Muscovites released midfielders in defense.
“Rostov” deserved defeat in fifteen minutes
Bayramyan missed the empty net, so the Rostovites did not lead 3:0. And the thriller begins with Mironov’s crazy shot; Akinfeev had little chance of guessing the trajectory of the ball. And the fault lies with the midfielders who pressed against the goal. Later there was a curious goal from Golenkov, aided by Chalov. By the twelfth minute CSKA burned into two balls. Karpin was upset by Bayramyan’s mistake, but the coach saw perfectly well that the experimental defense of the “army team” was unable to contain his team. Golenkov naturally scored a brace early in the second half.
On defense CSKA midfielder Mukhin left and started the season as an internal attacker. Central midfielder Zdelar also appeared at his door. Main defender Rocha is suspended after a red card. In the ESC RFU They admitted the referee’s mistake, but did not cancel the disqualification, because it was a second yellow card. But Moises did not play due to injury. At the coach’s house CSKA there were few options. We probably should have trusted Nababkin, but the army veteran made serious mistakes in defense, so they called the young Agapov.
In vain, because Karpin’s team was given a solid two-goal lead. After all, even calming down the game and working as number one did not eliminate the danger of a desperate experiment CSKA. You can’t release two players from other defensive line positions with no defensive experience and count on a miracle. CSKA I’m not new to winning back, but you don’t always have to start from 0 to 2, sooner or later you will find yourself with a deserved defeat. Especially if the goalkeeper is nervous. Akinfeev in vain jumped out of the gate before the second goal and illiterately took a position when Golenkov scored a double.
CSKA excludes itself from the race for the trophy
In the summer there were big problems with transfers. Some players refused to move to the Moscow club. Also a legend CSKA Fernandez chose the money at Zenit. Another couple of Brazilians were lost when the sellers refused to deal with the team RPL. There were difficulties with the payment of transfers, legal tricks do not prevent others from considering CSKA club of the company subject to international sanctions. Furthermore, the lack of newcomers often affects the defense, where Diveev was injured, and on the left they lost Zainutdinov and Medina, who played on the entire flank.
The problem is also in the attack. Zabolotny and Chalov have good statistics, but Anton and Fedor play noticeably worse, as you might think if you look at the raw numbers. Chalov has a shortage of field goals, one of his five goals before the meeting with Rostov was not scored from the penalty spot. And Zabolotny is deprived of support from the directors, because Oblyakov did not impress in attack in the new season. Newcomer Davila didn’t play straight away, and the success of young Uzbek player Faizullaev doesn’t mean the attacking midfielder will always play the way he did against Krylia Sovetov.
This is already fundamentally clear according to Zabolotny and Zdelar CSKA after last season’s second place, it can easily relegate to the middle of the table, because last season it showed all its trump cards. Fedotov tried to shift the emphasis from defense, where last season he was often helped by all-rounders Moises and Zainutdinov, as well as Akinfeev’s saves, to work with the ball and various actions in attack. But CSKA it didn’t become an organic number one team. Rostov is too weak not to fight for a 3:3 draw, but he is a future champion RPL cannot afford defensive errors like those committed by “CSKA”.
Character will not always help Fedotov’s team
Vladimir Valentinovich is a decent mentor. That is why Ivic did not lose to Krasnodar in the final of the Russian Cup, and then Akinfeev won the trophy for the army team. For this reason, in the match against Zenit for the Super Cup, the Muscovites created more chances, even if they lost to Kerzhakov on penalties. Even in the last meeting with Semak in RPL did not see the easy victory of the favorite, the St. Petersburg team again lost points CSKA. But it is difficult to play strictly by character, and Fedotov’s correct moves do not always lead to error-free football. Karpin and Rostov helped today CSKAbut not everyone is so generous.
However, Lokomotiv pressed Army in the derby and then lost 1:4. Akhmat had a chance to play better against CSKA, but he gave in. It turns out that the army team is lucky: many opponents give them a chance to earn points. Even Rostov, although they could have easily won 3:0 at the start and dried up the match, began to make serious mistakes. The quick first return goal was inspired CSKA, but the poor state of the defense of Karpin’s team does not in any way affect the overall assessment of the condition of the army team. The team lacks strong and experienced personnel, any injuries and suspensions have a huge impact on the overall picture.
We survived the absence of Akinfeev, but Igor returned not in the best shape. But I don’t want to blame the goalkeeper in the first place, because there is a bad game between the central midfielders and the defenders. Without the ball, all of Fedotov’s midfielders played weakly from time to time. Mendez, Zdelar, Oblyakov, Kuchaev and even Mukhin, when appearing for periods in their native position, did not raise the bar CSKA. The army team looks good with the ball, Rostov understood this himself, conceding three goals, but in football there are goals at both ends of the pitch. You can score a lot and not win, as happened today in Rostov-on-Don.
Fedotov has an incredibly stubborn team, so to this day they have lost RPL only Dynamo and Ural. But even a series of draws knocks the army team out of contention for the championship. Ninth place in the standings is not a source of pride, the runners-up do not take advantage of Zenit’s generous failure to recover.
