No, Baltika’s main match is not on June 2. It’s great to go down in history as the winner of the Russian Cup, but:
A trophy is, of course, great, but a place in the RPL is more prestigious and important; It will be almost impossible to beat Zenit in the final;
Kaliningrad’s fate in the elite is decided first with the already unmotivated Rostov, today and then in round 30. Lokomotiv will come to visit Kaliningrad.
At some point it seemed that Valery Karpin’s team was ending this season. And I’m tired of fighting for points. Do you remember how difficult it was for them in the first rounds? Then we went up to the middle and the spring was basically space. If, of course, we erase from memory the last two games that Rostov lost, first against Loko and then against Rubin. But from the first minutes of the match on their own field they showed that the Donetsk team was not going to lose for the third time in a row.
Before the match an important event took place: Sergei Pesyakov came out to the stands to say goodbye to the fans. All this turned out to be not as touching as that of Dzhikia. He appeared in the starting eleven and then left the field to applause. Although the goalkeeper’s role in the team has also been significant all these years. Perhaps the case is that he leaves the Club in a different way than he wanted the management. It is known that Rostov proposed to renew the contract, but Sergei chose Krylia Sovetov. And there he will spend the next season.
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Incredible result from the Zenit striker! Cassierra scored five in Grozny!
Yes, Pesyakov was not always perfect at kicking. His jambs were especially memorable. However, Sergei’s temporary replacement, Nikita Medvedev, is simply a master of passing mistakes. Already in the second minute he unsuccessfully hit the ball, which ended up in Lisakovich, he flew straight towards the goalkeeper, but did not hit the target. Although in these games you have to take advantage of the opportunities.
The pace of the game was initially low, but at the 10-15 minute it dropped completely. At the same time, Baltika needed to be active; His opponent could roll the ball calmly under the May sun and think about nothing. The guests approached the door several times, but without giving details. But “Rostov” suddenly turned on around the 30th minute.
First, Golenkov shot at the goal with his head, but the genius Letts pulled it out. And a couple of minutes later I couldn’t save Shchetinin after a brilliant goal. The boy approached the area and shot at the far corner.
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Almost in the next attack, the second ball. Aznaurov crossed from the corner of the area and Ronaldo beat everyone in the air. He then ran to kiss the club’s shield. I fell in love after a few months in Russia.
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It seemed like this was the end of Baltika. Yes, the team knows how to mount comebacks, but in the first half it was completely invisible. Yes, in the 42nd minute Lisakovic scored from an offside position, but something more serious was needed to really threaten the goal. For example, luck. And in added time of the first half, Medvedev went out of goal after a corner, the ball bounced to Fernández, who threw it into the net over the backs of the defenders.
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This is your chance. A goal to the locker room and the entire second half ahead. Ignashevich released Osipov and Kozlov immediately after the break. And from the beginning the Baltic countries were forced to compare the result. Osipov cut the ball after a cross from Bistrovich, rebound from Osipenko, but Medvedev was lucky. The goalkeeper didn’t even have to move, just fix the ball.
This moment remained the most dangerous for the guests in the middle. Yes, they controlled the ball more, they tried to refine the game, but time and again they ran into a dense defense with which they could do nothing. Karpin slowed the pace with substitutions and Ignashevich’s changes were not as effective.
At the end of the match, the Donetsk team was much closer to the third goal than Baltika was to the second. Kaliningraders remained in 15th place. Now we must reckon with Paris NN’s defeat against CSKA. Then the Baltic peoples will have a better chance of escaping. In any case, you have to beat Lokomotiv and hope that Fakel or Pari NN (if they lose points in the next match) lose in the final round. After all, the statistics of personal meetings between residents of Kaliningrad and residents of Voronezh and Nizhny Novgorod are positive. But the coincidence of so many circumstances is more like a miracle.
