St. Petersburg “Zenith” in the match of the 12th round of the Premier League Away beat his main pursuer in the fight for “gold”, the capital of CSKA – 1: 0. The only goal in a meeting at his own expense recorded Spaniard Javi Garcia.
In Moscow, come November. Dangling in the sky leaden clouds quickly make you forget about the sun, which the weather spoiled residents of the capital the day before. But football nobody forgot. Still, after Khimki met the two best teams of the country, not only now, but the last few years.
Fans finally reminded the players that this notice on the 18,000th “Arena Khimki.” Already over half an hour in the vicinity of the stadium was impossible to park. Alas, the impression that the police was not ready for the influx of people. Skipping to the stands implemented so slowly that the fans were able to get past in its place only in the middle of the first half.
And CSKA and “Zenith” pass last week in the Russian Cup. Turned out differently. CSKA easily beat on a neutral field in Podolsk “Torpedo”, but the St. Petersburg group received a painful slap sensationally lost homes Tula “Arsenal” – 2: 3, though were leading 2: 0.
But starting bids of rivals were equally far from ideal. To that Seydou Doumbia CSKA starts in reserve, all have become accustomed to, but what was left on the bench main scorer, “blue-white-blue” Salomon Rondon, surprise. In any way a century from the first minute on the field appeared Alexander Kerzhakov, and along with its namesake RYAZANTSEV designed to compensate for the absence of unhealthy Oleg Shatov.
His surprise prepared and coach owners Leonid Slutsky, who found no basis in the space for one of the team leaders Zoran Tosic.
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The cold and the fans possessed an active football. Debut minutes left for CSKA: Yuri Lodygin barely parried distant but unsuccessful Alan Dzagoev. But then followed by three consecutive corner by the owners, and the last of them was the assists. After impact, Axel Witsel ball hit the post and the first was on the rebound Javi Garcia. So already in the 8th minute of the “Zenith” took the lead – 1: 0.
Somewhere in the middle of a time fans of the “red-blue” attempted to recreate the ambiance of the recent Cup match “Ufa” – “Locomotive “held in a thick fog. Smoke from lit to sector checkers was so strong that the chief referee Alexander Egorov suspended game for a few minutes.
However, behind the smokescreen on the field is nothing special happened. “Zenith” after scoring only deals with the fact that a smooth transition to the game number two. CSKA tried to sharpen, but unprincipled attack does not promote opening of compact defensive redoubts St. Petersburg team.
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For a game appearance in the second half Doumbia was inevitable. The Ivorian took up his duties immediately. Barely resumed match, Seydou marked impact of offside, and then almost reached for the ball after lumbago Ahmed Musa.
Meanwhile, the rate of “Zenith” on the result became obvious: it is difficult to remember when was the last time the wards André Villas-Boas is so deeply “landed” in the defense. Not incidentally guests nervous goalkeeper. Lodygin couple times hesitantly played at the outputs, and then another, and made a mistake, knocking the ball in the box: happiness “blue-white-blue” that CSKA these chances are not taken advantage of.
At the cost of minor violations of the “Zenith” Minute to 70 minutes managed to move the game from his goal. After one of the “standards” Petrograders even been close to the second goal: Javi Garcia could take issue, but missed the target, closing the supply Hulk. At 72 minutes, there was one of the most controversial points of the meeting: Kerzhakov prokinul ball past Vasili Berezutski and collapsed. From the side it seemed that it was clear penalty but Egorov had a different opinion, awarding the forward of “Zenith” for simulation “yellow card”. On the replay, the referee probably was right.
Soon, a similar situation occurred with Doumbia at the opposite gate: the chief referee gave the foul again, but did not get a card, which aroused the fury zenitovskih players.
Three minutes before the end of regular time on the field still came Tosic, but in the final analysis, this permutation has had no effect.
“Zenith” won a hard-fought victory and increased the gap between CSKA standings to seven points.
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