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And the Rubin had opportunities for this. “Torpedo” is now not just in decline: the team takes the penultimate line of the standings, players are already thinking about the threat of relegation to the first division. And almost the most important thing, the last two and a half years, “Rubin” in his field at Moscow clubs has always won. “Torpedo” tried to change these statistics, in the seventh minute leading in the account. The Muscovites' minimal advantage remained for exactly seven minutes - the bar took the brunt of the penalty, and Vasiliev arrived first to finish off. For the remaining time in the first half, “Rubin” has seriously increased in speed and concentration of defensive ranks. Nevertheless, the torpedo soldiers were clearly not going to give up so easily. In the first half, viewers did not see other goals. The second half of the meeting led to the suggestion that, in realizing his many points, Rubin could well repeat the result of Samara's Wings in yesterday's match against Amkar (read about it below). The advantage of Kazan reached an inconceivable level. At the same time, Muscovites calmly gave the initiative to the owners, using mainly minor violations. The tactics of the guest team bore fruit - Petrenko wards managed to survive, thereby creating another sensation of the tour. Draw “Torpedo” destroyed the myth of the Kazan stadium in relation to the metropolitan teams.

Chronologically, the first pair of teams that met in yesterday's matches, for logical reasons, became the Vladivostok Luch-Energia and Saturn near Moscow. This match was not very lively. The main events of the meeting compactly fit in five minutes in the middle of the first half. It was in this interval (between the 17th and 22nd minutes) the home team scored twice. However, it cannot be said that Luch is so much stronger than Saturn and the Vladivostok team easily got three points. The reason lies elsewhere - to play in Vladivostok, after many hours of flight, feeling on itself all the delights of a time difference, it is very, very difficult. For local football players, however, this alignment, of course, is only at hand.

In a slightly different vein, the meeting between Samara “Wings” and Perm “Amkar” developed. By the tenth minute, the hosts led Topic with an advantage of two goals. By the end of the first half, “Amkar” narrowed the gap - in the 30th minute Kushev scored. However, after ten minutes, the Samara club restored the original difference. And after five more the same Topic, having drawn up a hat-trick, brings the score to indecent 4: 1. With this result, the team went on a break. After a break with “indecentness,” the Samara club only continued. “Amkar” lasted until the 76th minute, and then missed twice.

The victory of the hosts on the updated Luzhniki lawn ended in a meeting between the capital's Spartak and Yaroslavl's Shinnik. Measured, comparable to the sleepy course of the game was violated by Egor Titov. In the middle of the first half, after a corner, the red-white captain left alone soaked the score. And ten minutes later, the fans saw the second goal of the home team. Titov again participated in the scoring attack. After his transfer, Pavlyuchenko, without entering the penalty area, scores his fifth goal of the season with a strong blow to the far upper corner. In the second half, “Shinnik” managed to reduce the gap: ex-Spartak Alexander Shirko closed the corner. After the return goal, the initiative completely passed into the hands of the owners. A brewing goal happened in the 81st minute - Quincy struck from the goal with 18 meters, and the shot hit the target.

The second Moscow match between FC “Moscow” and St. Petersburg “Zenith” did not spoil the audience. The first half without goals, with a fairly calm rhythm of the game. To the “Zenith” is now riveted special attention. This is due, first of all, to the appointment of Dutchman Dick Advocaat to the post of head coach of the St. Petersburg club. Almost simultaneously, the club accepted two newcomers - Koreans Lee Ho and Kim Dong-jin. By the way, it was in yesterday’s match that the Korean legionnaires made their debut in the main team. As for the game as a whole, the “Zenith” looked better than the opponent, however, neither the St. Petersburg club nor the “townspeople” added interest to the match. The result is 0-0.

The fate of the third line of the standings was decided in the match between Nalchik “Spartak” and “Tomi”. Therefore, it was obviously not necessary to wait for an abundance of goals. The goal still happened - the only goal scored in the second half by Lanko returned the Spartak team to that same third place.

Kirill YAROSHEVSKY, Anton FILINSKY, Mikhail MELNIKOV

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