Lost moments in Moscow and two goals in Trabzon: how CSKA lost in front of McGregor, and Krasnodar won in LE

Crazy bad luck CSKA and zero shots of “Ferencvaros” on target

Euro Cup week began for Russian teams unsuccessfully. In the Champions League, “Lokomotiv” and “Zenith” suffered insulting defeats from Juventus and Leipzig, respectively. At the same time, both the railroad workers and the Petersburgers went for a break with a minimal advantage in the long run, but they missed twice in the second half.

These failures, coupled with the victory of Benfica over Lyon, led Portugal to bypass Russia in the fight for sixth place in the UEFA odds table, which gives the right to declare three teams at once in the Champions League.

Urgently needed to rectify the situation in the Europa League CSKA and Krasnodar. And they had no choice but to win, because in the first rounds, both Russian teams suffered two defeats and seriously complicated their lives in the struggle for trips to the playoffs.

CSKA had to fight at home with the Hungarian champion Ferencvaros, who scored only one point in the first rounds. By the way, the team from Budapest was brought to Moscow by the Ukrainian coach, champion of Russia in Rubin, Sergei Rebrov.

As for his counterpart, Viktor Goncharenko, on the eve of an important meeting he could only complain about the short bench. At the moment, Belarusians have minimal opportunities for rotation, and therefore he was forced to release the same roster on the field that he left the first minutes in Ufa three days ago, including 17-year-old central defender Vadim Karpov.

However, no fatigue was felt in the actions of the army. From the first minutes they took the ball under their control and began to weave lace near someone else's penalty area.

Dangerous moments did not keep themselves waiting. A couple of times, Ivan Oblyakov had a great hit from afar, but Denesh Dibush managed his shots. The bar saved the guests after a hit by Ilzat Akhmetov from outside the penalty area. CSKA advantage was great, but the ball stubbornly did not go to the goal. Eloquent statistics: in the first half, the red-blue delivered 14 shots against two from the opponent, and the guests never hit the target.

The hosts missed a couple of killer moments before the break. First, Nikola Vlašić, having received a transfer from Ragnar Sigurdsson, did not get into the net, and then the Icelander himself could not realize the one-on-one exit. By the way, Conor McGregor, who held a press conference in Moscow a little earlier, was watching the assault on CSKA from the stands.

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As for the Ferencvaros, the guests relied solely on counterattacks. Moreover, the wards of Rebrov tried to put pressure on the zone of young Karpov. And sometimes the young man was really mistaken, a couple of times Akinfeev had to get nervous, but as already mentioned before the shots on target of his goal, the break did not come to a break.

Problems after a break and an offensive ending

But after the break, CSKA really began to play with much less intensity. There were not so many dangerous moments at the gates of the guests, and the Ferencvaros football players themselves began to periodically run into the attack.

But still, the army had moments in order to tip the scales in their favor. In particular, after corner kicks, Vlasic hit the opponent’s goal a couple of times, but Dibush showed real miracles of reaction. It remains to be recognized that the goalkeeper of “Ferencvaros” had a terrific match.

Also, fans have the right to complain about the decisions of the Czech referee Pavel Orel, who did not appoint a couple of penalties at the gates of the guests. In the first half, the ball may have fallen into the opponent’s hand after being hit by Herdur Magnusson from close range, and in the second half the opponent’s defender took Sigurdsson in the box.

And when the army fans mentally agreed to a draw, the guests scored. Completely guessed with the replacements of the Ribs. The former Krasnodar midfielder Isael, who entered the field, struck powerfully into the near corner four minutes before the end of regular time, and after saving, Akinfeeva redirected the ball to an empty net only to Roland Varga, who entered the game. The young striker did not miss.

In the end, the frustrated army team lost their nerves and they almost met hand to hand with rivals. Unfortunately, scoring at least a point did not help. CSKA suffered a third defeat and is six points behind the second place. Now red-blue requires a miracle in order to break into the playoffs.

Safonov’s salvation and goal at the beginning of the second half

After the hurtful defeat of CSKA, Russian fans could only hope for the victory of “Krasnodar”. However, the southerners faced an extremely difficult task. On the road they met with one of the strongest teams in Turkey “Trabzonspor”. At the same time, the hosts, like Ferencvaros, scored only one point in the first two rounds and were also forced to go forward.

The rivals started the match on equal terms, and the first dangerous moment was even created by Krasnodar. Magomed-Shapi Sulejmanov almost sent the ball to the far nine on a cunning trajectory, but the crossbar saved the Trabzonspor.

Unfortunately, this moment remained the only one for the Russian team in the first half. The hosts gradually took possession of the advantage and pressed the wards of Murad Musaev to the gate. In addition, they made a huge amount of marriage in their half of the field, and Marcus Berg, who had come to the forefront, did not cling to the ball at all. For the fact that Trabzonspor did not go ahead before the break, the southerners should say thanks to Matvey Safonov, who made several beautiful saves and left his team in the game.

However, the second half, “Krasnodar” began extremely active. Apparently, the players in the locker room had a serious conversation with Musaev. And the southerners were immediately rewarded for their efforts. At the 49th minute, the guests managed to step forward. Christopher Olsson had an excellent cut into the penalty area on the connected Sergey Petrov, and he performed a cross on Berg. The first hit of the Swede with a hand was reflected by the defender of the hosts Joao Pereira, but he was unable to cope with the finishing. In addition, the Portuguese received a yellow card for his “save”.

Now Trabzonspor was literally pressed against the wall and was forced to open. To the honor of Krasnodar, the team did not crumble under this pressure, but continued to defend quite confidently and reliably. In the second half, dangerous moments at the gates of Safonov practically did not arise.

Rather, Krasnodar could score in counterattacks. So replacing Manuel Fernandes with a magnificent cutting pass sent Tonni de Villein to a rendezvous with the goalkeeper, but the Dutchman did not hit the target.

However, already in stoppage time, de Vilhena still managed to score. Tonnie escaped with a counterattack along with Ari and ended with an accurate shot. So “Krasnodar” won a major away victory and joined the fight for trips to the playoffs.