The meeting ended with a victory for the hosts with a score of 3:0. Nair Tiknizyan opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Anton Miranchuk doubled his team’s lead in the 26th minute. In the 37th minute, Vladislav Sarveli brought the score to a devastating score.
“Lokomotiv” went on the attack from the first minutes and it paid off. From the 9th minute, the railway workers opened the scoring. Rybchinsky delivered a cross from the right flank and the ball was scored by Nair Tiknizyan. But the missed goal didn’t paralyze Rubin. Rashid Rakhimov’s team attacked, crossed a lot, tried to quickly throw the ball into the hosts’ penalty area, but Lokomotiv confidently worked in defense.
Lokomotiv carried out retaliatory attacks. And in the 26th minute, Anton Miranchuk scored 2:0. This time, Tiknizyan delivered an assist. The Moscow defender entered the penalty area and passed the ball to the center, where Miranchuk ended the episode with a goal. After the second conceded, Rubin had no plans to give up. And the railway workers were completely liberated. They continued to attack again and again. And 11 minutes later, Vladislav Sarveli scored the third goal of the match. And this time, Miranchuk made an assist. Sarveli received the pass, won a duel with Rozhkov and took care of the Kazan goalkeeper. Before the end of the half, Lokomotiv could have scored a fourth goal, but the ball hit the woodwork.
During the break, Rashid Rakhimov made a triple substitution. The guests wanted to escape a crushing defeat. Well, Lokomotiv was completely satisfied with the situation. In general, the second half passed without serious chances on both sides. Rubin’s substitutions didn’t work. Lokomotiv slowed down the pace and did not rush things. The match ended with a score of 3:0.
“There are no perfect matches. They can be the same in terms of score, but in terms of quality there are moments that need to be improved. The team was praised, it was a good match today. Now we have to prepare well. Spartak. We have to understand how active everyone was, how much aggression and passion they added. The score allowed us to play and create,” Galaktionov said after winning the match.
“We lost in three games: we fought badly, we changed badly after losing the ball and made a lot of mistakes. In the first half, all the factors started to take shape after the first missed goal. All these moments affected the match. In the second half the game became more structured, but the score decided the situation on the field. Today we did not deserve the victory. It was impossible to play like that in the first half,” Rakhimov commented on his team’s defeat.
For Lokomotiv and Rubin, everything was decided before this match. The railway workers gained three points and moved from first place to the playoffs of the Cup of Russia Puti RPL. Kazan took last place in Group B and can now fully concentrate on gaining a foothold in the middle of the RPL standings.
Yahya Hasanov, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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