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Last weekend, Gazzaev lost to “Moscow” - now, probably, his most unloved team in Russia. Today I had to play with one of the most beloved. An exception to the matches that were convenient for the army team against Saturn was only a scandalous felling last fall, where two dubious penalties were awarded on both sides, and the captain of Saturn Alexei Eremenko equalized and played the pantomime “Russian Finn on a horse”. Since then, much has changed. Eremenko’s blues, “Saturn” got hold of Kirichenko and Karjaka, but so far has lain in the second ten of the table.
And CSKA lost Carvalho. And therefore, there is no playmaker under the attackers - this mission is performed by left midfielder Yuri Zhirkov, who will organize almost all the goals of the army this season. A flank playmaker is a rare phenomenon in modern football that does not appear from a good life, but is quite viable. The most recent example is the Brazilian Cesar in the Lazio of the 2003/2004 season, when the Romans last hit the European Cups. For Gazzaev, the game through Zhirkov gives an unstable result - matches with sparkling left-side attacks alternate with a helpless attack even with luxurious transmissions of a curly midfielder. Ramon, who took Carvalho in the 3-5-2 place, is, of course, not a dispatcher, but a forward of the second pace, and maybe even the third.
Vladimir Weiss decided to surprise everyone and put up three nominal defenders. The fourth from time to time was played by Alexei Igonin. But the Slovak managed to simultaneously place on the field Eremenko, Karjak, Chesnauskis and Gogua. Edgaras acted on the usual left flank, Karjaka - in the center, Eremenko - a little to the right, Gogua - the support. The attack identified Lebedenko and Baffur Gyana.
The result of the match and its course was determined mainly by Saturn, and not CSKA. Champions played as usual, only a little better. The flanks were again loaded, especially the left with the tireless Zhirkov. The Brazilians skillfully opened and sharpened the game, Rahimich and emberberas did not spare the opponents in the joints. And Saturn decided to improvise and was very quickly punished for the initiative. In addition, the Moscow Region club more and more resembles Bruce Nolan’s loser from the comedy “Bruce Almighty” - he was very unlucky, he cursed the heavens, but failures haunted him with new force. Each time getting out of the car, Bruce stepped into the same nasty deep puddle and drenched his trouser leg to the knee.
The same story with Saturn. Andrei Karjaka once said that he knows the reason for the spectacular losses of his team - he noticed that the Ramen people often miss from the standards. And if you pay attention to this, the team will start to win. But either Weiss does not shout too loudly at the players during training, or the class of these players is so low that they again and again step into the unfortunate puddle. Otherwise, how can I explain that with sharp actions in the debut, “Saturn” misses twice in three minutes - and again after the opponent’s standards.
Yuri Zhirkov was involved in both goals. In the first case, he earned a free kick after a brutal foul by Gogua. A canopy in the danger zone was found by Vasily Berezutsky, to whom the Ramenchians let him calmly throw the ball behind Kinsky. And then Zhirkov himself scored, who again missed the defenders after a corner. And there, and here the Saturn players were fatally mistaken - the army team only correctly used this misfire.
The intrigue evaporated due to the fact that the “Saturn” missed just two goals. This season, Moscow Region football players have difficulty giving birth to goals - in heavy pain and with complications. It is all the more surprising that the “first and last” did not have to wait long - already in the 30th minute Igor Lebedenko hit the ball into the lower right corner of the goal of Akinfeev. But the goal of Lebedenko was the result of a strange tactic of the hosts: having scored two, the army team moved away on the defensive, hoping only for counterattacks. CSKA gave the opponent the entire field and met him only on the outskirts of his penalty area, and in some cases on the goalkeeper line. Gazzaev’s adventurous tactical move, which worked in the match against Lokomotiv, did not justify itself this time. After the goal of “Saturn” CSKA came to its senses and began to put more pressure to prevent the siege of their own goal.
At the beginning of the second half, only CSKA attacked. Ramon hit the top corner, Krasic hung in the penalty area, Jo showed unearthly dribbling. But at the same time, CSKA began to make children's mistakes in the defense - either Ignashevich would lose the ball right in front of the penalty area, then Vasily Berezutsky would put Lebedenko behind, then Rakhimich would lose the ball in an innocent situation. And then, as a sin, Lebedenko played out, who shot on goal from any position and forced Akinfeev to save his team every time.
For the first time this season, a boring draw team played a spectacular match, exchanging sharp attacks with an opponent. Another thing is that the army team was more successful in these attacks - and Saturn missed the third goal again, not without Zhirkov’s participation. This time the midfielder of the Russian national team put Krašić at the gates, who deceived Kinsky and gave Wagner a run-in. The goal brought the Brazilian to the first scorers of the Premier League. After establishing the final score, CSKA succumbed to the temptation and completely gave the territory to the opponent. The army team completed the maximum goal, although the hated "Moscow" is still ahead of the champions by a point. And “Saturn” played for the first time cheerfully - let the opponent set a cheerful tone.
Vadim SINAEV
CSKA - Saturn - 3: 1 (2: 1)
Goals: 1: 0 - V. Berezutsky (21), 2: 0 - Zhirkov (23), 2: 1 - Lebedenko (31), 3: 1 - Wagner Love (82).
CSKA : Akinfeev, V. Berezutsky, Ignashevich, A. Berezutsky, Ramon (Aldonin, 58), Sheberas, Rakhimich, Krasich, Zhirkov, Wagner Love (Taranov, 84), Zho (Burmistrov, 89).
SATURN : Kinski, Polovinchuk (Petrash, 80), Scilla, Dyuritsa, Igonin, Chesnauskis, Gogua, Eremenko, Karjaka (Nemov, 87), Lebedenko, Gyan (Kirichenko, 63).
Warnings : Gogua (20), Jo (33), Zhirkov (40), Gyan (60), Karjaka (65), Wagner Love (68).
April 29th . BSA "Luzhniki". 2 p.m.
Judge : Valentin Ivanov (Moscow).