Yuri Zhirkov, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Dmitry Alenichev, Yegor Titov, Alexander Gleb, Emmanuel Adebayor, Esteban Cambiasso – relatively recently these players thundered all over Europe, played for top clubs and won titles. Now some of them are over 40, and someone, like Zhirkov, has just decided to end his career. Either way, we’re talking about the stars. And watching them is a real treat for any football fan.
It is probably symbolic that in the decisive match the Russian team and the CIS legends fought for the title, for which three Belarusians played at once – Alexander and Vyacheslav Gleb, as well as the former Dynamo defender Moscow Eric Yakhimovich. Russia, as expected, won, although Gleb and company gave the opponent a lot of trouble.
By the way, many stars from European countries came to Moscow. The tournament brought together Frenchmen Eric Abidal and Florent Malouda, who played for Barcelona and Chelsea, the 2004 European champion in the Greek team Georgios Karagounis, the former Real Madrid midfielder, the 2008 European champion Ruben de la Red.
- Am I surprised that such famous people came to the tournament? Well, they’ve been here before. Made himself happy as well as the fans. Still, this is a vacation, there is no subtext here, – said Alexander Gleb.
Besides
Moscow “Spartak” announced the extension of the contract with head coach Guillermo Abascal. Abascal led the Red-Whites last summer. Under his leadership, the club scored 37 points after 16 rounds and entered the winter break second in the Russian league standings.
Russian national team defender Oleg Kornaukhov praised the European team for their good physical shape during the Legends Cup.
