Former CSKA football player Denis Popov believes that the army club had an unconditional advantage over Krasnodar in the match of the 18th round of the WORLD Russian Premier League (RPL).

On Sunday, Krasnodar beat CSKA at home in a Russian championship match with a score of 1:0, scoring a goal in the 90th minute after a corner kick. CSKA went into the winter break in eighth place in the championship table, having scored 28 points. The gap from the leading Krasnodar is 10 points.

— Did the strongest win?

– No, not the strongest. Football won, let’s say. This is why we love him – for his unpredictability. Throughout the game it was clear that CSKA had the advantage. The outcome of such matches is decided by episodes, luck, luck. This is what happened. Krasnodar, without any chances, scored an incredibly crazy goal from a set piece – and that’s all. Until the intrigue in the fight for the championship died. Let’s see what this leads to in the second part of the championship. Well, we understand that today this is the best performance of Krasnodar and the worst composition of CSKA. With all this, taken as a whole, the army team had an unconditional advantage. But again, I repeat, this is football, and that’s why we love it, because anything can happen in it.

— How did CSKA manage to miss a corner like that? Why didn’t you figure it out?

— It’s all there in totality, it’s hard to give a 100% answer. A missed goal from a set piece is always a mistake. It’s common. The coaching staff is preparing, analyzing the standards in defense and attack. The football players are getting ready. You need to know from the inside how unprepared CSKA was for such a standard and whether Krasnodar played such a rally or whether the players spontaneously agreed among themselves. But the fact remains a fact. When equal opponents meet today, nuances, little things and moments, including standards, are at the forefront. Krasnodar realized its opportunity. But CSKA, having an advantage in the game, was unable to do this,” Euro-Futbol.Ru quotes Popov as saying.

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