
Moscow "Lokomotiv" beat Grozny "Akhmat" in the starting match of the 13th round of the Russian football championship.
The meeting in Grozny ended with a score of 2: 0 in favor of the visits, who distinguished themselves by Alexander Kolomiytsev (23 ') and ZhoAu Marua (86').
The forward of the guests Luke Georgevich was injured in the 32nd minute of the match with Akhmat and left the field on a stretcher. Later, there was information that Montenegrin had a suspicion of breaking the cruciate ligaments.
The railway workers won the fifth in a row in the National Championship and scored 29 points, which allows them to occupy a clean first place in the tournament table of the Russian Premier League. The Krasnodar, Rostov and Zenit, who are following, have 3 points less and the game in reserve.
The last time the wards of Yuri Semin could not win on August 31, losing to Rostov on their field with a score of 1: 2.
“The match was not as simple as it might seem. The first goal was scored, confidence appeared. Further controlled the match, with the exception of the segment in the second half, when Akhmat exerted serious pressure. But at the end they held a good counterattack. The guys are well done, they beat for each episode, no matter what composition we play,” the club’s press service quoted.
The goal of Zhoau Mariu became a debut in the RPL for the newcomer "Loko".
"We won at the expense of moral and volitional qualities. Many guys had been out of order due to injuries. I even had to rebuild the scheme. I would not say that the game turned out to be easy. In the second half, the ball did not hold on to us. We were more defended and ran. We are hard to play. We go from the game to the game and look at the table at the end of the season," said Kolometsev, recognized as the best player of the match.
We add that the 13th round of RPL is dedicated to the memory of Leo Yashin in honor of the 90th anniversary of his birth of the legendary Soviet goalkeeper.