“The team’s ending was incredible” – Kommersant FM

Moscow clubs played their matches in the Russian Football Cup. CSKA beat Sochi (4:2) in a penalty shootout, and regular time ended in a draw (1:1). Lokomotiv lost in the 11-meter series to Ural in Yekaterinburg. Here, during regular time, there were no goals scored (0:0). For details, see Kommersant FM sports commentator Vladimir Osipov.

For obvious reasons, the Russian Cup matches are in the shadow of the Champions League that has just started. But there is no Fan ID at the tournament games, which means that even the fan sector is filled here, and the noise level at such games is decent, despite it being a weekday.

By the way, some schoolchildren after the army match may well begin to root for CSKA, since 7 thousand teenagers went to football for free instead of lessons. The good turnout for the CSKA-Sochi Cup match was noted by commentators.

The weather was also kind to the fans. On a sunny day, watching a game from the stands is a pleasure, especially if the team you are supporting plays brilliant football and wins.

True, in the first half everything was not at all what the red-blue fans would have liked. Sochi took the lead, but the hosts were not playing well. Still, the change of coach shook up the southerners.

Even though Alexander Tochilin, who had worked with the team more than once, took the helm instead of Dmitry Khokhlov, the resignation did its job, football expert Dmitry Sennikov is sure:

“In this situation, even replacing Sochi players is beneficial, because many want to prove themselves. The new head coach, in principle, knows everyone. But, of course, if someone proves himself well now, he will later play in the championship.”

As for CSKA, the red and blue returned to the game in the second half of the match, and the team’s ending was incredible, and the army team still equalized the score. And here, when two units were on the VEB Arena scoreboard, the young army goalkeeper Vladislav Torop came to the fore.

It’s probably difficult to say now whether he will become a star like Igor Akinfeev, but the 19-year-old goalkeeper in this game pulled out balls that seemed to have already crossed the goal line.

When it came to the penalty shootout, Vladislav Torop pulled out two 11-meter kicks and actually brought the army team victory. Of course, this success of CSKA is unlikely to stop talk about problems in the club, but the players in red and blue uniforms definitely provided positive emotions to the fans who came to the stands of the Moscow stadium that day.

But fans of another Moscow club, Lokomotiv, seem to need to start getting nervous. The railway workers lost to Ural in Yekaterinburg in another Russian Cup match. Regular time ended in a 0:0 draw, but in the penalty shootout the hosts were more accurate.

In general, defeat in the tournament is not a big problem for Lokomotiv, but the fact that the team cannot find its game, despite all the efforts of Artem Dzyuba, is really an alarming bell. Especially considering that this weekend the team is meeting with Zenit in St. Petersburg as part of the RPL.

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