In Omsk, the Memorial named after Olympic champion Viktor Blinov brought together five teams. In addition to the local Avangard, these are Barys from Kazakhstan, Lokomotiv from Yaroslavl, Neftekhimik from Nizhnekamsk and Salavat Yulaev from Ufa.
It is noteworthy that the Blinov Memorial will be held at the new Omsk stadium for the first time. And, apparently, this also affected the attendance, which is extraordinary for a pre-season tournament. The starting match between Avangard and Lokomotiv (1:5) was attended by more than nine thousand people with a capacity of 12 thousand spectators. In the victorious match of the “hawks” with “Neftekhimik” (5:4 OT) they were a little less, about eight thousand, but it must be understood that the match was on Monday.
As for the tournament component, Barys was in the lead after two days of play. His first match with “Salavat Yulaev” was canceled due to the fact that Ufa in full force attended the funeral of 21-year-old club player Rodion Amirov, who died of brain cancer. “Barys” was credited with a technical victory. The Kazakhstan team won the second, beating Lokomotiv – 2:1.
At the same time, a tournament named after the legendary goalkeeper Nikolai Puchkov is taking place in St. Petersburg. Local SKA, Severstal (Cherepovets), Avtomobilist (Yekaterinburg), Sibir (Novosibirsk) and Sochi participate. On the first day, “Severstal” crushed Sochi – 7: 1, and “Siberia” was stronger than “Motorist” – 1: 0. Yesterday’s match SKA – “Avtomobilist” ended after the signing of this edition of ” RG” printed.
