The match ended in a draw with a score of 1:1. In the 72nd minute, Dmitry Vorobyov gave the home team the lead. 5 minutes before the end, Maxim Osipenko saved Rostov from defeat.
The opponents started the match actively. In the 3rd minute, Rostov could have scored, but Golenkov missed. The teams exchanged attacks. And in the 17th minute, Orenburg responded with a dangerous moment. Mansilla shot, but Osipenko assisted the goalkeeper and the defense also blocked the finish. The exchange of mutual attacks continued, but none of them resulted in an objective.
After half an hour of play, Florentin stepped on Golenkov’s foot in the penalty area. The referee didn’t see the moment and the VAR gave a hint. The referee awarded a penalty and Maxim Osipenko took the shot. The ball hit the post. After that, the hosts created a few more chances, but each time the team’s striker Jimmy Marin was unlucky: one hit the post, the second slightly above the cross-bar. The first half ended scoreless.
In the second half, the course of the match did not change. The teams continued to exchange attacks, but this did not result in goals. This continued until the 72nd minute. Dmitry Vorobyov finally managed to open the scoring in the match. “Orenburg” played a corner, the ball bounced to Arsen Adamov and the defender fired powerfully at goal. Pesyakov parried the shot unsuccessfully and Vorobyov finished it in the far corner. This time Pesyakov could not save him.
After conceding, the visitors began to attack even more actively and eventually managed to equalize. In the 85th minute, Osipenko conceded a missed penalty. Akbashev and Komlichenko failed to score Sysuev’s goal, but the Rostov defender coped with this task. At the final whistle, Rostov could have scored a second, but the host goalkeeper managed to do so.
“Of course I wanted a better result, but the match was good for both teams. Orenburg and we showed an even match. Maybe a draw is a fair result,” Karpin said about the draw.
“We had a lot of chances, we often had shots on goal, but our opponents also created chances. I’m not happy with the result. Today we played to win, we should have won. We We played well, but we didn’t. “We will manage to win. We will continue to work hard. We will go to Moscow for three points,” Deogracia commented on the draw.
A draw was not an option for either team. Rostov retained 10th place in the standings, which is significantly worse than last season. Orenburg managed to move up to 13th place, but failed to escape the relegation zone.
Yahya Hasanov, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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