Russian Premier League
In the last round before the winter break leader championship, “Zenith” won an important victory: crushed one of his pursuers “Krasnodar” – 4: 0 – and increased the gap between him and ten points. Closest to St Petersburg crept CSKA Moscow, who beat restraint “Kuban” – 1: 0 and after 17 rounds behind the “Zenith” on seven points. Close to CSKA Dynamo settled yesterday destroyed – 5: 0 – destitute “Amkar”.
For the “Zenith” victory over the “Krasnodar” was of great importance. And it’s not so much the glasses, even a misfire allowed St Petersburg to feel confident: the gap remained quite comfortable. The point of the game, demonstrated the “Zenith”. That game, which St. Petersburg in recent matches, seemed to have lost. Yes, they still took the points, but the ease and courage in their actions have disappeared. CSKA, “Kuban” and “Ruby” was played without frills, with maximum effort, and in a match with CSKA forced St. Petersburg spent the second half on the defensive. “Mordovia” and “Terek” inflicted a painful defeat favorite. By the middle of the season, “Zenith”, which at the beginning of the championship looked invulnerable, faded and faded. And here in St. Petersburg on Saturday as if reborn, trampling “Krasnodar” – the prettie st team Premier League.
The victory over a direct rival, who recently beat CSKA Moscow in the case, turned out extremely convincing. Despite the fact that the owner of “Krasnodar” Sergey Galitsky emotionally and justifiably criticized the work of the judges, even he had to admit the power of “Zenith”. St. Petersburg from the first minute showed solid smart football, methodically pushing the opponent’s weaknesses. No matter how good “Krasnodar” in the attack, defense – his most vulnerable link. All the more so because of injuries and suspensions head coach Oleg Kononov had to build a defensive line almost from scratch. He forced broke played a bunch of central defenders, sending the left flank Ragnar Sigurdsson and the center – Alexander Martynovich lately who had little match practice.
This shaky structure collapsed almost immediately: Salomon Rondon trampled Martynovich, who won his opponent almost all horse balls, Sigurdsson could do nothing with jerks Hulk, and on the other the right touchline, Sergey Petrov, rated midfielder, had suffered from Danny. Usually problems in defense, “Krasnodar” not so striking, because the team plays in bright attack and a lot of possession of the ball. However, the high pressure of St. Petersburg broke Krasnodar oiled mechanism – under pressure from the forwards and midfielders, “Krasnodar” made a lot of losses, for each of which immediately followed retribution.
It is significant that three of the four goals scored St. Petersburg due to the second tempo attack that support Chava “Krasnodar” and the defenders did not have time to stop. Ezequiel Garay sent the ball into the net after hitting the post Hulk; came running out of the depth of field Axel Witsel struck the gate, when Andrei Sinitsyn went to intercept the pass and fail interrupted (at this point over the field hung thick smoke – peterburzhskikh fans burned a huge amount of pyrotechnics). Danny finished off a rebound the ball after a blocked kick Rondon; goal and recorded Igor Smolnikova, could easily spend the same Danny, if he does not beat Sergei Petrov, in a desperate situation (the ball has jumped to the ribbon) hit save.
Shadow on the victory of “Zenith” can throw unless desyatiminuty segment in the end of the first half, when the score was 1: 0 St. Petersburg missed a few beats sensitive (for example, an exit in João Soares Almeida Filho ), and several promising attacks by imaginary reasons thwarted judge. Ari race that could break lethal position, one of them. Progressive “Krasnodar”, however, do not despair. Last season, he was burned – 0: 5 – CSKA Moscow, and this is equally competing with CSKA, who walked before the winter break it into tiny little bit – on three points.
Best of all class and experience CSKA manifested in such games as Saturday’s clash with the “Kuban”. It was a very nasty game – a dangerous opponent who under Leonid Kuchuk newly reconstructed on the counter model. In addition, travel to Krasnodar happened on the eve of the fateful battle for CSKA in the Champions League with “Bavaria”. Leonid Slutsky, for example, precisely because this is not released on the field is not entirely healthy Seydou Doumbia up and saved the second half, Alan Dzagoev, who has recently been a painful injury. CSKA did not shine – Roman Eremenko stressed that the team acted “not very good”. CSKA has experienced several episodes of anxiety at the gate after the standards (in one moment Igor Akinfeev saved by the bar), but its got. At the end of the first half Ahmed Musa after a corner held the ball, which remained the only one in this meeting.
Not far from settled CSKA Dynamo, create yourself a great springboard for the spring offensive. Formally, they completed the first period of the championship in third place, but lost points rank second, ahead of CSKA. Yesterday, the blue and white playing with “Amkar”, which in the last round of the soldiers pulled the wires. Unlike the match against CSKA Moscow, Perm inhabitants failed to score first, although the possibility was – after careless backwards Alexander Büttner Alexander Kolomeytsev shot goal from the penalty, but his shot over the bar. In fact, it was the only chance, “Amkar” for salvation.
opened the scoring in the first half, the Dynamo rend opponent after the break. Their protagonist has become Balazs Dzsudzsák, recently do not always fall into the first team. In the episode with the goal of Kevin Kuranyi he cut from the flank so comfortable feeding that grew the Germans did not even have to jump for the ball. The third goal “Amkar” Dzsudzsák scored himself, exemplary free kick: the ball after hitting his skillful remarkably rounded wall and flew into the top corner. However, the most esthetic of the five goals that had entered into the net unfortunate Roman Gerus, Mathieu Valbuena held that from the penalty surprisingly neatly clipped the ball under the crossbar. Accepts congratulations head coach of “Dynamo” Stanislav Cherchesov noticed that the team could climb in the standings even higher if it had not lost five points in two games – with “Kuban” and “Locomotive”, which led to the game 2: 0.
Safely in one ochke behind “Krasnodar”, before the winter break got “Locomotive”. After a painful change of coach railroad did not lose a single match. Yesterday they brought a draw (0: 0) with one of the most difficult trips – from Grozny. After a measured elapsed in the exploration of the first half, “Terek” Muscovites pressed to the penalty and missed some great moments, of which the most acute was the breakthrough Jose Mauricio, a shot from under the crossbar with difficulty pulled Ilya Abaev.
17th round
“Zenith” – “Krasnodar” 4: 0
Garay, 11; Witsel, 55; Danny, 62; Smolnikov, 68.
“Kuban” – CSKA Moscow 0: 1
Musa, 45.
“Terek” – “Locomotive” 0: 0
“Dynamo” – “Amkar” 5: 0
Kuranyi, 22; Valbuena, 48; Dzhudzhak, 67; Ion, 81; Yusupov, 88.
Standings
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