Update Post: December 4, 2023 10:05 pm
The 19th day of the Melbet First League has ended, the penultimate before the winter holidays. “The best league in the world” will soon take a long break, but for now it continues to delight viewers with interesting matches, unexpected endings and incredible events. In this round we were able to enjoy a battle for first place, a curious verdict on Konstantin Zyryanov’s former team and a powerful speech by Evgeny Kaleshin about Russian football.
Tour team: Dynamo Makhachkala
A key match took place in Makhachkala at least during the first part of the season. Tyumen, which returned to the First League a few years later, rose to first place in the last round and, if it had defeated Dynamo, would have retained the title of the best team of the tournament until the spring.
But if the first half, even taking into account the lost goal, can be considered an advantage for Tyumen, in the second half, frankly, Dynamo outplayed their rival and did not allow almost anything to be created in their own goal. Tyumen had chances until the 70th minute, but Dinamo also had equal chances. In addition, the Makhachkala team took the lead at the beginning of the half. And the visitors will surely want to forget the interval between the 70th and 72nd minutes. First, Serder Serderov scored after a favorable rebound, leaving goalkeeper Yegor Lyubakov watching the episode.
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And two minutes later there was a blow that any kickboxer would envy. Denis Samoilov practically gave his opponent a new spiked hairstyle, for which he deservedly received a red card from Ivan Abrosimov. With 1:3 and Tyumen in the minority, it was difficult to do anything against the opponent. “Dynamo” returns to first place, “Tyumen” – second.
Detailed analysis of the key match in Makhachkala:
Two fatal minutes that decided the fate of the leadership in the First League. Video
Tyumen can still regain its lead before the winter holidays. To do this, in St. Petersburg it is necessary to beat Leninggradets, who scored the winning play, and hope that Torpedo will take points from Dynamo in Makhachkala.
Curiosity of the tour – Frolkin sentenced Chernomorets
Chernomorets played the first match after the dismissal of Konstantin Zyryanov in his native Novorossiysk against Leninggradets, who were in the relegation zone. The Novorossiysk club is not doing better: just one point ahead of its rival, and Volgar’s victory over Akron the day before left the team in the company of the St. Petersburg club.
Who would have imagined that the tie, so appreciated by Chernomorets this season, would change after a curious error by their goalkeeper, Daniil Frolkin. The Rostov student could not hit the ball well and sent it into his own goal.
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While in Makhachkala the leaders were looking for the best, in Novorossiysk a match of a lifetime could have occurred that sent the home team to the relegation zone. The “Leningrads” left this zone, moving away from it by two points.
Other matches of matchday 19 of the First League
“Alania” – “Khimki”
In the battle between the candidates to enter the Russian Premier League, five goals were scored. It is true that four of them were against the same team.
The teams went into halftime with the score tied, but in the second, Khimki scored three times in a row, achieving a crushing victory.
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“Torpedo” – “Homeland”
It seemed that Torpedo’s first victory since October 22 was already on the table, but in this gloomy season things cannot be that simple for the team.
Midfielder Daniil Shamkin put his team ahead in the 70th minute. However, at 90+4, Mitya Krizhan equalized the score and saved Rodina from defeat.
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“Shinnik” – “KAMAZ”
Match of teams in 12th and 7th place, respectively. However, the density outside the top 6 of the First League is so great that only two points separate the teams.
The last time Shinnik won the championship was on September 20, so in the last rounds the Yaroslavl team was cleverly left out of the three best teams of the season. Failure could have overtaken Shinnik in the home match against KAMAZ, because in the 69th minute they lost 0:2.
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Only then did the Yaroslavl team manage to tie the match, scoring twice in 10 minutes. The team remained in the middle of the standings, just five points from the relegation zone.
“Akron” – “Volgar”
According to the results of the round, the Tolyatti team could have returned to first place, but instead lost to the last team in the championship.
The only goal of the game is a priori the most memorable, but Artur Gilyazetdinov’s goal sparked a frenzy of emotions among the Akron players and coaches. Evgeny Kaleshin, who gave the now famous speech, said the most.
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The coach can understand: Igor Panin does not have the VAR system as an assistant, so it was difficult to determine whether the ball crossed the goal line. Disputes among fans over the correctness of the decision continue to this day, and there is no guarantee that higher judicial bodies and committees will be able to confidently reach a verdict on this point.
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“Enisey” – “Arsenal”
Arsenal continues to chase the top five teams and in the last round, not without difficulties, beat Yenisei in the famous stadium.
Anatoly Makarov’s first goal had to wait until the 68th minute, and six minutes later the First League’s top scorer, Jonathan Okoronkwo, scored his team’s second goal from a penalty. And already the twelfth staff this season.
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“Arsenal” rose to sixth place, “Yenisey” fell to ninth place.
“Kuban” – “SKA-Khabarovsk”
The match for which the coach of the Krasnodar team, Vadim Evseev, had to miss the legends match between Lokomotiv and CSKA (1-0).
Added to the disappointment of missing the meeting with former teammates was the victory lost in the 90+2 minute after Artyom Simonyan’s goal. It should be noted that from the 58th minute Kuban played in the minority after Dmitry Ternovsky was sent off for a last resort foul.
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“Kuban” could not get out of last place, and “SKA-Khabarovsk” – from 11th.
Here is the match that Vadim Valentinovich missed:
Loskov repeated his legendary goal with CSKA! Semin again won the “golden” match against Gazzaev
“Neftekhimik” – “Sokol”
Goalless draw in a match between teams desperately trying to move away from the relegation zone.
We can assume that they both helped each other. Neftekhimik has a three-point lead over the teams in the relegation zone, and Sokol has a two-point lead.