Derby Dynamo and CSKA, against Krasnodar and Lokomotiv. A flammable day at the RPL! LIVE
August 19, 2023, 01:00 UTC
And also Goncharenko in Kaliningrad and Khokhlov against Karpin. Well, what emotion!
Today, August 19, is a big day at the RPL. In the fifth round, a Moscow derby will take place between Dynamo and CSKA, Baltika will host Ural, and Lokomotiv will play Krasnodar, and Sochi will play Rostov.
Recently, the derby between Dynamo and CSKA has been called brotherly. However, the tournament tasks ahead of the clubs are the most serious. The hosts, in case of victory, will bypass the guests at the table, so everyone’s mood for the match is scandalous. In the last 10 official meetings, the Dynamo team turned out to be more successful than the army team – it won four times and lost only twice. So don’t consider Vladimir Fedotov’s team a clear favorite. At the same time, it is interesting how the clubs will manage without the leaders who were sold to European clubs – we are talking about Arsen Zakharyan (Real Sociedad) and Baktiyor Zainutdinov (Besiktas).
To say before the start of the RPL that Viktor Goncharenko’s team will be in the lead and will never lose in the fifth round, few people would believe. So, the Urals came to visit Baltika in the status of favorite and one of the leaders of the championship. It is still difficult for Kaliningrad to score points, but they did not meet the easiest opponents either. “Rubin” yesterday, for example, caused a sensation by beating the powerful “Wings of the Soviets” (2:1). What if something unexpected happens in this meeting?
Krasnodar is the undisputed leader of the RPL at the moment, and Lokomotiv is one of the disappointments. Vladimir Ivic weaned the southerners to play wonderfully, but he instilled pragmatism in the team. And Mikhail Galaktionov lost all the magic of spring during the offseason: now the railway workers look pale and are only ninth in the standings. The main intrigue is whether Krasnodar will lose the first points or continue the season without losses.
The meeting of Dmitry Khokhlov and Valery Karpin is something from the 90s or zero. The paths of the midfielders crossed not only in the Russian national team, they also almost became the champions of Spain as part of Real Sociedad. Now they are both coaches. The Rostovites have fewer problems at this point in the season, but they also have a more well-played squad. Sochi residents stagger under and show an indistinct game. His coach may be fired soon.
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