Viktor Ponedelnik, former forward of Soviet Union team, who became European champion in 1960, made a comment about Jano Ananidze after the lost match of "Spartaki" Moscow against "Marseille" (0:3).
"I have been keeping my eye on talented Jano Ananidze for a long time. He was distinguished on the field before. Now he became an usual "gray" player - internet website gazeta.ru cited words of Ponedelnik.
Ananidze started playing at the 76th minute in the match against "Marseille" in Moscow.
By the way, before that, Andrei Tikhonov, former midfielder of "Spartaki", talked about a 18-year-old player of Georgian team and mentioned, that Ananidze had not become a leader of "Spartaki": "Ananidze cannot go to the field and become a leader of "Spartaki". We can discuss other players such way. They are playing well today but after a year they will lose".


Lasha Tabagari