| In the first rounds of the football championship, the teams themselves do not win, and they do not allow others to Before the start of the second round of the Russian championship, the College of Football Referees (CFA) issued an interesting recommendation. From now on, referees need to be more careful to ensure that players do not touch them, much less exert physical force on them. Those referees who allow players to come into direct contact with themselves will be severely punished by the KFA.
The recommendation is very timely. And it seems that the judges were imbued with the importance of the moment. Moreover, some of them, without waiting for a treacherous attack on themselves, decided to find crime in the communication of the players among themselves. In the 52nd minute of the central match of the tour, in which Dynamo and CSKA met, referee Valentin Ivanov, without much discussion, sent off two national team players at once - Dynamo Bulykin and Army player Ignashevich. The opponents disagreed about something in the center of the field and, after jostling a little, saw red cards in front of them. “I wanted to calm Sergei down by patting him on the neck, but he, apparently, was a little on edge and abruptly waved it off,” said Dmitry Bulykin, a direct participant in the events, after the match. “The judge most likely saw this episode from behind, but that didn’t stop him from immediately showing me a red card.” Thus, two national team players were deprived of playing practice before the control match with the Bulgarian national team.
By the time the referee demonstrated integrity, Dynamo somewhat unexpectedly won against the reigning champions. In the very opening of the meeting, Batak hit Akinfeev's goal with a free kick, and the goalkeeper, embarrassed by the slight ricochet, did not react to the ball. Having conceded, the army team pressed closely against the goal of the nominal home team, but were unable to create any truly dangerous moments. After the mutual sending off, CSKA received free space, which they did not fail to take advantage of. And Kirichenko, who took his place in the starting lineup in the absence of the injured Olic, equalized the score. This was the end of the teams' scoring exploits, although both were obliged to score.
In general, this championship starts too peacefully. More than half of all matches end in draws. And it’s not like the teams entered into non-aggression pacts in advance. On the contrary, the abundance of draws with three points awarded for a victory should characterize the integrity of the matches in the first rounds, and the players have not demonstrated such a desire to upset their opponents for a long time. True, these desires often do not coincide with possibilities. So, “Saturn” could not win against “Spartak”, “Alania” made a second goalless draw at home for the second time in a row, and the winner was not identified in the match “Rostov” - “Shinnik”. And only in one of the many Volga derbies did Rotor, despite two penalties assigned to its goal, manage to beat Krylia Sovetov.
Zenit, having a real chance to top the standings, had to settle for a draw in the match with Torpedo-Metallurg. Before the Moscow meeting, Zenit was faced with an acute shortage of goalkeepers. Even at the pre-season training camp, Malofeev was seriously injured, after the first round match Chontofalski was out of action, during one of the training sessions the third goalkeeper Ivanov was injured, and in the match of the reserve teams Denisov was injured. As a result, the team decided to hold a meeting at which the main question was discussed: who to appoint as a reserve goalkeeper. The decision was made by voting (and they also say that the head coach of the team, Petrzela, is a dictator), and Radek Shirl won the goalkeeper election by a huge margin.
The midfielder's intervention was not required. Ivanov managed to recover for the match and played quite reliably. And in general, at first everything went well for the guests. In the 25th minute, Kerzhakov shot through Filimonov after a corner kick and then had a chance to increase the lead. But in the second half, the Muscovites took the game into their own hands and laid siege to the St. Petersburg gate. In the end, the number of dangerous chances turned into quality, and Budun Budunov equalized the score. Thus, “Torpedo-Metallurg”, following a draw with the current champion, managed to take points from the silver medalist. And Lokomotiv topped the championship table in splendid isolation.
Results of the 2nd round matches. "Dynamo" - CSKA - 1:1 (Batak 8 - Kirichenko 57) , "Alania" - "Torpedo" - 0:0, "Saturn" - "Spartak" - 2:2 (Medvedev 52 , Petkovich 68 (own goal) - Parfenov 21 (penalty), Petkovich 88) , Torpedo-Metallurg - Zenit - 1:1 (Budunov 69 - Kerzhakov 25) , Rotor - Krylya Sovetov " -- 3:2 (Krivov 9, Bondarenko 68, 77 -- Karyaka 12, 59 (both from penalties) , "Rostov" -- "Shinnik" -- 0:0, "Kuban" -- "Rubin" -- 1:0 (Aksenov 15) , “Lokomotiv” - “Amkar” - ?:?. Andrey VDOVIN |
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