Dynamo – Torpedo (4:0)

For this match, we need to talk not so much about Dynamo, but about Torpedo. Today we once again saw that this team has problems in all lines. Personally, I had no doubt that they would lose – the only question was the score.

The most skillful Torpedo players at the moment are Alexander Ryazantsev and Igor Lebedenko. One is 35, the other is 39. What is there to talk about? What are the prospects here? On one experience in the RPL you will not achieve anything. The only bright spot is defender Artyom Samsonov. He is tenacious and competently acts positionally. But what can one defender do? Torpedo is a clear outsider of the championship, it will be very difficult for them. It remains to hope only for moral and volitional qualities.

Dynamo didn’t even try very hard today and won due to individual skill and opponent’s mistakes. However, I am convinced that in the future the “white-blue” will still have problems. Just today the resistance was minimal. In the next round, Dynamo will go to visit Fakel, and it will be much more difficult there.

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Most worried about the defense of Dynamo. The Sazonov-Kutitsky couple looked normal today, but they didn’t have any super-tasks. If you press them a little, errors will go. The situation with the escape of Guillermo Varela is also very unpleasant. Strengthening the defense is a priority for the Blue and Whites in the transfer market.

Lokomotiv – Rostov (2:2)

The ending was, of course, incredible. But we must admit that Lokomotiv did not deserve defeat in this match, and in the first half it was clearly better than the opponent. So everything is natural.

The railroad workers were let down by two young players. First, Beka-Beka earned a removal out of the blue. Alexei Mironov did not show any aggression in that episode, the Frenchman himself provoked the conflict. In general, he often behaves in a boorish way on the field, receives a lot of yellow cards. Just as crazy as Chernikov in Krasnodar.

Daniil Khudyakov also made a gross mistake today – the second goal of Rostov is completely on him. Well, where did he run? There was no need for this exit at all. And then he stood and smiled at the post-match interview. Why smile? You let the team down! On the other hand, except for this moment, there are no complaints against the Loko goalkeeper. It seems that at the moment he wins the competition with Guilherme for a reason.

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Konstantin Maradishvili’s goal is the highest class, the world level. He took it on his chest, surrounded by rivals, perfectly hit the bottom corner … The ball is not only beautiful, but also the most important. Who knows: if the referee had allowed Loko to carry out the last attack, maybe the score would have been in the end completely in favor of the Muscovites.