Well, it wasn't the greatest football, but I liked it for many reasons. First of all, it was very nice to see the stadium and how football can really improve the mood of many people. Secondly, there is still intrigue in this pair - and Rostov (Berdiev's Rostov!) Is going to Manchester, not so much an outsider. Thirdly, Ibrahimovic made a great assist today. Fourth, I guessed even before the start of the match!
In general, it was great. See you later!
Now I will finish the news and come back to say goodbye.
Kalachev hugs Mourinho! Wow! Touching.
And then the match is over! Mourinho signs on the scarf of one of the doctors (!!!), and that's it.
Such is the story!
Manchester United in a sweeping attack, Felaini a discount on Pogba, he misses the ball in a lethal position!
Rostov will have more. Half.
Manchester United in this match was naturally one moment. Implemented.
Two substitutions for Manchester United - Carrick and Valencia come out, Blind and someone else leave. Now I'll figure out who. Herrera!
But there is a violation of the rules - Gatskan on Jones.
so-so-so nervous!
Pogba fouls at the corner flag. There will be another standard!
The men give, but the canopy is not very good. Three minutes added.
Rostovites turn to the stands - come on, come on, men.
Rostov presses, presses. Angular!
Pogba loses the ball in attack, making some kind of tricky stroke.
Just where the eyes look knock out the Mancunians!
89th minute. Gatkan shoots on goal, Manchester United defends, well, wow!
(the last one is a joke, if anything)
Martial drove Kalacheva on a card, but for some reason there was no card. Our brother is being sued!
And when Manchester United gets the right to a free-kick, they simply put it in the penalty area just in case. No chance happens there - the yellows have everything securely on the defensive.
So, well, Manchester United is literally holding the score.
Azmun has a good moment - he accelerates in the center, but Marcos Rojo knocks out at the last second.
What is not happening in Rostov today!
Azmun knocked down Herrera and literally took him off.
And, ahem, there is no funnel: Bukharov left the field.
10 minutes left until the end. Kalachev is trying to complete the second assist in the same style as the first, but the projectile has not yet landed the second time in the same funnel.
Here it is shown. He has a very nondescript second half today.
Where is Pogba?
So, well, Rostov continues to put pressure.
The Swede got up and went, we play on.
Slipped badly.
And stupid football ends with the fact that Ibrahimovic gets injured, he can’t get up right away.
And along with the stupid yellow card, stupid football returns - a lot of horse fighting without meaning.
Herrere stupid yellow card for an offensive foul. I would fine the players somehow for such, it's a very stupid action.
Look, no one remembers the wind anymore, and the lawn. There is a game, she got excited by the second half.
Dangerous pitch, Rostov fights back somehow nervously, corner.
So, here is a dangerous free kick. Blind from the corner will hang.
Kalachev - Erokhin, then Felayni sets up the corps. Still, I still can't get used to the combination of surnames.
Bukharov leaves, Azmun comes. Now there will be fewer sheds, but Rostov should play faster.
And Kalachev immediately has a moment! In the center he receives the ball and hits strongly upwards with his left foot. Strongly up, yes.
He spoke clearly that it is not necessary to translate.
Kalachev got a yellow card for kicking the ball. At the same time, he managed to chat with Mourinho, Blindt and other Manchester players.
So, Azmoun will be on the field soon. Berdyev and co want to strengthen the attack group - and this also speaks well of Rostov today.
Mourinho ran out onto the field, commentators say. But we do not see this - apparently, the Portuguese went to pick up the second ball. Yes, it is - they showed it on repeat.
And Rostov became good immediately after there were fewer power struggles and fouls.
Listen, Rostov is really good! You can, you can score the second one - and then go to Manchester United to play for dry land.
Mkhitaryan applauded all the fans, and the Armenian diaspora in particular.
So, Mkhitaryan leaves, and Martial comes. Replacement.
Immediately Ibrahimovic earns a corner.
Erokhin hits the far corner with the outside of the foot, the ball seemed to have already decided to fly to the top corner, but then changed his mind and flew into the stands.
I would like to be in Rostov tonight. Can you imagine what kind of fraternization there will be in bars ?!
Bukharov dropped well from the center to the flank, Smalling knocked out at the last moment.
Oh, now Kalachev won the upper hand against Ibrahimovic! Rather, he set himself up so that the Swede fouled.
Half an hour of football is left - and although I indicated at the beginning of the broadcast that it would be 1-1, now I think that there will be one more goal. I just don't know which way.
Rostov liked the attack - and he does not leave the opponent's half of the field.
I wonder if someday someone will learn to win positions and crosses in general from Ibrahimovic? He wins them everywhere - even in the center of the field.
Noboa got a yellow card for a foul on Herrera, but it was Herrera who fouled! Some confusion, but it seems that Rostovites were treated unfairly.
Look at how many useful actions immediately after a goal: here the goalkeeper Medvedev confidently comes out of the gate and confidently takes the ball.
And now Zlatan Ibrahimovic cannot beat Caesar Navas on the sidelines.
I'll just tell you - they never wrote.
Remember when they read about Bukharov so beautifully.
Well, in general, what is Bukharov. I scored more in the last week than last year.
Kalachev a vertical pass, Bukharov falls off the defender, takes on his chest and scores. Wow, beautiful - and very good!
Russian Ibrahimovic!!!!
BUHAAAAAROV!
BUKHAROV!
GOOOOOOOOOL!
Ibrahimovic in the center of the penalty area passes the ball further, Young charges - past the gate. But goalkeeper Medvedev still jumped very nicely into the corner.
These are all lyrical digressions. The bottom line so far is that Rostov begins to act on positional attacks, and this is not his strongest side.
By the way, I always wanted to work as a commentator, then as a hockey player. There you can’t talk about the “state of the field”!
Although, however, anything can happen.
“Of course, this is not an extra-class field,” commentators say. Still, it's a hell of a lot of work. And it is necessary to comment, and not to lie, and through the federal channel.
Manchester United began to play his (or rather Mourinev's) favorite game - on the counterattacks.
Ibrahimovic charged from 25 meters, but the gunpowder turned out to be damp - the ball went somewhere into the milk.
I keep forgetting to say that Krasnodar and Celta are still on the football schedule today, but we will not play them online.
And we've got the second half!
A few Rostov photos for the entourage
The replay showed Ibrahimovic's pass - after all, it's not in vain that I love him. Obviously the ball was leaving, and he played in the only possible way - he grabbed it with his left foot, and gave a pass with his right. It's hard to explain in words!
You know what's the best thing about a break? That we have a grocery store on the first floor of the office - and you can go there and buy something. What am I going to do now.
See how elegantly they write on Manchester United on Twitter. Puts in the driving seat!
The teams go to the under-tribune room - so far everything is in favor of Manchester United. And Rostov fans who came to the stadium.
Two minutes added to the first half - and they expired. The half ends with the fact that Gatskan received on the head from Ibrahimovic.
Rostov has a big, long attack, which ends with literally all the team's players standing up. We got up and stood - well, of course, you won’t score a goal like that.
To be honest - let's make a lyrical digression - I haven't played football online for so long that I literally enjoy every minute. It's a very invigorating thing to work live. Even if it's a text broadcast.
Oh, look, after all the lamentations about the field and the first half is over. "Period" - since we are comparing with hockey here.
The power struggle today is directly hockey.
Bukharov receives a yellow card for an offensive foul on Marcos Rojo. A foul in the spirit of an attacker - he wanted to go to the selection, he did not have time, he stepped on his foot.
Strange all-??? purchase MJ. Not by itself, but given how much Pogba was paid.
And only Pogba falls again and waves his arms. This is his most popular gesture in the match so far.
Look, the field is very bad. Wind. The game doesn't add up obviously. But Felaini does a very difficult technical element, stopping him with her chest. Ibrahimovic turns on and makes a beautiful pass-candy. Mkhitaryan does not make mistakes at the crucial moment.
Submission from a free kick to the center, but Romero is there. A little higher than necessary.
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Well, if you look for something positive, now the game will go more fun. Still, Rostov should play more actively and try to score. To go with 0:1 to Manchester is empty.
Noboa shoots at Romero's goal - the score is still 0-1.
Felaini perfectly took to the chest at the corner of the penalty area, gave Ibre a move, he seemed to have no time, but then he nevertheless poked the ball into the center, and there Mkhitaryan was almost empty.
Mkhitaryan 0:1!!!!!
Manchester seized the initiative, but nothing meaningful can be done - there are too many technical errors and the quality of the lawn.
Another hard joint - Terentyev knocks Yang down, but here without a violation, just a hard, high-quality tackle.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic throws out for some reason. To the place where the Ibrahimovic who does not throw out should be.
They meet Manchester harshly at the limits of the penalty area - the feeling that there will soon be some directly unpleasant joints.
I would like to say, they say, Manchester is not like himself, he cannot do anything, but the problem is that he is just like. Manchester United often plays inconspicuously, but lately they have just as often won.
A short pause due to the fact that something broke in my monitor, but it seemed to be fixed. Let's look further.
Ibra's first punch is too, too high. Even for an Ibrahimovic fan (me).
But what is it - now lies on the field of Mevlja. Meanwhile, Manchester United takes a corner, but it's not dangerous there.
So, and now Ibrahimovic is lying on the lawn - as always, he won in horseback combat, and then Gatkan cut him down. Yellow card.
Manchester United is very hopeful for long requests for Mkhitaryan - he is the most active of all the players going on the attack. Now he is distracted by shaking hands with Kudryashov - everything is in order with him.
And Kudryashov lies and holds on to his jaw.
Mkhitaryan fouls the defender of Rostov for the third time - this time on Kudryashov. Finally a yellow card.
In general, the game is both slow and stupid. A lot of inaccurate or riding passes.
On the corner Romero played clearly. So the goalkeeper of Manchester was stretched.
Bukharov went well along the flank, which the Manchester United players freed him, but hits directly at Marcos Rojo. Angular.
Here it is the banner "Men"
Instead of Pomegranate there will be Terentiev.
Emergency replacement! Mkhitaryan still knocked out Pomegranate.
At the same time, in the episode, Garnet was injured - he has something with his shoulder, the doctors do not yet know if Garnet will continue the game.
Mkhitaryan knocks down another Rostov player, and again a foul. Although on replay it seemed that it was a foul on Mkhitaryan.
A sweet story that the commentators recalled: Rostov fans gave Manchester United fans blankets to keep them warm in Rostov. Touching, isn't it? That's what I'm saying is touching.
Ibrahimovic again reached for the ball when he was already out of bounds, made allowances for Mkhitaryan, who heads at the Rostov player, and not at the ball.
An amazing story: you can’t play low because the lawn is bad. And you can’t ride, because the wind!
Listen, Rostov is good in midfield. There are a lot of interceptions, high-quality pressure.
“The English defender lifted his leg and the Russian attack bogged down,” to paraphrase one of the most ridiculous commentary blunders.
Noboa made a nice interception in the center of the field, but the attack, as they say in this case, bogged down.
Blindt crossed from a free kick, but the wind blew the ball into the net. Medvedev did everything competently, without giving Manchester United a single chance.
Pogba has a blonde hairstyle today with some comma in the back.
Pogba is very active on the flank - and this activity leads to the fact that he falls, flailing his arms (he is!). Foul, there will be a canopy.
Pogba makes another awkward move - after a vertical pass, he can't handle the ball, and Rostov's defenders are excellent at being ahead of the game.
Commentators have already hinted several times that there is a very large Armenian diaspora in Rostov, so many are rooting for Mkhitaryan from MJ. Is there anyone from Rostov here? What, is the Armenian diaspora really so vast?
Manchester United organized a nice attack, which ended with two crooked shots in the center. There is a possibility that because of the lawn - in any case, Paul Pogba swears at him.
A close-up shows Fedor Kudryashov, who throws out. He has an amazing career - Kudryashov played in the Champions League in Spartak (if my memory serves me), then he seemed to go down, but here it is. He plays with Manchester United, but where is that Spartak?
Go!
Oh, green grass is only on the far edge. Everything closer to the camera is a field.
The tribune made the ingenious inscription blue and yellow.
"GUYS," say the stands. Very beautiful.
They showed the line-ups: the main goalkeepers do not play in both teams today. Exiled Dzhanaev will be replaced by Nikita Medvedev, with Manchester United in the frame of Sergio Romero. And Serdar Azmun, perhaps the most technical player in Rostov, is on the bench today.
In Rostov it's quite a football +9, only a very strong wind. And almost all the stands are already filled.
They showed the field - there is even (in some places) a lawn on it!
The broadcast on Match TV has already begun a long time ago - and how appropriate Mourinho looks in the Rostov entourage. As if not Portuguese.
Even before the match, it must be said, probably, that Manchester is no stranger to traveling to the Russian outback - in the mid-90s he played with Rotor, and then there were two draws, as a result of which Rotor defeated Manchester United due to goals on a foreign field. I remember that match surprisingly clearly, and some of the players who will take part in the match today were not even born then.
I myself am ready to bet on 1:1 - I believe in both Rostov and Berdyev, but I don’t believe that Manchester will lose.
What do you think the score will be today? You can answer in our chat (under the material), and at the end of the match we'll see who was right.
Secondly, the excitement in Rostov. It is clear that for the team this is perhaps the most important match in history - well, it’s not every year that Bayern and then Manchester United come to Rostov. Here it is amusingly described how the Rostovites met the plane from England. “Uh, Mourinho, come here! Zlatan, hello! How are you? - the Rostovites were tearing themselves up. Some of the excess of feelings slightly bounced. - Yes, here they are, look! a skinny guy in a tracksuit shouted to someone.
Firstly, the quality of the field at the stadium in Rostov. It, judging by the reviews, is phenomenally bad - there is simply no grass. Mourinho, in his characteristic manner, has already expressed himself in the spirit that this is not a field, but “the so-called field”. And the most surprising thing is that the local agronomist agreed with him.
But in Rostov, of course, they say that the teams are equal - the lawn is equally bad for everyone.
The match between Rostov and Manchester United was preceded by several funny things that are worth talking about in separate posts.
We here, of course, have not all moved away from yesterday's Barcelona. I supported PSG. Or rather, personally for Unai Emery, and the former coach of Spartak yesterday it was terrifying, what a pity. Three wins in the Europa League in a row, he will now be remembered less often than this match in Barcelona.
Good evening. Over the past year, football has taught us not to be surprised at anything. Leicester won the championship in England, Rostov beat Bayern, and just yesterday Barcelona reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, losing the first leg 0-4.
In general, I mean that today Rostov is Manchester United, and today it will be interesting.