Flight cancellation: CSKA held a draw in the minority, "Dynamo" snatched victory in the end

""The removal of Mateus Reis prevented the CSKA Moscow players from winning against "Rubin" Kazan and getting closer to the leading "Krasnodar". The "bulls" themselves barely escaped defeat in the match with Tolyatti "Akron" (1:1). "Musaev"s team retains its leadership in the RPL, with three Moscow clubs — "Dynamo", "Spartak" and CSKA - four points behind.

"Krasnodar" — "Akron"

"Krasnodar" went for a long time without losing points in the championship — only in the previous seventh round it remained without a win for the first time in this draw, having missed a 2-0 advantage in an away game with Samara "Wings of the Soviets" (2:2).

It was not easy for him to start the game with "Akron" either. Already in the 14th minute, Tolyatti midfielder Konstantin Maradishvili hit the home team's goal when the ball, after being hit by a rebound from Vitor Tormen, disoriented "Krasnodar" goalkeeper Stanislav Agkatsev.

Immediately, Joao Batchi, after a throw from the center of the field, burst into the "Akron" penalty area, circled goalkeeper Vitaly Gudiev and did not miss the goal. But the referee did not count the goal, seeing the offside after watching VAR.

Before the break, "Krasnodar" could not do anything in attack.

The second half turned into a series of constant pauses due to minor fouls. But in the end, the Southerners managed to avoid their first defeat of the season — in the 88th minute, Boselli managed to take advantage of a mistake by Gudiev, who helped out the entire match. As a result, it was a 1-1 draw, but the "bulls" should be on their guard — the gap from second place is narrowing.

"Zenit" — "Locomotive"

"" On the eve of the match in St. Petersburg, rumors began to spread that "Loko" newcomer Andrei Mostovoy, who was leased from Zenit until the end of the season a week earlier, would not play against his former club or would come on as a substitute no earlier than 15 minutes before the end of the second half regular time. Allegedly, such a condition was imposed by a club from the Northern Capital, agreeing to give the 28-year-old midfielder to the "railwaymen".

Of course, no one confirms this, so it is not possible to formally establish the reasons for Mostovoy's absence from the starting lineup. But in the end, he came out only in the 83rd minute. " Andrey" managed to play only one match for "Loko", but somehow his goal at the end of the game against "Baltika" brought the red—green the first victory of the season (1-0) and helped to avoid falling into the direct relegation zone.

The first half of the match in St. Petersburg gave reason to think that "Locomotive" could do without Mostovoy. In the 18th minute, Mikhail Galaktionov's team opened the scoring - Alexander Rudenko scored from Sergei Babkin's pass. A little later, Nikolay Komlichenko almost doubled the advantage. The teams went to the break with the score 0:1.

"Zenit" "", which is not playing well this season, may not score a single point in the match with the Moscow club again — they previously lost at home to "Rodina" (1:2), CSKA (1:2), as well as away to Spartak (0:2). But after the break, Sergey Semak's team turned the game around. Almost immediately after the start of the second half, Kevin Andrade equalized the score, correcting for a failure when "Loko" missed a goal, which was scored precisely from under the Colombian.

And in the 70th minute, Luis Enrique took advantage of the failure in the defense of the "railwaymen" and scored the second goal against them. "Zenit" calmly held a 2-1 advantage in the remaining time and is still in fifth place, five points behind the leading "Krasnodar". "Loko" still cannot get out of the transition zone and has only two points advantage over the direct relegation zone.

CSKA Moscow — "Rubin"

The match between these teams received a special subtext after the scandalous transfer of midfielder Ivan Oleynikov. "The "Wings of the Soviets" leader has almost transferred to "Rubin" Kazan. He even came to the capital of Tatarstan, visited the club office, took pictures with the president of the club's board, Marat Safiullin, and head coach Frank Artiga, as well as with the team's T-shirt with his name on it. To sign the contract, all that remained was to undergo a medical examination the next day, but the 28-year-old football player did not show up and flew out of Kazan.

There were immediately rumors that CSKA was intercepting him. Soon "Rubin" announced the disruption of the transfer. And already in the middle of the week, Oleynikov officially signed a contract with the army club, of which he is a graduate.

This gave a special character to the match between the two teams. "They didn"t play the best quality football in the first seven rounds, but they lost the championship only once between the two of them — "Rubin" in the first round could not cope with the leading Krasnodar (1:3). CSKA, not without a share of luck, scored so many points with mediocre play that before this round they were in second place. the place.

The match turned out to be a fighting one. Already in the sixth minute, the Army team took the lead — Ivan Oblyakov scored from the penalty spot. However, they soon found themselves in the minority as a result of the removal of Mateus Reis, who received another card and pushed the referee, for which he now faces a long disqualification. "Rubin" got a gaming advantage thanks to this, but could not use it for a long time. Only in the second half, in the 58th minute, Anderson Arroyo equalized the score. In the remaining half hour, both teams scored, but in the end it was a 1-1 draw.

There were also five more matches in the eighth round. "Fakel" Voronezh, which is the last, could not win the first match in the current championship, missing out on a victory over Kaliningrad "Baltika" at home. The Voronezh team led 2-0, but conceded one goal 15 minutes before the end of regular time, and the second in the last minutes of stoppage time. As a result, it was a 2-2 draw.

Moscow "Dynamo" """" scored the winning goal at the end of the home match with "Orenburg" and pulled out a 1-0 victory. The goal scored in the end brought Samara "Wings of the Soviets" a strong-willed home victory over Moscow "Rodina" (2:1). ""Akhmat" Grozny, who lost twice during the match, managed to gain the upper hand in their native walls over "Dynamo" Makhachkala. And "Spartak" Moscow defeated "Rostov" (3:0) on its field and rose to third place.