The most important events of Saturday in the RPL. An unexpected leader and the Karpin fiasco
Anatoly Romanov August 20, 2023, 00:15 UTC Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
And Lokomotiv does a miracle in almost every round. Again he escaped in the last minutes.
On Saturday, August 19, four games of the 5th day of the RPL were held. There were many interesting things in these matches. The main events of the day are in our review.
Goal and penalty “brought” by Zabolotny in the Moscow derby
Dynamo won the “brotherly” derby against CSKA and beat Vladimir Fedotov’s team by one point. The hero and anti-hero of the party at the same time became the striker of the Zabolotny army. Already in minute six, Anton put the red and blues ahead – he finished off the ball after Mukhin’s shot. After that, Dynamo searched for himself for a long time, but found it in the second half. Ngamale equalized, taking advantage of Nababkin’s grossest mistake. The defender, who played in the absence of Akinfeev with the captain’s armband, “put” pressure. And 10 minutes before the end of the match, Zabolotny’s hand stopped the ball in his own penalty area – Dynamo was entitled to a penalty. The young Torop was about to save Smolov’s shot, but the goalkeeper had no luck.
“We still feel a certain imbalance in the composition,” CSKA coach Fedotov complained after the derby loss. – We were late in time to close the holes, plus the players, after a difficult season, did not have time to recover. Of course, leave your mark. But I did not see any indifferent in any party. I always see a team that wants to win.”
The story of Dynamo’s victory over CSKA:
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Two terrible mistakes sentenced CSKA. Dynamo is already in the top three!
Ural shares first place in the RPL!
Who would have thought before the start of the Russian Championship that Ural after five rounds would share first place in terms of points scored? But Viktor Goncharenko’s team is amazing! The Urals are celebrating their fourth victory, although it turned out to be not as bright as the previous one over Spartak.
The result of the match between the teams of Goncharenko and Sergey Ignashevich was decided by a foul. Baltika newcomer Nathan Gassama played imprecisely in his penalty area: he kicked past Kashtanov. The Ural striker was hurt, but not so bad that he couldn’t take a penalty. Kashtanov shot from the “point” to the left, the goalkeeper of “Baltika” Latyshonok also jumped to the left. But each one is for their own. Therefore, the save did not take place.
“It was difficult for us, Baltika performed well. After the goal was scored, we started playing on hold. This is a move forward – to take three points with a bad game, ”Goncharenko admitted, having won in Kaliningrad.
How Ural took a step towards leadership in the championship:
“Ural” is already in the first place! And now what should Baltika do with Ignashevich?
Incredible rebound of Lokomotiv in the match with Krasnodar
Krasnodar was the last in the RPL to lose points. Although, according to the game, he definitely should not have regressed in the match with Lokomotiv. The leader missed the win at minute 90+8.
Mikhail Galaktionov has an amazing team in the new season. There are big problems with the game, but for the third time Lokomotiv is saved from defeat at the end. So it was at home matches with Rubin and Krylya Sovetov, it also happened in Krasnodar. In the second half, before stoppage time, Loko didn’t even hit the goal. Prior to this, Spertsyan forgave the railway workers, who did not convert a penalty in the middle of the first half, and Akhmetov did not regret it – the bulls midfielder opened the scoring in the 47th minute.
One out helped Lokomotiv rally. Miranchuk lost Cordoba on the rebound and Anton hit a wonderful volley. Here is the midfielder!
“What Anton did today is the highest level of performance,” said a happy Galaktionov after the match.
Details of the meeting of Krasnodar and railway workers:
Lokomotiv bounced back at the end! Miranchuk got into the top nine for Safonov. Video
Karpin’s team was trampled in Sochi
In away games, Rostov does not look like itself this season. They lost all three (including the Russian Cup) with a total score of 1:10. Whether the problem is in psychology or something else, but one way or another, Valery Karpin needs to do something about it.
In the match with Sochi, the Rostovites fell apart in half an hour. Lost virtually every 15 minutes. The hosts were led by debutant Kramaric, who managed to extend his leg after a discount to the goalkeeper. After that, the Slovenian Kramaric assisted the Montenegrin Djordjevic: Luka opened behind the defenders’ backs and made a one-on-one exit. In the second half, Kramaric, who became a nightmare for the Rostov defense, scored a brace: he flicked the ball past Pesyakov, who had gone through the goal. And in the end, another newcomer to the southerners, the Czech Medvedev, scored his first goal in the RPL.
After the match, man of the match Kramaric tried to say something in Russian with the help of his translator… Sochi defender Vanya Drkusic. Fun interview!
How “Rostov” came under the command of Khokhlov:
“Rostov” Karpin again torn apart on the way. 1:9 in two games!
