Birthday goal: Dzyuba scored in the first match abroad, but his team lost

Artyom Dzyuba in Turkey got literally from the ship to the ball.

On August 18, he signed a contract with the Adana Demirspor club, and a few days later he got the opportunity to make his debut for the team.

Moreover, this happened in a match with the local grand Fenerbachkhe, where the media repeatedly “sent” the Russian during the summer.

You can also say that for him, entering the field turned out to be a kind of birthday present, because on August 22 he turned 34 years old. 

The forward got into the application despite the fact that he had only a few classes with new partners.

According to the sports director of the club Gökhan Göktürk, head coach Vincenzo Montella was enough to understand that the athlete is in excellent shape.

“I expect 20 goals from him.

Dziuba is an experienced football player, he will be able to do it.

The arrival of Artyom will not be a problem for Mario Balotelli.

Whoever turns out to be better will play, ”the TASS functionary quotes.

And the striker himself admitted that he would not mind entering the field on Monday.

“Great post-workout experience.

Today was a tactical exercise, preparation for Fenerbahce.

I admire and enjoy every minute.

Ready for the match, ”the striker said in an interview with RT.

Thus, the mentor had to make a difficult choice, which of the foreign stars to determine as the basis: recently recovered from Balotelli's illness or Dziuba, who had just arrived in Turkey.

In the first two rounds of the national championship, he bet on Britt Assombalonga, but he did not score a single point in the "goal + pass" system.

Despite this, "Adana" beat "Giresunspor" (3:2) and "Sivasspor" (3:0) and in the event of a victory over the Istanbul team had the opportunity to single-handedly lead the standings.

As a result, Montella, in many ways, unexpectedly released from the first minutes of the Russian, who really did not have time to adapt to the team.

Assombalonga remained in the reserve, and Balotelli did not get into the application at all for unknown reasons.

Probably health problems.

The former defender of Zenit, Ukrainian Yaroslav Rakitsky, also got into the base.

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And Dzyuba almost thanked the mentor for the trust with the first touch.

In the third minute, after a cross from a partner from the left flank, Artyom almost sent the ball into the net from the goalkeeper's line, but did not reach him a little.

However, it is possible that if he had scored, the referee would have canceled the goal due to offside.

Unfortunately, this moment was the only one in the first half with the participation of Dziuba.

At the start of the meeting, "Adana" had to defend more, and therefore the attacker practically did not receive the ball.

I remember only his cutting pass to Badu N'Diaye.

The Russian almost brought the Senegalese one-on-one, but at the last moment he was outstripped by his opponent.

And in the 20th minute, Fenerbahce opened the scoring.

Enner Valencia converted the penalty awarded by the referee after watching the replay.

After that, the Istanbulites gave the initiative to the guests.

It seemed that the domestic striker had the opportunity to draw attention to himself, but he actually turned out to be cut off from his partners.

He tried to open up in someone else's penalty area, but they didn't see him point-blank.

David Akintola and Henry Onyekuru on the flanks more often went to the stroke themselves or struck.

Surprisingly, no one tried to load the ball on horseback in the direction of a tall beginner.

Before the break, he entered into combat a number of times.

Even his simulated connection with Rakitsky did not work.

Finally, Dziuba was also remembered for several offside hits.

For example, in the added time to the first half, he almost overtook the goalkeeper Altai Baiyndyr.

By this time, Fenerbahce managed to double the lead.

Valencia put an end to the counterattack, beating the goalkeeper and sending the ball into an empty target.

Despite the fact that the Russian showed himself not in the best way, Montella left him on the field and did not lose.

In the second half, the newcomer acted much more actively.

At the same time, another gross mistake of the Adana defenders led to the goal of Mikha Zayets.

Missed the ball paradoxically turned out to be on hand for the guests.

The hosts finally relaxed and played less attentively in defense.

Opponents also got free space and the opportunity to run away to someone else's goal.

This was brilliantly used by Onyekuru and substitute Yusuf Sary.

Dzyuba also began to cling to the ball more often.

But the Nigerian became the main character in the team.

He soon earned a penalty, which was converted by Younes Belanda.

The Russian in this episode was in an offside position, but the referee, after watching the replay, did not fix it, since the attacker did not interfere with the opponents.

And ten minutes later Dziuba created a debut goal literally out of the blue.

Again, Onyekuru did a great job.

In someone else's penalty area, he pushed through the opponent and sent a projectile past Bayindyr.

Artyom had only to send the ball to the target from the “ribbon”, which he did with pleasure.

The graduate of Spartak turned out to be the 14th Russian who distinguished himself in the Turkish championship.

The best scorer among domestic football players is Oleg Salenko (11).

There was a feeling that "Adana" could well create a comeback, but the defense let the guests down again.

Rakitsky on the flank went into a dangerous tackle with the risk of injury, and the referee, resorting to VAR, showed the Ukrainian a red card.

Fenerbahce immediately punished Montella's team.

After drawing the standard, a beautiful blow to the near nine was struck by Ezgan Alioski.

And soon Dziuba left the field, to whom the headquarters took as much as 87 minutes.

The attacker can only be praised.

He not only took advantage of, in fact, the only chance and hit someone else's goal, but also showed good statistics in the confrontation with the local grand.

So, Artyom fired two shots, one of which was on target, and he also became productive.

He also completed two passes to partners under attack and shares the first place in the team according to this indicator.

He is among the best both in touches in someone else's penalty area (4) and in riding martial arts won (5 out of 7).

The forward practically did not allow marriage in passes: 13 out of 17 passes turned out to be accurate.

In the next round, he may well replenish his personal account, since Adana will receive a newcomer to the elite division Umraniyespor, who scored only one point in the first three matches.

But the outsider managed to stop just Fenerbahce - 3:3.