The first rerun of the championship match was held in Moscow. Ironically, Moscow did not win the championship. Krasnodar won then. Now too. Thanks to Stanislav Agkatsev.
Murad Musaev did not change the starting eleven at all compared to the last match. And this was surprising, because Paris NN added pressure after the substitutions. As a result, Gonzalez, Chernikov, Krivtsov, Kozlov and the main character Kobnan again remained on the bench. From the first minutes, Marcel Licka released Marichal (on the left in defense) and Gladyshev (Ngamalyo, unfortunately, was out for a long time). Laxalt again played in the support zone, and Fomin in the reserve.
The opponents started without any preparation. It was as if you were watching a match between the best teams in the Premier League. High speeds, constant exchange of chances – this kind of football is very much to your liking. Especially in contrast to yesterday’s match between Zenit and Spartak. Neither Dynamo nor Krasnodar had an advantage.
The main problem, apart from the constant offsides (for example, John Cordoba scored with it), was the implementation. The teams lacked luck. Until the 25th minute, when Sa on the left edge easily passed to Daza and shot, and Balbuena clumsily cut the ball into his own goal. The Israelis simply backed off and did not interfere at all. The goal, by the way, was still credited to the Brazilian. For him, it became only the second in Russia in 21 appearances on the field.
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The only one who was left out of the attacking game was Yaroslav Gladyshev: he often lost the ball, lost the fight for position and made mistakes in passing. His inertia was compensated by the dedication of Jorge Cararskal and Konstantin Tyukavin: both of them madly focused on the goal and made Agkatsev the best player of the first half with five saves. If Matvey Safonov watched the broadcast in Paris, he probably appreciated the form of his former partner. Andrey Lunev was also in perfect order and saved three times. Spertsyan, Sa and Cordoba really tested him and the Dynamo defense.
Despite the winning score, Musaev made a triple substitution during the break: Gonzalez, Chernikov and Olusegun replaced Petrov, Castano and Batchi. Lichka was limited to one player and replaced Marichal with Skopintsev.
The Muscovites continued their bombardment. Only Tyukavin, at the start of the second half, faced goalkeeper Bitello with his heel, then Gonzalez crouched and nodded. Agkatsev demonstrated Yashin’s jumping ability on both occasions.
Stanislav Agkatsev in the match Dynamo – Krasnodar
Photo: Alexander Safonov, “Championship”
Stanislav went on to become Dynamo’s kryptonite. If the first half was a collision course, the blue-and-whites dominated for a long time in the second. From the 46th to the 75th minute, the ratio of successes was 11:1. Krasnodar also received four yellow cards during the same period.
Lunev was bored for a long time without working. And as soon as he got going, Cordoba knocked him out: John went to Andrey and, in the fight for the ball, kneed him in the head. I had to free Leshchuk, otherwise he soon took him and effectively helped him! Twice! The same Colombian ran with him one on one in counterattacks, and both times he did not outdo him in hand-to-hand combat.
Dynamo pressed hard. But Agkatsev’s goal seemed to be delighted. He made nine saves in total. The statistics portal Sofascore gave him the highest score: 8.8. Of course, the issue is not only in Stanislav’s heroism: the unique Carrascal played amazingly and still missed too often.
It turned out the same as last season. Dynamo, after Zenit’s mistakes, could have taken first place and lost to Krasnodar, which is still unbeaten. Only now there are still plenty of opportunities to improve.
Spartak and Zenit played much less brilliantly:
What a missed opportunity for Spartak! Zenit did everything possible to help them
