CSKA was noticeably behind Krasnodar in the table, and the army team had its own problems. Due to the losses of Roshi and Mukhin, Fedotov’s team had to rebuild. Moises was forced to play in Rocha’s position, Zdelar was sent to the center of defense, and Agapov also appeared in the start, who is not a main team player at all. Of course, the middle line also had to be rebuilt, only in the attack everything remained the same.

It would seem that in such a situation one could expect problems in defense; CSKA defenders did not play in such a combination. But the “red-blues” acted as in their best matches, nothing has changed in this regard. CSKA was recognizable, but Krasnodar in the first hour of the meeting was not. In attack, Ivic’s team can play much more aggressively: Cordoba is one of the best center forwards in the league, Batchi and Olusegun are fast flank players. Plus Spertsyan and Cudi – a powerful group. But nothing like that – the hosts built a good defensive game, blocked the flanks, pressed hard, and in the end managed to deprive the opponent of a quick transition to attack.

Butchi, Olusegun, Kadi, and in the first half Spertsyan were practically invisible. And these are the players who must design the game in attack. They tried to play on Cordoba, Moises closed him well – he didn’t allow him to do almost anything. Two scoring chances for Krasnodar before the break were created from set pieces. By the way, in the case when Spertsyan hit the goal, I still didn’t understand what Cordoba wanted to do. Why did he expose his head? It was clear that Edward would shoot from such a distance. He struck well, the ball flew well, if not for the Colombian, there would have been a clear goal.

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There was also a moment at Tormena when Akinfeev did not react, but Gayich helped out. At Krasnodar, after Chalov’s shot, Safonov also saved once, but the army team still managed to score. So, some realized their chances, others did not. When Ivich began to make substitutions, Krivtsov, Akhmetov, Moses, Banyats appeared on the field – then Krasnodar already had an advantage, CSKA fought back in a formal manner. There were enough opportunities to at least even the score. This was the team we are used to seeing this season. Can we say that the coach didn’t guess correctly with the composition? More likely. It can also be noted that the chosen tactical model did not produce an effect in the attack.

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