Spartak played with Italy // Instead of Rui Vitoria, the team will be headed by Paolo Vanoli

Disastrous results in the Russian championship led to the resignation of another Spartak coach. Instead of the Portuguese Rui Vitoria, who held out in Spartak, accustomed to frequent changes of mentors, for only six months, it will be headed by Italian Paolo Vanoli. The meaning of the appointment to the key position in the team of a specialist who does not have experience of independent work with a professional club, but who has been assisting the famous compatriot Antoni Conte for a long time, is understandable. Massimo Carrera had about the same background, under whose leadership Spartak won the first gold in the Russian championship in more than a decade and a half in 2017. …