Lokomotiv bounced back at the end! Miranchuk got into the top nine for Safonov. Video
Anatoly Romanov August 19, 2023, 22:00 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
The railway workers became the first team to take points away from Krasnodar.
Krasnodar was the last in the RPL to lose points. Incredible rescue from Lokomotiv in the match with the championship leader!
Lokomotiv played the second round in a row without the injured Dzyuba, moreover, Tiknizyan was not in the base of the railway workers. According to Mikhail Galaktionov, the left-back did not train during the week due to illness. But in Krasnodar, the newcomer Olas made his debut in the starting lineup on the left flank of the defense.
Vladimir Ivic’s team, as befits the league leader, tried to play at home from a position of strength. Krasnodar controlled the ball twice, and when he possessed it, he formed a three from behind – Olasa joined the central defenders. The width was in charge of the right defender Volkov and the left midfielder Akhmetov. Batchy, as a freelance artist, was looking for the ball in different areas to take advantage of his speed and dribbling. And it was Volkov who scored a penalty in the middle of the first half. Spertsyan delivered a miraculous pass, which Ajax scouts will no doubt appreciate, and Samoshnikov, who replaced Tiknizyan on the left, left the bulls’ full-back behind. There was a foul – Lantratov almost did not have time and hit Volkov.
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So far, Lantratov has saved 8 of 11 penalties since his RPL debut. Unique Stats! It is almost impossible for the Lokomotiv goalkeeper to score from the “point”, so the Krasnodar star Spertsyan could not do it. However, this time Ilya did not become a hero. The midfielder shot low into the corner, but made a mistake: the ball went wide of the goal.
However, it cannot be said that the RPL leader cracked down on Lokomotiv, which is in crisis. The game usually began with a series of corners from Galaktionov’s team, which the railwaymen should have taken better advantage of. Then there were many episodes where Loko ran into potentially dangerous counterattacks, but didn’t remember them. Both teams kept up a good pace, despite the heat. Krasnodar hit more shots before the break (8:4), but had a minimal advantage in shots on target (2:1). I still remember Spertsyan’s direct kick from the corner, but Lantratov, after the tricks of Garre from Wings of the Soviets, is no stranger to this.
But after the break, Krasnodar scored in the second minute. As a result of a quick retaliatory attack by railway workers, a two-on-one situation developed on the left flank of Loko’s defense, as Pinyaev fell behind and did not help Samoshnikov, and after a shot from Batchy who went free and a save from the goalkeeper, Nenakhov missed Akhmetov on the rebound. Moreover, a few minutes later, the “bulls” almost made it 2-0, when Spertsyan cleverly executed a free kick – Lantratov was insured by a friend who was a crossbar. Terrible start to the second half for the Muscovites.
And so it went on. Lokomotiv don’t have Dzyuba and somehow the other players in the attacking group are at a loss. Pinyaev himself carried out effective actions in the first two rounds, and in the last three the young winger has neither goals nor assists. In the match with Krasnodar, Sergey was replaced shortly after the missed goal, at the end of the match hour (only for Tiknizyan). Pinyaev made 23 touches of the ball in this game and shot three times on goal, in his statistics one overflow and one pass under blow. You already expect more from him. Galaktionov also had to switch to the injured Pogostnov. And the “bulls” Krivtsov withdrew due to injury.
Lokomotiv suffered in the attack, Galaktionov’s team achieved nothing in the final assault. It remained to wait for a happy episode, like what happened in the match with KS, when Maradishvili successfully struck at the end. By the way, in Krasnodar, Konstantin also appeared on the field a quarter of an hour before the end. The helplessness of the railway workers is evidenced by the fact that until the 96th minute they never hit the target (shots – 8:5, on goal – 3:0). But in the last attack, Loko performed another miracle! Out, serve, rebound from Miranchuk, take off from Córdoba – and serve! A very nice goal.
The goalkeeper of the Russian team Safonov did not have enough seconds to give the fourth “cracker” in the RPL in a row.
