Gift game in the race for the championship
The fight for gold in the RPL is starting to look like some kind of comedy. The main contenders lose points almost in every round, thanks to which Dynamo, which recently suffered three defeats in a row, has already intervened in the fight!
“Krasnodar” could have won, but managed to lose to “Akhmat” at home. It is clear that the entire Grozny team held the defense, Krasnodar stormed, but the Bulls clearly lacked creativity and passion. They probably didn’t deserve to lose, but a win in such a match would have been too big a bonus.
After the chaser’s fiasco, Zenit could take the lead again. The St. Petersburg team were on the verge of taking all three points in Voronezh after a superb goal from Douglas Santos. But finally, “Fakel” returned to the field with a penalty. Sergei Semak himself is to blame, substitutions to maintain the minimum score and the exit of Nuraly Alip became fatal. It was the Kazakh footballer who became an anti-hero, the ball hit his hand, which is why a penalty was awarded.
Zenit once again looked slow and sleepy. Is the championship already so boring in St. Petersburg?
In total, in the last three rounds of the RPL, Zenit scored one point, Krasnodar – four. The St. Petersburg team has results at the level of Pari NN and Sochi. Mama Mia!
Dynamo took advantage of competitors’ failures. Moreover, the Muscovites could easily have joined Zenit and Krasnodar in the celebration of generosity, but in the end they achieved victory. The highlight is Tyukavin’s miracle goal. If you haven’t seen it, look! MASTERPIECE!
In total, with three rounds remaining, we have a very remarkable picture. Zenit has 51 points, Krasnodar and Dynamo 50 each. In the next round, the RPL leaders could well continue to lose points. Krasnodar will travel to Spartak, Zenit will host CSKA, and Dynamo will play in Kaliningrad with Baltika. There won’t be any easy points here, that’s for sure.
Ilic and Sliskovitch met once
The most boring match of the tour was the one between Paris NN and Spartak, the meeting of which ended in a zero. But there was also some remarkable intrigue here. First of all, new coach Sasa Ilic made his debut at Paris NN. It is clear that at the moment the team is traveling on the baggage of Sergei Yuran and Anton Khazov, who trained the residents of Nizhny Novgorod.
Under Sliskovich, Spartak continues its super series. The team is undefeated in its last five matches. Impressive, isn’t it?
“Shameful” refereeing in the underdog match
“Ural” and “Baltika” gave a brilliant performance, which really fought for survival. The Kaliningraders were better from the opening and even scored, but then Ural turned the tide of the match. As a result, a very important victory with a score of 2:1, thanks to which the Yekaterinburg team exchanged places with Baltika in the standings. Now the Baltika is again in the direct start zone, and the Ural is at the joints, although everything is very tight there in the basement.
Baltika coach Sergei Ignashevich’s comment was commensurate with the teams’ brilliant football. He described the ruling as “shameful”. It is likely that the specialist will now be sanctioned by disqualification.
I honestly feel sorry for Sochi. The Chernomorians are playing good football under the leadership of Robert Moreno, but the defeat to Dynamo leaves almost no chance of salvation. With three laps remaining, eight points separate Sochi from the finish line. Here, only a miracle can save you.
Orenburg won the most important victory in the 27th round. The Orenburg team put the finishing touches on Krylia Sovetov and rose to 12th place in the standings. The play-off zone is only one point away, but at least the gap to the direct relegation zone is already three points.
Eclipse CSKA
Among the remaining matches, there was a fun draw between CSKA and Rubin. Muscovites lost, then won, and it all ended with a score of 2:2. The Kazan team escaped defeat in stoppage time.
CSKA disappoints. This season, Vladimir Fedotov’s team lost 23 points in matches in which they led.
Result – 8th place. The Army team hadn’t fallen this low in a long time. It seems that CSKA does not know what to do with such a match. Moscow striker Tamerlan Musaev, discussing the reasons for the missed goals at the end, called what was happening “a kind of eclipse.” You can’t think of a more precise explanation.
Anton Mozgovoy, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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