Sobolev confused the championship with the media league: review of the tour with Yuri Drozdov

Spartak — CSKA 2:1

– The richest event in the last round was the match between Spartak and CSKA. Let’s first talk about the game of both teams.

– Any Moscow derby stands alone. And here there were still teams going in the lead and fighting for medals. The match turned out to be very beautiful, there were many scoring chances.

Two removals stand apart – Spartak’s Sobolev and CSKA’s Willian Roshi. Players playing in the Premier League should be well aware that a lot of attention is riveted to them. Including the media. And such gestures are unacceptable. Maybe Sobolev mixed up the RPL match and the game in the media league, where he has a “Bay-Run” team? I myself participate in the media league, coach the Sakhalinets team. So Sobolev confused this gesture. And then Rosha repeated it. Why was it necessary to respond to Sobolev’s gesture at all?

Returning to the match, Promes once again showed that he is a super-football player for the Russian championship. Can individually decide the outcome of the match, which he did.

– “Spartak” unevenly holds its last matches – a draw with “Rostov”, a defeat from “Zenith”, a draw with “Khimki”. And the victory over CSKA was not easy. Is it possible to say that Spartak has an “end-of-season crisis”?

– To take a place in the top three at the end of the championship is also prestigious. While we do not participate in European Cup tournaments. Because of this, the psychological state of some players is not at the highest level. It is clear that Zenit is a champion, but if you manage to win medals, that’s good.

– Before the match, many experts, for some reason, gave preference to CSKA. Why did the army team fail to win?

– If we take the statistics of the match, then Spartak surpassed their rivals in all respects. And if we take the level of football players, then Spartak also has a higher one. Including the level of legionnaires. Plus, the ending of the season could tell on the army team, it was some kind of misalignment. Although the derby is still a special match.

In general, I can say that Spartak is always higher than all other Moscow teams. If we take today, then both in composition and in other indicators, the red-whites are superior to other Moscow clubs. So both these factors and the individual skill of Promes led to the defeat of CSKA.

Krasnodar-Rostov — 3:0

– In this round, there were two more teams fighting for medals – Rostov and Krasnodar. Was the defeat of Rostovites a surprise for you?

Yes, quite unexpected. Affected quickly scored balls. Already by the tenth minute of the meeting, the score was 2:0 in favor of Krasnodar. This was a shock for Rostov football players. At the end of the first half, they got the third goal.

Krasnodar looked very confident in this match. He played aggressively, constantly creating dangerous moments at the gates of Pesyakov. In the second half, he could have scored three more goals against Rostov. At the same time, I can’t say that Rostov didn’t try to win back, he also had his chances. But two quick goals decided the outcome of the match, becoming a verdict for the Rostovites.

I was also pleased that a lot of fans came to the match. This also put psychological pressure on Karpin’s team.

– Rostov was in second place for a very long time, but now it has fallen out of the medal race. There are a lot of young players in the team. Is it possible to say that they did not have enough strength and experience to finish the championship?

– Yes, you can say that. Having played for Lokomotiv for many years, I remember that when we fought for the first places, the psychological burden was very high when the gold medals were very close. In Rostov, almost all the players are Russians. Young guys. And when it seems that the medals are already in your pocket, and then you lose a couple of matches and get out of the medal race, everything is broken. And the psychological background in the team, and work in training. After 100-150 matches in the RPL, there is more confidence, but at the beginning of a career, everything is different. There are still two matches left in the season, I hope they will fight for more. Especially considering that the head coach of “Rostov” Karpin is very ambitious. And he will not miss even a small chance to compete for medals. So it’s too early to say that Rostov dropped out of the medal race.

Lokomotiv – Fakel – 1:0

– Since we are talking about Lokomotiv, in this round it turned out to be a very difficult match with Fakel. Why didn’t it take so long to score?

– There were no two main players in the squad – Dziuba and Pinyaev. Plus injured Magkeyev, which changed the balance of defense.

In principle, Lokomotiv solved its problem. Because “Torch” came loaded to win. He has nowhere to retreat, he is fighting for survival. The team has a new coach, Evseev. It is clear that in terms of tactics it is quickly difficult for him to change something, but you can change the psychological attitude. As far as I know Vadim, he can charge others with his energy. Thanks to this, Fakel managed to win two matches before the meeting with Lokomotiv. And in the game against Loko we created a lot of chances, we didn’t have enough skill. We could score three goals accurately. Unlike railroads. Those also had scoring chances, but Fakel was more active. Didn’t have enough luck. I am sure that Voronezh will remain in the Premier League. A very nice team.

Lokomotiv was saved by Miranchuk’s skill. Who came out in the middle of the second half and scored the winning goal.

– Ahead of the summer off-season, when teams buy new players. What positions should Lokomotiv strengthen in order to compete for medals in the new season?

– Requires strengthening the line of defense. There will be no questions about the attack. If Dziuba stays. Is that instead of Kamano, who can leave, to attack someone else to watch. And the defense needs to be strengthened. I hope management understands this. In general, if the squad remains, then they should be among the leaders next season.

Akhmat – Khimki – 3:0

– Another interesting match took place in Grozny. Akhmat can get bronze, while Khimki needed a victory for the sake of even a theoretical chance of hitting the joints. Did Khimki have no chance at all in this match?

– At the beginning of the match they tried to do something. And then “Akhmat” ran over them like a roller. Grozny coach Tashuev has a very good team. A team of like-minded people. If I’m not mistaken, after the winter they are generally in second place in terms of points scored. After Zenith.

Krylya Sovetov – Ural – 3:0

– We saw another defeat in Samara. What caused him to be in this game?

– To be honest, no. Carried out in one gate, as I said before. Suddenly. Samarchans looked pretty during the season. Despite the fact that the leading players left the team. Beginners lack skill and experience a little, but they still show an interesting game. “Wings” – a pronounced coaching team. Osinkin’s team. I admire his work and his team, which always fights and shows beautiful football.

Nizhny Novgorod – Sochi – 4:0

– Completed the game program of the 28th round of the rout in Nizhny. Something in this tour is generally a lot of devastating accounts. And then what happened?

– Sochi has solved its tasks for the season. Plus a change in head coach. This also affects. Football players know that they won’t rise higher and they won’t fall lower. Nizhny has a different situation – for each goal, the players lay down with dice. Although, with all due respect to Sochi, the defeat from Nizhny is too much.

Leaderboard

1 Zenith 66

2 CSKA 54

3 Spartak 53

4 Rostov 50

5 Akhmat 49

6 Krasnodar 46

7 Dynamo 45

8 Orenburg 40

9 Lokomotiv 39

10 Sochi 37

11 Ural 30

12 Wings of the Soviets 29

13 Torch 27

14 Nizhny Novgorod 26

15 Khimki 18

16 Torpedo 13