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“It’s a psychological blow.” Bubnov named the reason for Spartak’s victory
The Sportbox.ru expert noted that the result in the match with Rostov was determined by the first 15 minutes.
After the game with Lokomotiv, Spartak was in a good mood – they played in the minority, but took a point. Or they could have won in the end. Abaskal even kept the same lineup that played against the railway workers, only instead of the disqualified Khlusevich he put in Zobnin. But these are players of approximately the same type – Roman also plays sharply in attack, and in defense he is good in tackling.
In attack, the Spartak coaching staff, apparently, settled on two models of play: with a center forward, when Sobolev comes out, and with “wandering” forwards, as this time. The “red-whites” have fast, mobile players who create chaos in the opponent’s defense. It is very difficult to play against such an attack group. And this calculation worked – first Ignatov scored at the very beginning of the meeting, and a few minutes later Promes doubled the lead.
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“Rostov” was preparing to play on a collision course, but probably did not expect that the opponent would start so powerfully. In fact, the first 15 minutes determined the course of the entire game, and at that time Spartak simply crushed Rostov, having a complete advantage. These were not just missed goals for Karpin’s team – in fact, these goals became a psychological blow to the Rostovites.
The guests came to their senses in the middle of the first half and managed to level the game. It was a fast game, which looked very good – the first half flew by unnoticed. Then there were substitutions, I don’t know what instructions Abascal gave, but his team moved back in an organized manner and began to play on counterattacks. “Rostov” applied a lot of pressure, forced the opponent to fight back and even managed to earn and convert a penalty. But Spartak saved itself from a draw. The groundwork created in the first 15 minutes was enough for victory.
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