Cup of Russia. Group D. CSKA 2:1 Sochi. “Kharlamov looked around”

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Vladimir Fedotov, head coach of CSKA, quoted the famous expression about the legend of Russian hockey Valery Kharlamov at the post-match press conference, answering a question about Christian Noboa. But to be honest, all the players of both teams who took the field on the September evening are very far from the best hockey player in the history of this game. Cup of Russia. Group D. CSKA 2:1 Sochi. Goals: Kuchaev, 23, Chalov, 73 – Sarveli, 52.

Cup of Russia. Group D. CSKA 2:1 Sochi. Goals: Kuchaev, 23, Chalov, 73 – Sarveli, 52.

Before the starting whistle, the army players supported the injured defender Igor Diveev. In their hands they held a banner on which it was written: “Divey, we are with you!”. The “culprit” himself was present in the stands with crutches in his hands and thanked the team with applause.

The match began with a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the tragedy in Izhevsk.

Vladimir Fedotov with CSKA has beaten his former club Sochi for the third time in a row: 2:1, 3:0 and 2:1. The final (at the moment) meeting turned out to be the most intense, and the army team won with great difficulty.

Both clubs put up completely non-combat teams. The southerners “got burned” on this – the Sochi team failed in the first half, and in the second, with the release of Noboa, they showed a decent game. The only one once and for all – Igor Akinfeev at the gates of the army team. Young Ushatov and Shipunov came out for Sochi, and Djordjevic also made his debut.

The game was not rough, but brought three forced substitutions due to injuries. The first to knock down Oblyakov from CSKA was the 37th minute.
At the very end of the first half, two guest players, Artur Yusupov and Nikita Burmistrov, were also injured. The first was replaced in the 45th minute, and the second played on one leg until the 65th.

The icing on the cake, moreover, the triple cup game at Peschanaya was penalties, which were never assigned due to the intervention of VAR. In all three episodes, the arbiter of the meeting Alexei Sukhoi was not at all comme il faut. In the first case, a possible foul by Meshchaninov on Oblyakovo was considered, in the second, the chief referee appointed a penalty for Roshi’s foul on Sarveli, but then went to watch the “TV”. All this lasted for three minutes – everyone is already accustomed, unfortunately, to such long views.

In the final episode with Yakovlev’s potential foul on Noboa, the referee of the meeting completely “floated”. He did not see a violation in the moment, ran along with the army team in a counterattack, appointed a dangerous free kick against Sochi, showed a yellow card to Dzhanaev. And only after that began checking the likely penalty, which played in favor of CSKA. And so it happened – 2:1 in the game, and the same score for unassigned penalties.

CSKA opened the scoring thanks to the efforts of Gaich, who removed almost the entire top. It was he who jumped high and smartly struck his head under the crossbar. Goalkeeper Soslan Dzhanae “dragged” an almost “dead” ball, and Kuchaev was where he needed to finish.

After the break, Gaych was replaced by the nimble and rested Chalov, who brought victory to CSKA. Moises’ breakthrough, his gorgeous cross and the finishing action of the Russian striker, who shot so skillfully that even Akinfeev could not stop the ball.

For Sochi, the insatiable and irresistible Sarveli scored, who also came on as a substitute only in the second half. But still, the best among the guests was the ageless Noboa, who tormented the defense of the army so fiercely and elegantly that he received from his former coach a comparison with Kharlamov himself.

At the end of the match, Sochi had several chances, but haste, inaccuracy interfered, and Igor Vladimirovich helped out a couple of times.

Two traditional questions from our correspondent to CSKA head coach Vladimir Fedotov. The army helmsman was laconic.

football, CSKA-Sochi, photo Vladimir Sabadash — CSKA head coach Vladimir Fedotov

“What about Oblyakov? Collision, blow to the knee. We hope that nothing terrible, just a bruise. Everything is in the hands of the player, he puts himself in the squad. Today Vanya aggravated well, dispersed attacks.

The second question was about why Igor Vladimirovich did not get into the cup rotation? “Akinfeev needed a game tone, this is our decision. Therefore, today he is our number one, ”the CSKA coach answered briefly but succinctly.

My question to Sochi coach Alexander Tochilin was about the fact that the team’s game with Noboa is completely different. “Noboa is a very important player in how we build the game. He joined us a little later, we need to take a little load off him. We have other players in the roster, they also need practice,” said the coach of the southern team.