10 rounds of the Melbet First League have been left behind. The anniversary tour included a stunning match between Chernomorets and Sokol, a miraculous salvation from Tyumen, and Kurban Berdyev’s class was shown demonstrating how to play with the leaders.
Let’s remember what happened in the ninth round:
Unexpected top four in the First League. The favorites are still behind
Match of the round: eight goals from Chernomorets and Sokol!
To understand the magnitude of the situation, it is enough to look at all the matches of Konstantin Zyryanov’s team in the First League: six goals in nine rounds and five in one match against Sokol!
“Sokol” has already scored three goals against “Shinnik” this season, so so many goals from Saratov do not seem surprising. Although the contribution of both teams in this incredible match cannot be underestimated: they put on a show and, perhaps, the most productive game of the season.
We invite you to watch one of the goals of the match, and you can find a full review of the game at the link.
The video can be seen on the “MELBET – First League” page on VKontakte. The rights to the video belong to the AFC National Football League.
Tour teams: Tyumen and Dynamo.
It would be a crime to leave one of these teams out of this nomination based on the results of the tenth round. Let’s start with Tyumen, which played a match with Rodina a couple of hours before the Makhachkala team.
0:2 in the 70th minute, you are in the minority, what can you expect? Maybe so that this nightmare ends as soon as possible and you forget it like a bad dream. But 20 minutes before the final whistle, Ruslan Baitukov scored a goal, and already in the 83rd minute, Evgeny Bolotov made the Tyumen Geologist fans not only roar, but remember this day for a long time:
The video can be seen on the “MELBET – First League” page on VKontakte. The rights to the video belong to the AFC National Football League.
Dynamo defeated the championship leader, Alania. But before this meeting, the Vladikavkaz team had never lost three goals in a season. The team, which was confidently heading to be six points ahead of second place, allowed the rival to get three points closer. A powerful opponent.
The team from Makhachkala completely outplayed their rival in the first half, leaving them no chance, putting pressure on them wisely and taking advantage of their opportunities. After the break, Alania created chances for several goals, but the goalkeeper came to Dynamo’s aid. David Volk repeatedly saved the team from him, which was not only better, but also luckier.
The video can be seen on the “MELBET – First League” page on VKontakte. The rights to the video belong to the AFC National Football League.
More about this meeting
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Berdyev unwound the leader of the First League! His Dynamo turned the season around and enters the RPL
Best goal of the tour: Yuri Zhuravlev (Torpedo)
The defender, who is playing only his second game since March 2023, showed that it is not worth leaving too much space for players in his position.
Zhuravlev was left out of the automakers’ application after the March incident, when, in addition to him, Ilya Kutepov and Ravil Netfullin were excluded from the team. They have already replaced Torpedo with Veles and Khimki, respectively, and Zhuravlev, after six games with Torpedo-2, played his second game in the First League this season. In the first match against Akron (1:0), Yuri assisted the winning goal and with the Yenisei he scored himself. Strengthening from unexpected places.
The video can be seen on the “MELBET – First League” page on VKontakte. The rights to the video belong to the AFC National Football League.
Tour Event: Evseev returned to the “Best League in the World”!
Vadim Valentinovich started the season as Fakel’s head coach, but the Voronezh team decided not to continue cooperation after a series of failures. Last season, Evseev saved the team from relegation from the RPL, and this season it seems that he will do a similar job in Kuban, but within the First League.
The video can be seen on the “MELBET – First League” page on VKontakte. The rights to the video belong to the AFC National Football League.
Evseev’s return to the First League, in which he coached Shinnik last season, failed. His team lost to Akron in the 44th minute, then almost immediately remained in the majority, but was unable to take advantage of his numerical advantage. Kuban has only five points and is in penultimate place in the standings. The difference with Neftekhimik reached five points. But did Evseev ever have easy tasks in his career?
The beauty of the tour: the SKA-Khabarovsk captain’s speech to the fans
A good tradition has been introduced in Khabarovsk when football players address the public after victorious home matches. Captain Oleg Kozhemyakin offered to please the fans after the match against Khimki:
“Dear fans, hello. We are glad to see each and every one of you today because we had a difficult situation. We could not win for a long time, please you with these emotions that you felt today. We listen to each of you, we are trying to change the situation on the field. Today there was a team on the field, there was a team ready to come out and help us, but the most important thing is that today our 12th favorite player was with us. This is a victory for you, dear fans! – said the footballer.
The Khabarovsk team achieved its first victory in four rounds, ahead of Khimki in the standings. The previous game (over Akron) was also won at home.
The video can be seen on the “MELBET – First League” page on VKontakte. The rights to the video belong to the AFC National Football League.
Other matches of matchday 10 of the First League
Arsenal – Shinnik
Tula decided the outcome of the match with Shinnik a few minutes into the first half, when Alexander Korotkov and Jonathan Okoronkwo scored the goals.
Thanks to the victory, Arsenal left the bottom of the standings, while Shinnik broke a five-game unbeaten streak and missed the opportunity to finish the tour in second place.
The video can be seen on the “MELBET – First League” page on VKontakte. The rights to the video belong to the AFC National Football League.
“Leningrad” – “Volgar”
Third draw for Leninggradets in the last five games. Sergei Kiryakov’s team, although they did not win, temporarily secured themselves from the relegation zone, separating themselves from Neftekhimik by one point.
Volgar never won this season, but after the coaching change they tied four times in five games. Perhaps this is better than the situation at the beginning of the season, but the gap with the safety zone (seven points) remains cosmic for the current Volgar.
“KAMAZ” – “Neftekhimik”
This time the Tatarstan derby ended in favor of the Nizhnekamsk team, which achieved its second consecutive victory after a series of four defeats. What is the secret of Kirill Novikov’s success?
Meanwhile, Neftekhimik remains in the relegation zone, but the team is now just one point away from the savior of 15th place.
The video can be seen on the “MELBET – First League” page on VKontakte. The rights to the video belong to the AFC National Football League.
Calendar for matchday 11 of the First League
Friday September 22 “KAMAZ” – “Torpedo”
September 23, Saturday “Yenisei” – “Chernomorets” “Kuban” – “Tyumen” “Dynamo” – “Sokol” “Alania” – “SKA-Khabarovsk” “Volgar” – “Arsenal” “Khimki” – “Leningradets” “Akron” – “Neftekhimik ” » “Homeland” – “Shinnik”.
