The program of the Russian championship tour continued with the meeting between Fakel and Krasnodar. Voronezh hosted the unexpected RPL leader at their legendary stadium and they were ready to give him a decent fight. In the last round, the team beat Paris HH, adding the first points of the new season, so the spirit of continuing to rise in the championship was at odds.
The Bulls, in turn, failed for the first time in the draft last week. After four victories in a row, by the way, this is the best championship start in the club’s history, followed by a failure with Lokomotiv. The rojiverdes equalized in the last seconds thanks to a shot by Anton Miranchuk. However, Krasnodar managed to keep its lead. In the match against Voronezh there was only one task – to win and strengthen positions.
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Perhaps the most striking event of the first half occurred in the 13th minute. After entering the penalty area, the locals had a fierce fight for the ball, during which defender Sergei Bozhin confused football with volleyball and frankly played with the hand. The referee Amelin at first did not give any importance to the episode, but the assistants called him to the monitor, an obvious penalty. Córdoba approached the “point”. The Colombian was determined, but it was not enough. First, the striker hit the post and the spike attempt turned into a monstrous miss.
FC Krasnodar
The first 45-minute “bulls” were much more active. He made 11 shots on the opponent’s goal, but there was something of a catastrophe with accuracy. Not a single hit on target. Apparently, the green and black decided to save all the goals for the second half.
After the break, the locals began to act more actively. Fakel’s players created several dangerous chances between 50 and 60 minutes. First, Matvey Safonov’s goal was saved by the crossbar after Alshin’s long shot. A few moments later, the Voronezh team rushed to the counterattack with the left edge, Dolgov made a timely pass into the box, and Apapaev shot under the near post from an acute angle, but the captain and goalkeeper of the “bulls” were again in alert.
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The end of the meeting featured nothing of the word at all. There was a feeling that the teams had agreed to a draw even 20 minutes before the end of the match. Therefore, neither team had sharp moments, they were limited mainly to trying to get closer to the other’s goal.
Of course, Vadim Evseev’s team can take credit for this draw. For the second game in a row, the outsider regularly scores points. But at the same time, Krasnodar maintains the advantage and will lose it only if Ural manages to score points in St. Petersburg and Dynamo beat Rubin on the road. That is why the expression “dispersed in peace” rightly underlines the essence of today’s match result.
