot-stopper, Igor Malafeev.
Karpin highlighted that he is happy with his team’s fighting spirit against the Koni and insisted that Spartak have earned a vital point against the title contenders. Spartak Moscow lost 4-3 on aggregate against Legia Warsaw in the playoff round of the UEFA
Europa League. The manager highlighted that the Narodnaya Komanda played better football against CSKA Moscow.
“It was a good match in terms of spectacle. Unfortunately we failed to claim three points but Spartak managed to get a good result after the disappointing exit from Europe against Legia. I congratulated the team and hailed their fighting spirit. I am sure
if we play at the same level we can claim a decent spot on the league table.” The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-CF-c40864 coach was quoted as saying.
The Russian Cup winner confirmed that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Sheshukov-c4612 were not included in the squad because the players were not feeling well. Karpin revealed that Spartak wanted to win the game, which is why he introduced their star striker, Emmanuel
Emenike, late in the match.
Karpin also discussed the injury received by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Akinfeev-c16676 following the collision with Spartak striker, Welliton, during the first half of the match. The Russian manager refused to accept the fact that the Brazilian striker was at fault and insisted that
it was rather a bad landing by the Armeytsy shot-stopper.
“Welliton intentionally did not do any harm to Akinfeev. Akinfeev wanted to punch the ball before Welliton reached it. Apparently, it was a bad landing.” The Intertoto Cup winner concluded.
The Koni head coach, Leonid Slutsky, had criticized http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Welliton-c36773 over the horror tackle but Karpin disagrees with the former FC Moscow head coach, suggesting that these things happen in modern football.
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