Lokomotiv is the new leader of the RPL! Karpin’s Rostov moved with a historic record. Video
Dmitry Zimin August 25, 2024, 22:18 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
And how good Batrakov is again.
After the defeat against Dynamo, Loko had an additional motivation: after all, if they beat Rostov, the team would become the sole leader of the RPL. In addition, Mikhail Galaktionov’s Donetsk team has already won the Russian Cup with a minimum score. And now the railway workers are in excellent shape. The only match without a win was against Dynamo. But even there they managed to manage at least a draw.
Rostov is not so stable this season: it recently made a great comeback at home against Orenburg. But Valery Karpin was still not satisfied with the content of the game. And he probably had similar emotions during the first half.
After all, the home team scored in the second minute. The ball was thrown to Nair Tiknizyan, who passed the ball from the flank to Dmitry Vorobyov. True, the referee immediately noted offside. And it really was huge. The Muscovites continued their aggressive game and actively pressed. “Rostov” was not ready for this. And looked confused. As expected, this led to an interception and another goal-scoring opportunity. Alexey Batrakov picked up the ball, ran into the opponent’s penalty area and fired a great shot straight into the corner. For Daniil Odoevsky, this was the team’s first match in the RPL, but there was no chance to save it.
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Loko planned to increase their lead, but failed very quickly. Moreover, the goal came out of nowhere. The ball ended up on the flank, from where Andrei Langovich launched it towards Ronaldo’s opening. It turned out to be as effective as possible: the forward broke away from everyone and shot at his neighbour.
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After that, the match calmed down a bit. The chaos went away and a tactical confrontation began. Loko had the ball more often and Rostov was constantly pressing. Lots of fouls, offsides and almost no chances. It seemed that both teams were mainly focused on not conceding goals. It didn’t last long. In the 37th minute, Batrakov’s brilliant mind spotted Ilya Samoshnikov’s opening, who first processed and then immediately shot.
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Interestingly, after this transfer, Batrakov equaled Maxim Glushenkov in the “goal + pass” system. Now he has 3+5. The coolest achievement in 18 years.
After the break, no one had time to understand whether the coaches had made any changes before Loko scored. It took about seven seconds and five passes. Dmitry Barinov, from the centre circle, saw Vorobyov’s brilliant opening, but he did not get greedy in front of goal and let Tiknizyan score. Simply beautiful.
After that, Rostov immediately grabbed the ball and rushed to get it back. But there was still no luck. At first Maxim Osipenko, who was probably about 10 meters away, did not notice the great chance. Then Ilya Lantratov’s super save. Konstantin Kuchaev put his head in an excellent position, the ball flew hard into the goal, but the goalkeeper managed to react, then he abruptly got up and saved a second time.
The same thing happened when a not-so-reliable defensive game was compensated by the goalkeeper’s cold actions. But the Donetsk team also failed. And they were unable to take advantage of their chances.
Loko held a comfortable lead for a long time. But one minute before the end of added time, they missed a goal. But they were not able to do more.
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And the Muscovites also set a historic record: the team has scored in 23 consecutive matches. And to this was added the leadership in the RPL. For how long?
