“I haven’t seen this yet.” Bubnov impressed by the cunning of Zenit players

The first half was even. Usually Zenit has an advantage in possession of the ball, but this was not the case here. Dynamo’s defense was mobile and moving, which is why the opponent had to attack mostly positionally. Moments in such scenarios were created with great difficulty. “White-blue” looked good in counterattacks.

Everything seemed to go to the fact that the first half was supposed to end in a draw. But then Zenit played a very interesting set piece, which led to the appointment of a penalty. To be honest, I haven’t seen this yet. Apparently, a feigned combination: it is difficult to compose this impromptu. Malcolm first stood on target, but when Douglas Santos filed, he ran to the corner of the penalty area. It is very unusual for a striker to run from the net on a set piece. Dynamo obviously did not expect such a maneuver. And then there was Ngamale against the most dangerous player of Zenit. An attacker in his penalty area is always dangerous because he does not know how to take the ball away. The Cameroonian confirmed this once again: a stupid foul – and here’s a penalty!

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In the second half, Zenit put a great pressure on Dynamo and scored a natural second goal. After that, the hosts had a few more poignant moments, smelled of a big score. Apparently, during the break, Semak spoke with the team and let the players know what needs to be added in order to remove all questions. In general, “Zenith” often tries to play on the class in the first half, and then sharply increase the speed in the second. With the performance skills of the attacking players of the St. Petersburg club, it is very difficult to fight them when they turn on to the maximum.

However, Dynamo played a good match and even managed to create intrigue in the last minutes. I was surprised that Majstorović, who spent almost the entire match at a very good level (and even knocked the ball out of an empty net!), allowed such a transfer. On the whole, the “white-blues” played no worse than in the victorious meeting of the Russian Cup, just this time they allowed themselves two stupid mistakes. Not without reason Nikita Simonyan once said that football is a tricky thing.

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