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Premier League snipers can only dream of the Golden Boot
A significant event took place in the next round of the Russian Championship. The goal was scored by Dmitry Sychev. The success of the main striker of the Russian team was rejoiced by the entire stadium. Of course, the goal scored by Sychev against Alania was his second in the 13 matches that Lokomotiv played in the current championship. Let's hope not the last. Last year we had a national team forward who scored one goal for his club in the championship.However, all the other strikers of the Premier League teams also have nothing special to be proud of. Until the last round, the list of scorers was headed by midfielder Dmitry Loskov with a fairly decent figure for a player of his role - six goals (two of them from the penalty spot). And only on Saturday, after a double against Torpedo, Spartak forward Roman Pavlyuchenko matched him. In principle, for Russia, six goals after a third of the championship distance is quite a decent result. After all, Alexander Kerzhakov became the Premier League's top sniper last season with 18 goals scored.
There is such a “Golden Boot” prize in Europe. Previously prestigious, and now somehow forgotten, but still awarded to the top scorers of all European championships. To give this prize some meaning, the Golden Boot winner is calculated by multiplying the number of goals he scores by the championship's difficulty coefficient. So, based on the results of the last season, the Golden Boot will be shared by the English Arsenal striker Henry and the Spanish Villarreal striker Forlan. Both scored 50 points - 25 goals multiplied by the coefficient of the English and Spanish championships. The Russian championship has a coefficient of 1.5. This means that in order to score 50 points, the forward of the Russian team must score at least 34 goals, that is, more than one goal per game. The task is unrealistic, considering that the scoring record in the entire history of the Russian championships is 25 goals scored.
All this could be explained by the fact that Russia is a poor country for snipers. But at the same time, foreign players do not shine in the Russian championship. The same “Spartak” in Saturday’s match against “Torpedo” without Cavenaghi in attack looked much more interesting than in those games when an Argentinean worth over $10 million played for the “red-whites”. The same can be said about Yegor Titov - without its captain and symbol, Spartak moved from defense to attack much faster, largely due to which it won against Torpedo - 3:1. True, the “black and whites” also played without their leader Igor Semshov. And it seems that Semshov means more to Torpedo than Titov and Cavenaghi combined to Spartak.
In general, foreign strikers do not take root at Lokomotiv. Every six months, the team’s management is busy recruiting the Nigerian Obiora, who still belongs to Loko, to other championships, thinking about where to place the Costa Rican Parks, and waiting for the Georgian Ashvetia to recover. But from time to time it buys new attackers. Sometimes it works out well. For example, Lebedenko, having scored against Alania, chalked up his fourth goal. God knows what the result will be. But compared to the same Sychev, who has much more playing time, it’s quite good.
The proven personnel with which Terek was staffed are also failing. Half of the eight goals of the Chechen team in this championship were scored by Fedkov. In the match against Dynamo, he had every chance to replenish his personal account. One day the ball hit the net after he hit it. However, the referees at this moment recorded an offside and canceled the goal. However, the Dynamo forwards also failed to score. The only goal in this match was scored by midfielder Yashin, who hit the goal from a tight angle after a pass from Danny.
It is quite possible that after this defeat the question of the resignation of Terek head coach Vait Talgaev will once again arise. The team coach was unable to attend the post-match press conference due to poor health. But the closest person to retirement now is Saturn head coach Alexander Tarkhanov. The leadership of the Moscow region has always not stood on ceremony with the club’s mentors. Now, when one of the richest teams in the Premier League, after another defeat, is in the second part of the standings, Tarkhanov may become another retiree.
Results of matches of the 12th round . "Torpedo" - "Spartak" - 1:3 ( Volkov 69 - Pavlyuchenko 21, 61, Kovac 35 ), "Tom" - "Rostov" - 1:2 ( Demkin 28 - Perez 81, Osinov 84 ), Lokomotiv - Alania - 3:0 ( Bilyaletdinov 38, Lebedenko 57, Sychev 90 ), Krylya Sovetov - Rubin - 2:2 ( Gusin 13, Koroman 76 - Dominguez 17 , Konovalov 79 ), "Shinnik" - "Saturn" - 1:0 ( Khazov 79 ), "Terek" - "Dynamo" - 0:1 ( Yashin 56 ), CSKA - "Amkar" - 3 :1 ( Krasic 7, Vagner Love 73, 90 -- Didenko 49) . The Zenit - Moscow match ended late yesterday evening.
Premier League
| 1. "Lokomotiv" | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19--3 | 27 |
| 2. "Spartak" | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23--12 | 23 |
| 3. Zenit | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17--11 | 19 |
| 4. "Ruby" | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15--14 | 19 |
| 5. Dynamo | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14--20 | 18 |
| 6. "Moscow" | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10--3 | 18 |
| 7. CSKA | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15--4 | 17 |
| 8. “Wings of the Soviets” | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12--14 | 17 |
| 9. "Torpedo" | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13--9 | 15 |
| 10. "Saturn" | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9--9 | 14 |
| 11. "Shinnik" | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8--9 | 14 |
| 12. "Amkar" | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9--13 | 13 |
| 13. "Tom" | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8--15 | 10 |
| 14. "Terek" | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8--19 | 9 |
| 15. "Rostov" | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7--19 | 9 |
| 16. "Alania" | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8--21 | 9 |