
Former player of Tashkent's CSKA team, defender Ivan Taranov commented on the match between Moscow's Spartak and Saint Petersburg's Zenit. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
The teams will face each other on August 16 in the fifth round of the Russian championship. According to Taranov, both teams did not show good results at the beginning of the championship.
In response to the question of whether the coach would be dismissed if one of the teams loses, he emphasized that the level of confidence will decide. It is suggested that Semak has high confidence.
Currently, Spartak is in eleventh place in the Russian Premier League standings with 4 points. Zenit occupies the eighth place with 5 points.
This match is considered important for the teams because both want to start the season well. Additionally, the result of this game may affect the future work of the coaches and players.
The fans of the teams are also closely following this competition.