Lusa for Dziuba

The match at the Sochi Fishta, the captain of the Russian national team redeemed his past sins. Commented by Vladimir Mozgova

The first tour of the qualification tournament for the right to get to the World Cup in Katara-2022 could be introduced into despondency-while the Russian national team was lazily butt with a not at all dwarf Malta, the Slovenes of the house beat the vice-champions of the world of the Croats. The rivals were incomparable in status, the sleepy state of the Russians was too noticeable, and it remained to guess that or who could spur the team of Stanislav Cherchesov in the first home match of the cycle with an unexpected leader represented by the Slovenian national team.

It was least believed that this could do Artem Dziuba, who missed the failed autumn cycle of the national team for scandalous non -active reasons, whose echo turned out to be quite long. At the same time, it was clear that Cherchesov would again make a bet on the rehabilitated captain, and the system of the game “on the pillar” would not change.

But one thing is to replay the goalkeeper of the Malta national team Henri Bonello. And quite another - to increase his assasser, scoring the goalkeeper of the Madrid "Atletico" to Yana Cloud.

The composition put up by the owners for the most important match also did not cause optimism - it seemed too defensive, even reinsurance. Cherchesov was afraid of someone, and above all, the key player of the Italian Atalanta, Josip Chilichich. The surprising was what happened in the first half an hour on the field of the Sochi “Fishta” - the hosts flew forward, easily and with pleasure combined, and it was Dziuba who commanded.

Two goals, in fact, were made by three people - Alexander Golovin, Daler Kuzyaev and Artem Dziuba. The participation of the Monaco Havbek Golovin was in question due to tough anti-like measures in France. Golovin did not put on the national team for more than a year at all. And now it became clear how much he was missing. In the first episode, Golovin took Dziuba, threw the ball to Kuzyaev, he gently rolled out Artem under the blow, and after a moment the clouds took the ball out of the right lower corner. Ten minutes later, Kuzyaev took Golovin to the blow, the ball after a ricochet hit the crossbar, the bouncer caught Dziuba, and the four Slovenian defense men watched how the Forward repeated what was already - the ball was in the same right -right corner from the goalkeeper. Dziuba laid both balls like a ball in a luster.

Lightness left after Yosip Ichich caught his chance at the end of the half. Further, the game no longer looked so brightly - nevertheless, the hosts did not give the initiative and retained the minimum advantage. In the second half, Aleksey Miranchuk, a teammate and competitor to Ilichich in Atalant, appeared on the field, and their confrontation, like the rivalry of the Sochi club partners, the Slovenian Miha Mevley and the Russian Anton Zabolotny, can be considered a draw.

But the overall result brought the Russian team to the clean first place in group H - at least until Tuesday, when in Trnava it meets the Slovakian national team. There is no need to wait for the repetition of the Sochi wake, but Artem Dziuba after three goals in two starting meetings of the qualifying cycle remains to score only one ball to catch up with the best scorer of the Russian national team Alexander Kerzhakov. Kerzhakov has 30 goals, the pursuer has 29.

And this for Dziuba is a good incentive, already verified.