
Football expert Rinat Bilyaletdinov shared his thoughts on Moscow “Lokomotiv” team's trust in Russian players. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
He emphasized that there are almost no foreign players in the “Lokomotiv” squad and therefore the team scores goals specifically through local players. According to the expert, the good performance of Russian players provides a basis to see the team as the new national team.
It is also worth noting that one of the top scorers of the Russian Premier League, midfielder Aleksey Batrakov, is playing for “Lokomotiv”. So far, he has managed to score eight goals in nine matches.
As of today, September 27, the team led by Mikhail Galaktionov holds fourth place in the Russian championship standings. These results indicate that the team is playing at a high level and raise hopes among the fans.