"Rostov" retreated. After last year's fifth line and entering the Europa League, the club finished in a modest ninth place. And in the spring it was a total failure - only three wins over the worst teams in the league (Arsenal, Rotor and Tambov) in 12 matches. However, a different result would have been a miracle. Valery Karpin in the super league summer transfer window lost almost all the team leaders - Popov, Shomurodov, Ionov, Chernov, Zainutdinov. Chistyakov. In winter, Eremenko was added to them for family reasons. And if we take into account the serious injuries of Mamaev, Norman and Hashimoto, which crumpled up the season for them, then the ninth line is quite a normal indicator.