The illogical success of the bloodshed Dynamo

On Saturday, November 6, two important matches took place in the RPL, the outcome of which may well ultimately affect the fight for medals and the distribution of tickets to European cups. In the 14th round of the Premier League, the paths of four teams crossed, making up a large group of Zenit pursuers. In the first meeting, Dynamo hosted Krasnodar. The wards of Sandro Schwartz approached the most important confrontation without two irreplaceable performers - Daniil Fomin and Arsen Zakharyan, who were injured. The first in the support zone was replaced by 19-year-old Alexander Kutitsky, who for the first time in the current season of the national championship got into the base. And the second place was taken by Sebastian Shimanski.

Without the main creator, Dynamo acted rather faded in the attack. Most of the first half Krasnodar had a slight advantage. The blue and white periodically tried to impose the trademark high pressure, but they rarely managed to force the opponent to make mistakes. The guests looked quite reliable in defense.

But ahead of the charges of Viktor Goncharenko also had problems. Muscovites left little space between the lines, and it was not so often possible to pass through their defensive redoubts. This came out, as a rule, thanks to the individual skill of Remy Cabella and Eduard Spertsyan, as well as from the standards. It was the French who created one of the few really dangerous moments before the break. After serving Grzegorz Krychowiak from the right edge, he struck with his head just above the gate. A similar chance to distinguish himself a little later missed Cayo Pantalean, who missed the target from the penalty area.

Blue and white, in order to puzzle the opponent, simply lacked speed. The southerners calmly blocked the zones and did not give freedom to the brisk and fast Konstantin Tyukavin. And Vyacheslav Grulev did not cling to the ball very well. On the "second floor" he was often inferior in single combats to Kayo and Egor Sorokin. Without Zakharyan, the team lacked creativity. Denis Makarov was not very active either. On the right flank, he did not show his trademark dribbling, and if he did receive the ball, he immediately found himself under pressure from Tonny de Villena.

As a result, the game was split into episodes and was generally not very entertaining.

Both teams tried not to miss in the first place and acted as closely as possible.

Hence, a large number of collisions and violations of the rules in the absence of dangerous moments.

Before the break, Dynamo scored only a harmless shot from Shimanski from a free kick into the hands of Matvey Safonov.

In the second half, the initiative finally passed to the guests.

They easily passed the opponent's support zone, in which the young Kutitsky did not always cope with his duties, and penetrated into someone else's penalty area.

So, Spertsyan did not realize a one-on-one exit, and in a similar situation, Dmitry Skopintsev knocked out the ball from Viktor Klasson at the last moment.

Perhaps the key moment occurred in the 53rd minute.

Shunin, after Ivan Ordets' unsuccessful discount, delivered the ball directly to Krykhovyak and, correcting his own mistake, parried the Pole's shot outside the penalty area.

Vladimir Moskalev immediately showed him a red card for playing with a hand.

However, after watching the replay, the referee changed his mind when he saw the ball hit the chest.

Dynamo, however, rarely managed to go out even in counterattacks.

The more unexpected was Grulev's goal.

Schwartz's replacement worked completely.

The German threw Clinton N'Zhier into the fight instead of the tired Makarov, and he soon completed an effective cross from the right flank to a partner, who calmly closed him at the far post.

The blue and white scored an important victory over a direct competitor, while showing not the best game.

The hosts owned the ball only 35% of the time and struck nine shots on goal against the opponent's 19, but scored three points.

The Southerners suffered a third consecutive defeat in all tournaments and again failed to distinguish themselves.

Amazing defeat of a competitor from Sochi

The opposition between Sochi and CSKA was no less significant.

Another team from the south of Russia scored an excellent move and after defeating Arsenal moved up to a clean second place in the standings.

He had to defend him in a meeting with a strong rival, who regularly wins victories in the fall under the leadership of Alexei Berezutsky.

True, in the last round the army team interrupted a successful streak, losing with a minimum score to Rubin in the last minutes.

But that misfire came out at least undeserved.

After the failure in Kazan, the coaching staff made only one lineup change.

The left edge of the defense was taken by Georgy Shchennikov, and Maxim Mukhin gave way to the base of Ivan Oblyakov, who moved to the support zone.

Mario Fernandez is again located on the right edge of midfield.

However, all this did not contribute to the reliability of the Muscovites, and in the first half they simply fell apart.

Sochi literally shocked the spectators in the stands, having distinguished themselves three times by the 17th minute.

At the same time, the defenders of the guests made unacceptable mistakes.

So, in the episode with the first goal, Oblyakov fell on the flank and allowed Nikita Burmistrov to intercept the ball.

Then Mateo Casierra mockingly beat the stumbled Yaka Biyol and made an assist to Artur Yusupov.

Literally ten minutes later, the Colombian managed to quickly draw up a double with the full connivance of CSKA.

First, Igor Diveev, who was ahead of the striker, at the last moment allowed him to jump out from behind and score.

Then the Russian national team player missed the striker at the far post.

Now in the asset of the newcomer southerners appear seven goals in eight meetings of the RPL.

It seems that in his person the club found an excellent replacement for Anton Zabolotny, who, in the match against the former team, was absolutely invisible, like Fedor Chalov.

It was not easy for the red and blue to recover from such a blow.

They were in a state of grogg and could not come to their senses.

Moreover, “Sochi” could have scored more, but Yusupov and all the same Casierra missed great chances.

CSKA managed to get angry only in the second half. Berezutsky in the locker room set the wards in the desired mood, and at the same time made three changes in the composition at once. Instead of Shchennikov, Oblyakov and Chalov, Mukhin, Alan Dzagoev and Ilzat Akhmetov appeared on the field. The reshuffle helped the team seize the initiative and revive the intrigue. After Dzagoev's perfect serve from the corner of the field, Baktiyor Zainutdinov sent the ball on target from close range and closed the gap. There and then the Kazakhstani could issue a double, but Nikolai Zabolotny coped with his shot, and Dzagoev was not allowed to play on the finishing move.

However, the hosts gradually managed to level the match and move the game to the center of the field. And Vladimir Fedotov made competent substitutions, refreshing the game in time. As a result, his team even managed to score in the end of the match. After serving from the set, Casierra cleverly cleared the ball away from the defender and executed a perfect cross against Igor Yurganov. It took referee Sergei Ivanov a couple of minutes to figure out the episode, but he counted the goal.

Sochi achieved a major victory and threw off one of the competitors, and also retained the second place in the standings.

And Casierra, having taken part in all the balls, for the first time in his career scored four points per match on the "goal + pass" system in the elite division.

In the top scorer race of the tournament, the striker now shares second place with Serdar Azmun, Artyom Dzyuba and Fyodor Smolov.

CSKA suffered a second defeat in a row, and the game of the defenders in this meeting left serious questions.