Spartak outstanding captains share their impressions on the situations
with Egor Titov's dismissal to reserve team.
Spartak coaches banished the club captain Egor Titov, as
well as Ukrainian international Maxim Kalinichenko and Brazilian midfielder
Santos Mozart to reserves after a thrashing 1-5 defeat from their city
rivals CSKA.
Stanislav Cherchesov dropped one of Spartak charismatic leader players
to the reserves leaving the team in unsettled situation for unknown period
of time.
The Moscow club outstanding players who used to be the team captains in
different times shared their views on the situation with trip banished.
"The captain in any team is first of all a player with enormous authority,
who is capable to influence his partners both on the pitch and outside
its borders, says Nikita Simonyan", who was Spartak captain in the
1950s.
"As for my opinion I believe the best captain of all times was Igor
Netto."
"I don't see any other players in modern Spartak except Titov, who
possess qualities to captain the team."
"Captain is a guide of the head coach's ideas", admits Evgeny
Lovchev.
"He also needs to be an outstanding personality, captain is the heart
of the team."
"There are almost no players in Spartak who deserve wearing the captain's
belt, maybe it is the key reason for all the problems inside the club."
"The role of captain is very important in any team, especially taking
into consideration that traditions, principles and history differ in all
clubs", comments Viktor Onopko.
"It's hard to say who would captain Spartak in the next game against
Lokomotiv."
"It's up to the players to choose, but I can't imagine who can replace
Titov."
