Spartak’s Top Rival in the Promes Competition

Moscow, May 20 – The striker of the Moscow football club “Spartak” Quincy Promes said that matches against CSKA are more important for him than meetings with St. Petersburg “Zenith”.

On Sunday, Spartak will host CSKA in the match of the 28th round of the Russian Championship. The first meeting of the teams in the season ended in a draw (2: 2). In the current season, the red team met with Zenit four times: in the Russian Premier League (RPL), both matches ended in victory for the St. Petersburg team (2: 1, 3: 2), in the Russian Cup, Spartak won one match. (3: 0), and in the second he lost on penalties (0: 0, 4: 2). For all the time that Promes played for the Moscow club, the St. Petersburg white team did not win.

“The games with Zenit have been the most controversial lately, because Zenit no longer respects us. I don’t like it when it comes to direct battles on the field. I want to beat them in football, not in the hands. It all comes from disrespect. For five years, they are used to The feeling of superiority over Spartak and everyone else. But the most important thing for us is the opposite. To show Zenit who really is the best club in Russia – such a goal gives tremendous motivation, “- added the player.

He also noted that he believes that Spartak will be able to interrupt Zenit’s winning streak in the national championship next season.