Heel goal from Fernandes, Akinfeev’s super save and Nababkin’s removal: Krasnodar and CSKA scored points in LE matches

Ignatieff as a "joker"

The current season is so far unfortunate for Russian clubs in European competition. In the first qualifying round, Arsenal dropped out of the fight, and later Spartak lost to Braga. The results at the group stage are also not very pleasing to the fans. This sad trend even touched the Europa League, in which Russian teams tend to steadily gain points. “Krasnodar” with CSKA at the start suffered two defeats in a row.

True, the southerners in the third round won a long-awaited victory - over Trabzonspor, but the army team lost to Ferencvaros and made life as difficult as possible in the struggle for a ticket to the playoffs. Now, Viktor Goncharenko’s wards needed to score three points in Hungary at any cost, otherwise the team could lose their last chance of getting into the first two of the quartet. Of course, a victory was necessary for Krasnodar, which was three points behind Getafe and four behind Basel.

Southerners were the first to enter the field of their native stadium and confidently outplayed one of the strongest teams in Turkey. True, the guests came to Russia without captain Jose Ernesto Sosa, and the team's top scorer Alexander Sorlot remained on the bench. But the basis was the 17-year-old debutant Muhammet Akpynar.

And at first, Trabzonspor managed to impose a serious fight on Krasnodar. Guests had more possession of the ball, and wards of Murad Musaev, on the contrary, with great difficulty even crossed the middle of the field.

Fortunately, in the middle of the first half, the southerners were greatly helped by rival defender Serkan Asan. The hosts finally got a good quick attack, and Manuel Fernandes delivered a killer blow from the penalty area. Asan managed to put his foot under the ball, but only changed the direction of the projectile and disoriented his own goalkeeper. However, the goal was recorded on the Portuguese.

And soon Manuel distinguished himself on his own. Moreover, this successful attack of Krasnodar turned out to be incredibly beautiful. Ari made a heel discount for Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov, and he cut the feed for Fernandes, who again sent the shell to the net with his heel.

After that, the hosts got the opportunity to slow down a bit before the most important match with Lokomotiv on Sunday, and Musaev provided rest to a number of leaders. After the break, Fernandes, Ari and Christopher Olsson went to replace them.

And Ivan Ignatiev, who entered the game instead of a naturalized Brazilian, completely reduced the score to a major one. In the time added by the referee, he was quicker than anyone in the penalty area after a corner. So, a young striker recovering from an injury became a real "joker" of the team, because last week he, having also appeared on the field during the match, upset Rostov.

Unfortunately, the hosts failed to keep the difference in three goals. Already in the fourth minute added, a goal of prestige in the composition of the guests was scored by Tony - 3: 1. Thus, “Krasnodar” won a major victory and was equal in terms of the number of points scored to “Getafe”, which suffered a second consecutive defeat from “Basel”. And in the next round, the Russian team will take just the champion of Switzerland and try to take revenge for the humiliating defeat in Basel.

Unrealized moments of CSKA and microscopic odds for the playoffs

Much more difficult was in Budapest CSKA. Ferencvaros acted much bolder at home than in Moscow and owned the ball for about 60 percent of the time. But this possession infrequently led to dangerous moments at the gates of Igor Akinfeev.

But the wards of Goncharenko created much more interesting approaches. For example, at the very beginning of the meeting, Fyodor Chalov struck his head after a pass from the left flank, but Denesh Dibush, stretched out to the spot, turned the ball to the side.

Later, a dangerous blow from outside the penalty area was delivered by Nikola Vlašić, but even in this episode the goalkeeper was on top. CSKA even managed to score, but the judge absolutely rightly canceled the goal due to a foul in the attack performed by Igor Diveev.

And after the break, the ball has already come under the control of CSKA. Moreover, the second half did not have time to begin, as Chalov was organized one-on-one. But Fedor, throwing the goalkeeper, missed the target a bit.

True, “Ferencvaros” noted his incredible moment, the main character of which was Akinfeev. One of the innings into the penalty area of ​​the guests led to a real panic in the defense of the army. The result was Blazhich's emphasis point-blank, but the experienced CSKA goalkeeper somehow miraculously repelled the shot with his foot.

CSKA immediately responded with their super chances. After an ideal discount for Vlašić, Arnor Sigurdsson hit the gate already left by Dibush, but miraculously missed the target.

In the end, the wards Goncharenko pressed the opponent to the goal, because they needed a victory. In the last minutes, the coach himself decided to change the tactical line-up and, instead of the central defender, Herdur Magnusson, released the extreme Kirill Nababkin.

But an experienced football player only let the team down. Having barely appeared on the field, he received a yellow card for breaking the attack, and already at the time added by the referee, he pushed his opponent in someone else's penalty area and saw a second “mustard” in front of him. CSKA failed to score, which practically deprives the team of chances of reaching the playoffs. Now they are only theoretical.