For many years, Krasnodar has been one of the best teams in Russia. But every year, the Bulls lacked something to really fight for the championship. This season the team has given the best championship start in history. They won all the matches in four opening rounds with a total score of 8:1. “Krasnodar” became the main contender for the championship in the RPL? Or is it just a temporary flash, after which the team will return to the usual fight for the top five?
The best conditions for footballers
You can make films about the infrastructure of Krasnodar in the form of benefits, which a good football club should have. A chic stadium, many training grounds and an academy, where talented children from all over Russia go. All this is a powerful foundation for the main team of the club. And the financial conditions in Krasnodar are very good. Here, the players never have problems with salaries. In addition, the players receive solid contracts, which are quite consistent with the current market in the Russian championship.
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Added to this is the lack of psychological pressure on the players. Neither the owner of the club nor the fans demand that the Krasnodar players compete for gold medals. Of course, everyone wants this. But only a beautiful game with a large number of goals, thanks to which the “bulls” regularly win, is perceived positively. You cannot think of better conditions for footballers, because they have everything and at the same time there is not a great burden of responsibility.
all went well
But such conditions existed in the club before, but this did not help Krasnodar to join the fight for the champion’s title. What are the reasons for such a breakthrough in the 2022/2023 season?
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One of the success factors is a stable composition. Krasnodar faced this season with almost no losses in the first team. Only left back Christian Ramírez and winger Alexei Ionov left the base players stable. But Ramírez was painlessly replaced by the experienced Sergey Petrov, who had gained good form. And for Ionov’s position, Krasnodar has a great group of players who can play just as well. And the team’s coach Vladimir Ivic immediately decided on the starting lineup. In the four games played in the championship, almost the same players played for the Bulls from the first minutes. Only a couple of times Akhmetov was replaced by Olusegun, but otherwise the lineup remained unchanged.
The coach’s hand is also seen in the team’s game. And this is another factor in the success of Krasnodar at the beginning of the season. Ivic managed to combine brilliant attacking football with reliable defensive play, something the green and black had not been able to do before. In four games, the team conceded only one goal, scoring eight goals against opponents. When was this?!
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Influences and a good calendar for the initial stretch of the championship. Of the really strong opponents, the Bulls have so far only had the Dynamo in the first round. Then the Krasnodar team got a bit lucky and, with an even game, was able to win away from home 3:1. Then there were matches against Sochi, Pari NN and Orenburg. All of these teams are from the bottom half of the standings. And the residents of Sochi and Orenburg now have a clear gaming crisis, which Krasnodar took advantage of.
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On the next day, the bulls will play at home against the unpredictable Lokomotiv. Even if they are victorious in this match, it will be too soon to talk about championship claims. We will have to wait for the meeting with Spartak, Zenit and CSKA to assess the competitiveness of the Krasnodar team. But at the moment there is a feeling that Krasnodar can finally win the gold medals of the Russian championship.
