The ball of stumbling

The metropolitan "Spartak" could not break into the group stage of the Champions League

On Wednesday, an hour and a half before midnight, after the match on the “Opening of the Arena” scores, two zero shone, who completely arranged guests from Greece and their President Ivan Savvidi, who jumped in his lodge and without a familiar pistol, celebrating the triumph of his club. After he stated: "I am pleased that Spartak is humiliated at his full stadium." The emotions of Ivan Ignatievich can be understood, but the odious businessman is only partly right.

Why? Because “humiliated” is when 0: 5. And in this case, Spartak destroyed himself.

August qualifications for red-white are generally some kind of ball of stumbling. After the defeat of the 20-year ago, the “Kositz” “Spartak” dangled to the Scottish “Celtic” and the Kiev “Dynamo”, and in the selection to the League of Europe-to the Polish “Legia”, the Swiss “St. Gallen”, Cyprus Ak. And now also PAOK.

In Thessaloniki, it all started well: Muscovites led 2-0 already in the debut, and it seemed to the fans that you could prepare for the next round - for Benfica. But the guys in scarves and flags can be seen anything, and the guys in the boots should not relax until the final whistle in any situation. But they relaxed, received three goals by the end of the half, and in the second they did not realize the penalty (made a mistake) and drove themselves into the corner.

Tushin needed to win. However, the Spartak “carcasses” with the passports of Holland and Brazil were inert to the ugliness, and the natives who held the charge were not enough fiction and ingenuity. For the whole duel, the Spartacists inflicted only one (!) A dangerous blow. And it did not come on a target of the gate, but into the stomach of the Greek defender. Luis Adriano appeared the author of the elbow Hook, who received a red card for his “focus” in the penalty spaces and left the hosts for the whole hour of ten. The forward Adriano, in respect of which UEFA even opened the case, repented and apologized for the misconduct on Instagram, but the thing is that in full force, the imposing and unprincipled Spartak hardly beat the extremely motivated Greeks.

The wards of Massimo Carrera are rolled up this season as terribly as they ended the previous one. By the way, it was the defeat in the final round from the half -dead Dynamo that sent Spartak to the qualifying sieve. In short, Fernando and the company, in three starting meetings, driving a dull draw with Loko and exhausted two minimum victories over Orenburg and Anji, did not demonstrate anything convincingly. And without branded tricks and special effects, there are no, as you know, and a farm.

Rumors about the dismissal of Carrera, who upset Leonid Fedun, who hoped for the Ligocepion Bonus of 15 million euros, already spread on the sidelines. However, sending an Italian to Apennines is easier. It is much more difficult and important to deal with players and tactics. And here it is worth wrinkling the forehead involved in the top club. In my modest glance, with Promes, Louis Adriano and Ze Louisha's time to say goodbye. They did their job, the ozolly of Spartak in 2017. But now they, as they say, “Russell” (someone even acquired real estate in the suburbs) and stopped all over the percent. Their “mood”, of course, is partially transmitted to the bored natives, of which only Roman Zobnin does not deserve reproaches addressed to him. But one in the field is not a warrior, and as a result, bronze medalists naturally flew past the main tournament of the Old World, where Russia and CSKA and CSKA will fight for the honor of Russia.

And if on Thursday evening, after signing the number “Zenith”, he did not create a miracle on an empty “Petrovsky” and did not play four goals from the Dynamo Minsk, then it is likely that in the Europa League, two tips will have to be puffed up for everyone: “Krasnodar” and “Spartak”, which requires a steep reboot.