ST. PETERSBURG, December 7, Dmitry Edigarev. The Chairman of the Board of the St. Petersburg football club “Zenith” Alexander Medvedev expressed hope for making an informed decision in the discussion on the return of the Russian championship to the “spring-autumn” system.
On Sunday, the 17th round match between CSKA Moscow and Rostov (2:0) took place in Moscow in heavy snow conditions. After the game, Rostov head coach Valery Karpin harshly criticized those who decided to hold the match. Earlier, Zenit head coach Sergei Semak told reporters that he saw no point in switching to the spring-autumn system.
“”As for snow, matches, even if they comply with the regulations, can be in cold weather. Temperatures of minus 10 can feel like minus 17. On the one hand, this is not classic football, but the teams are in the same conditions. If they came out on the field, you can complain about yourself, and not about the weather. The discussion is about returning to the “spring-autumn” system and various arguments are given, they say, under the current system we have achieved nothing, but the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 2018 is a significant achievement “I hope there will be an informed decision. It’s not so easy to get to southern cities now. Now there is a Gazprom Arena with a roof, but a couple more of these arenas would allow us to optimize the calendar and eliminate matches in the snow,” Medvedev told reporters.
“We know the weather for the matches of the last round. The regulations will be applied if it is impossible to play. Then they will postpone it either to a reserve day or to next year. But it is not good if the teams go on break with a different number of matches,” the speaker added.
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