Spartak is the most talked about team in Russia. After all, the club has the biggest fans in Russia. It is customary to praise and criticize the team. But the sweetest praise for a footballer is the personal awards and public recognition of the coach.
This is what happened in the situation with the Dutch red and white striker Quincy Promes. The team’s coach, Guillermo Abascal, stated that for him this forward is the best footballer in Russia.
“Is Promes the best player in Russia? For me, definitely yes. But we must also mention the entire team that helps him. In my career, this is one of the best soccer players I have worked with. Quincy reached these heights thanks to his professionalism, attitude and qualities. He can easily add more. He is a really good player,” Match TV quoted Abascal as saying.
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But statistics can argue this. To begin with, the title of “best” is unlikely to be achieved in a month, a year or two. This epithet is suitable for those who have proven themselves over the years. Can our hero brag about this? Let’s figure it out now.
Quincy came to Spartak in 2014. Another 22-year-old moved to a foreign country without any experience playing abroad. But it didn’t take him long to adjust. In his first season he scored 13 goals in 28 games in the local championship. But then Spartak failed the season and finished only in sixth place. Promes was second in the scoring race and drew special attention not only with his actions on the field, but also with his kisses on the red and white shirt. But even then there was a tougher Brazilian Hulk in the Championship, and Roman Eremenko and Solomon Rondon scored the same number of goals as the Dutchman.
The following season, more adapted to the local reality, Promes once again placed second in the scoring race (18 goals). He let the main Fedor Smolov go ahead, but he surpassed the Hulk! It is premature to rejoice. Hulk slightly changed the vector of his game and became a team soccer player. He scored one goal less, but gave 14 more effective passes. The Brazilian was once again recognized as the best. Promes is increasingly in the hearts of the red and whites, but he is still no match for Hulk. Spartak finished only fifth this season.
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Next year is the year of Massimo Carrera. But we won’t deprive Quincy either. Spartak won the long-awaited championship, and Promes again became the best in the team in terms of performance. But in the league it is impossible to call him number one again. He is only third in the scoring race, although his team is the first champion.
But in Spartak’s bronze season, Promes was truly the best in the league. He outplayed everyone using the goal-plus-pass system, inspired by rumors of interest from European clubs. The Spartak star then became the main asset in the league and left for 21 million euros on the last day of the transfer market to Sevilla. We will not remember the period in Europe. There is no use talking about the striker’s performance at RPL level.
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Promes returned to Russia in February 2021. But in the second part of the season he scored a modest “3+2” and there was talk of a global decline in the game. The following season was the weakest in the entire history of the player’s performances in Russia. He only scored six goals and only had one assist, although, naturally, he started.
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In the previous championship he added 27 games, 20 goals and seven assists. Quincy is once again second in the scoring race, losing again to the Brazilian from Zenit. It was Malcolm now. But such colorful statistics do not speak of the incredible level of the footballer himself.
The Promes remains the same, but the level of the championship is no longer the same. There are no longer such interesting foreign players, the competition has weakened. But even in today’s reality, it cannot be called the best. In 8 days of the current season, Promes has only scored two goals, for example. Zenit’s Cassierra has already scored seven.
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Promes is a legend of Spartak, but not of the Russian championship. He certainly was always good and stood out from the rest. But in six Russian championships he only managed to be named the best football player of the season once.
