We have seen six defeats, there have been many penalties.

Doorman

Artur Nigmatullin (Paris NN)

Artur Eduardovich decided to remember all the school goalkeepers CSKA. While Akinfeev was giving an assist, his colleague made two goal errors in the match against Khimki. Nigmatullin hesitated and gave the ball to the opponent, and at the end of the game he repeated the trick for an encore. He can blame the slow defender for the second episode, but Nigmatullin is 13 years older than Khudyakov himself, who against Rostov gifted Utkin a goal with a failed gate exit. Arthur had to take the ball to hell twice.

Defenders

Glenn Bale (“The Wings of the Soviets”)

Andrei Mostovoy, with the support of the Brazilians, did everything he wanted on the left wing of Zenit’s attack. Bale was an extra, and although Gaponov didn’t help him at all, don’t rush to remove the blame from the Dutch football player. Too easy “Zenith” took a solid lead on Friday’s opening match. At first, Bale played oddly against Malcolm: he ran away from the opponent and the attack ended with the first penalty, so the Dutchman just saw the champions play the third combination of goals.

Vanya Drkusic (Sochi)

In this composition, there are obvious tour circus performers, or strong football players, due to which one or another phase of the game of a decent team fell apart. CSKA broke Sochi, defense failed Garanin. Drkusic scored an own goal in the last round – a fatal accident, but in the second game he caught neither Chalov, nor Medina, nor Carrascal. The central defender without Rodrigao should manage the line, but he failed to get the job done.

Sergej Borodin (Krasnodar)

One of the players mistakenly considered young. In fact, Borodin is six months older than De Ligt, but last season he lost the competition to Sorokin and Caio. And in the case it was inferior, as the duel against Spartak showed, in which Safonov’s defense conceded 8 hits on the opponent’s goal and another 11 were blocked, or the balls flew over. It is clear why Zobnin, Promes and Mozes were successful in the attack – it is thought, they were not caught up.

Ravil Netfullin (Torpedo)

Originally from Moscow, student of the homonymous club and school CSKA used to play for Khimki, and now it’s over RPL in the “Torpedo”. At twenty-nine he should have been better prepared for a meeting with Fedor Smolov. And even if the Dinamo veteran is not the fastest striker RPL, seemed to meet fans against Torpedo. The derby didn’t work out, because any sharp pass from Zakharyan meant a perfect scoring opportunity. Not only was Ravil wrong, but he adequately represents his team’s defeat.

Leo Goglichidze (Urals)

You can start a dispute if the Orenburg footballer went one on one after winning the position from Goglichidze. Is it really a foul of last resort? But the color of the card does not change the fact of the mistake. Leo set Ural, the removal in the 36th minute of the match allowed Orenburg to gain a significant advantage in the attacks after the interval. Triplet scorer Sycheva played the majority and Goglichidze watched on TV how his decision led to rout.

Midfielders

Aleksandr Chernikov (Krasnodar)

Sobolev had to be removed, but this is not an indulgence for everyone else on the pitch. Storozhuk believes that Chernikov is wrong. A strong 22-year-old midfielder needs a psychologist. I can’t get four red cards in twenty-five games RPLand always blame the referees. Alexander beat Moses with his hand, kicked the Nigerian with his foot, although the crafty Victor grabbed the opponent. Chernikov, in addition to being sent off, has always received yellow cards last season. That’s not how he plays professional football. Krasnodar was destroyed in a minority.

Alexis Beka Beka (Lokomotiv)

Firstly, Utkin played in other zones, that is, Bek Bek had an easier opponent – Mironov, but the young talent from Lokomotiv chose the path of stupid rule violations instead of clever passes, strikes and interceptions. At first, he clearly stepped on the opponent’s foot, a clear yellow card. Then, already knowing he could be removed, he waved away from the opponent, who touched him with his hand. You can’t do that, both players received a yellow card, but it was Lokomotiv who remained in the minority.

Dmitry Ivanisenia (“The wings of the Soviets”)

Yakuba was weird, but he got injured and was substituted in the fourteenth minute of the match. “Wings of the Soviets” played full game all game, but ate three balls, but they could have more. Ivanisenya did not help either in defense or in attack. He never took the ball away in a duel in which Zenit owned it 62% of the time. Dmitry stayed on the pitch longer than the others, but he only saw Wendel, Barrios and Claudinho help Malcolm and Mostovoy attack.

come on

Aleksandr Sobolev (Spartak)

Sobolev, having a yellow card, hit the opponent with his elbow in someone else’s penalty area, then arrogantly, grimacing, showed his opponent the “don’t talk” gesture with his hand, even though no one really attacked him. A pure water provocation, bad behavior for a Spartak player. We also add that on 3 shots on goal the central scored 0 goals, and his participation in goal attacks in the preparatory stages no longer counts. Sobolev could leave the field first, the judge forgave him.

Georgy Melkadze (Sochi)

When a goalkeeper or defender makes an obvious mistake, that’s a reason to talk about it. But then what can be said about the attacker, if he has a clean one on one, the ball is comfortable, there is enough time to make a decision, but Georgy hits Akinfeev? This is a turning point in the fight, because if Sochi had gone through the defense of the army team, the whole match could have gone differently. Melkadze misses and is replaced by Joaozinho at half-time.

Main coach

Igor Osinkin (“The wings of the Soviets”)

Many of those who have been defeated have a whole list of objective reasons for their defeats. Krasnodar has problems with the squad. Yes, and the removal suffers, as in the case of the “Ural”. Sochi lost to the former coach and Pari NN lost to Yuran, who was successful at the start. Torpedo is objectively weaker than Dynamo, Borodyuk is not to blame. But Osinkin, having an interesting team, did not at all take into account the peculiarities of the Zenith game. Samarans gave the opponent two goals before the twelfth minute of the match. That’s not how you play against the champions. Plus, Wings of the Soviets is a decent team that knows how to work differently.

Visit whistle

Alexey Sukhoi

In the Krasnodar duel, not only Galitsky has questions to the referee, but the ESC will try to answer. But why did Sukhoi thwart the incredibly promising Lokomotiv attack? The team of the German coach duo equalized after a crazy kick in a fall on themselves, but could beat Rostov. Sukhoi, who had already shown the hosts’ footballer a red card, decided that the Muscovites absolutely did not need a win. And although the recovery time was spent on non-playing things, the referee did not allow Lokomotiv to complete the perfect attack, foiled with a whistle. Strange behaviour.