The ending showed that both teams had just an outrageous attitude. The price of the match was very high: hence all these passions in the last minutes. In my opinion, the judge could have removed Roshu for the episode when he grabbed Erokhin by the throat. Where are you putting your hands? This is definitely a red card for assault. And Erokhin did well for restraining himself and not answering.

“Zenith” in general with CSKA plays very hard. Also, the atmosphere was extremely tense. Mario Fernandez whistled at every touch: of course, it turns on! It was not for nothing that he rejoiced like crazy when Zenit equalized, although he had already been replaced at that time.

The result is generally fair: Zenit did not deserve defeat. However, CSKA also had a good match, given the status of the opponent. In many ways, the key episode of the meeting was the moment when Chalov did not score after a long pass from Akinfeev and Zabolotny’s discount. With 0:2, the Petersburgers would definitely not have left.

Fedotov played on defense, but aggressively: with Zenit, it’s impossible to do otherwise. The army team managed to create a mobile defense and active pressure. This was especially noticeable in the first 20-30 minutes. It also turned out, through the efforts of Mendes and Zdelar, to cement the central zone through which Wendel, Claudinho and other Zenit attacking players like to attack.

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As for the “importation” of Kerzhakov, I have already said many times: stop doing this idiocy! These plays through the goalkeeper are a crazy risk, and many goals have already been scored because of this. We have learned this nonsense from the Europeans. I don’t understand why this is necessary. Train better with precise clearances so that the forwards in front cling. Where is the logic here? You start to play, you are pressed and you take the ball forward. But under pressure, you will not make an accurate pass. So why not take out right away when you’re out of time? This is a frankly vicious practice, an absolute gamble.

Probably, many will blame Kerzhakov for everything. But Alip is also to blame here, who framed the goalkeeper with a very bad pass almost on target! He drove Kerzhakov into a hopeless situation. Tom had to concentrate on the ball, he could not really assess the situation. If I had appreciated it, I would have simply knocked the ball out and stuffed Alipa for this set-up. In general, there is a series of errors that occurred because of this strange system of the game, because of these stupid pranks. Well, well done Zabolotny!

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