Another first-class goalkeeper is growing up in Russia. Even Akinfeev at one time did not do this with his feet.
Lokomotiv Moscow, as well as many Russian clubs, will start the new season of the Premier League with a very experimental squad. Leaders and coaches shook up the roster of railroad workers in the summer off-season.
There was no place in the first team and the famous Brazilian goalkeeper with a Russian passport Guilherme. This fact could cause concern among the fans of the Moscow team, because yesterday’s 18-year-old junior came out to defend the goal in the match with PARI NN.
But from the very first minutes, the young player proved to everyone that another high-level goalkeeper is growing up in our football.
Saved the team with a great blow
Daniil Khudyakov, despite his young age, is by no means a debutant at the gates of Lokomotiv. For the adult team of railway workers, the goalkeeper managed to play more than ten matches by the age of 18. Including on his account there are games against Lazio and Marseille in the Europa League last season. But when Guilherme was in shape, Khudyakov usually occupied a chair on the bench.
But Khudyakov started the new season in the first team. The coaching staff entrusted the young goalkeeper to defend the gates of the Moscow team in the first round match against PARI NN Nizhny Novgorod, which took place at the home arena of the railwaymen.
In the opening minutes of the game, guests from Nizhny Novgorod could not create many dangerous moments at the gates of Khudyakov. By the 70th minute, PARI NN’s statistics showed a dull zero in the “Shots on target” column. But the situation could have turned out differently, if at the beginning of the game Daniil had not made a chic rescue.
In the 17th minute of the game, Nizhny Novgorod’s Angolan winger Felicio Milson made a breakthrough on the left flank, ahead of all Lokomotiv’s defenders. He could calmly create a dangerous attack near the Lokomotiv goal, but Khudyakov was against this.
The goalkeeper of the railroad workers correctly read the situation and got out of the gate in time, ahead of the Angolan by a few centimeters in their duel near the sideline. From contact with the goalkeeper, the ball jumped up, and Milson was ready to fight for him in the jump.
It would be logical in this situation to play with the head, but Daniil made a non-standard decision. After taking a few steps, the goalkeeper jumped high and hit the flying ball with side scissors. Only for this most difficult kick in execution one could praise the young goalkeeper, but the way he did it is even more delightful.
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Khudyakov’s leg at the moment of impact was right next to the head of the Angolan striker, flying away from her in a matter of centimeters. Already falling, the goalkeeper slightly touched the opponent’s back with a boot, but there was no intent and cruelty in this. Yes, and Milson did not pretend and beg for a foul.
As a result, this spectacular rescue allowed Khudyakov to keep his goal intact until the 70th minute. During this time, his teammates managed to score one goal. Unfortunately, the bright action of the goalkeeper did not bring victory to Lokomotiv in this meeting. The game ended in a draw.
