The first Moscow derby of the season and the battle of Serbian coaches. This is the second round of the RPL! LIVE
Kirill Zakatchenko July 27, 2024, 01:00 Moscow time
And also the death of “Fakel” and “Akron”.
Four matches of the second round of the RPL will be played today, July 27. Paris NN will host CSKA, Zenit will play Rubin in Kazan, and in parallel, Dynamo and Lokomotiv will face each other in the capital derby. The evening’s programme will close with a match between Fakel and Akron.
Marko Nikolic vs. Sasa Ilic is not just a derby of Serbian coaches in the Russian championship. This is also a meeting of old acquaintances. Ilic played for several years under Nikolic’s leadership, together they made a double with Partizan. It is interesting that Sasha was then heading towards a systematic end to his career, and Marco was just getting used to being a coach. Now they are waiting for a face-to-face fight! It is clear that CSKA is the favorite of the match, but it must be admitted that the attacking football of the Nizhny Novgorod team looks brighter than that of the Muscovites (remember the results of the 1st round).
Rashid Rakhimov’s team took part in the championship race last season, beating Zenit in St. Petersburg in the 21st round with a score of 2:0. Now the match is in Kazan, but the intensity is crazy: both teams started the RPL with a victory, and the hegemonic power definitely wants to respond to the offensive defeat in the spring. The white-blues, in principle, do not always score points in matches against Rubin, this is not the most convenient opponent: in the last 10 matches there are only six victories; it does not look like a top club, but it often spoils the atmosphere. We will follow this match online.
The first derby of the new RPL season! In the last draw, Dynamo scored four points out of six in matches against the railwaymen. Mikhail Galaktionov’s team has something to take revenge for. However, at the moment we cannot say that Dynamo is the loser of the match, because it is one of the title contenders. But Loko is not clear yet: they lost leaders, won few people, and simply lost Marquinhos, who will eventually move to Spartak. You will not get there only with morale and strong will. It will certainly be a confrontation between young stars – Konstantin Tyukavin and Sergei Pinyaev.
Although Akron lost in the first round to Lokomotiv (2:3), it looked very bright and dignified. It could even win! Thus, the newcomer to the RPL approaches the meeting with Fakel at least with the status of an equal. The Voronezh team last weekend hopelessly lost to Dynamo (1:3). You need to change your emotional background and win!
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