L'editoriale di Alexander Emelianenko

Davide Matteoli 12:07:00 0

Last season, the Russian Football Premier League has moved to a new, European format, Autumn Spring (formerly Russian championships were held on the system of spring-autumn). Debate about the feasibility of this transition does not cease till now. But despite the fact that most of the stadiums in the spring of Russian hidden under a thick layer of snow, spring part of the season 2012-2013 has stood out quite interesting. CSKA, Zenit and Anzhi went into the lead over their closest rivals, and almost no one doubts that it is these three teams will compete for places in the Champions League. But every team in the top three began to appear their problems .

CSKA lost confidence in their skills, after 21 rounds of detachment of soldiers (nicknamed CSKA Moscow) from the second team of the League was 8 points, but now the gap has narrowed to 4 points after a home draw with Spartak Moscow. Also at the end of the championship CSKA will meet with uncompromising rivals Terek, Lokomotiv and Rubin, who this season has beaten League Cup Europe (Atletico Madrid) and the cup winner of the Champions League (Chelsea). Zenith coming in second place, on the contrary has a light schedule of games in the upcoming matches, he will meet with outsiders Russian championship. But like CSKA team from St. Petersburg has its problems. After buying two expensive stars Hulk and Axel Witsel, the team has ceased to play well, the reason is that some players did not take newcomers to the team. The team captain, Denisov refused to leave the field, while the club will not raise his salary to the level of the Hulk.

The atmosphere in the team has been destroyed, so the champion of Russia and one of the richest clubs in Europe took off from European competition, and still can not find his old game. In the last match Zenit shows poor game, but continues to fight for the championship, closing the gap from CSKA Moscow. Anzhi, after the defeat of Newcastle left the Europa League, and apparently received psychological trauma. In the last seven matches of the club from Makhachkala, scored only one victory and lost the chance to become the champion of Russia for the first time in its short history. Can not help the Russian "Manchester City" even the presence of stars like Eto'o and Las Diarra.