Traktor closed the year with a defeat in Astana

Traktor ended 2023 with an unexpected defeat from Barys 1:5

In Astana, Alexey Zavarukhin’s team did absolutely nothing. The Chelyabinsk team’s only goal came in the third period, when the outcome of the match was already decided. The author of the puck is Nikita Soshnikov.

After the rest match, Traktor’s best player (who recently re-signed a contract with the club for a season and a half), Maxim Shabanov, returned to the squad after the rest match, replacing Yegor Popov. Sergei Mylnikov took his place in goal. Albert Yarullin dropped out of the defensive line, Alexander Shepelev filled his position.

The first period brought real disappointment to Traktor fans. The team missed in the majority, minority and equality. Arkady Shestakov, David Sklenichka, Rudolf Cerveny distinguished themselves. Nikita Soshnikov also received a five-minute penalty.

For the second period, Traktor came out with a different goalkeeper. It cannot be said that Mylnikov played poorly; rather, the whole team did not help the goalkeeper. However, Sergei was replaced by Zach Fucale. But the Canadian also failed to keep the goal intact. In the 24th minute, the hosts realized a double majority. Anthony Kamara scored. The game continued in a violent manner, with many combats and removals.

In the third period, the Chelyabinsk team finally managed to defeat Barys goalkeeper Eddie Pasquale. Anton Burdasov launched a scoring combination in the middle zone with an excellent pass, which was continued by Semyon Der-Arguchintsev and completed by Nikita Soshnikov. But very soon, after an inconsistent play between Ilya Karpukhin and Sergei Telegin in their own zone, Arkady Shestakov scored a double. Towards the end, Traktor received a double majority, but failed to convert it.

1:5 – a sensitive defeat for the “black and whites” in the last match of the outgoing year. Probably the worst match of the team under the leadership of Alexei Zavarukhin with a huge number of unforced errors and defective passes. After a short New Year’s break, Traktor will return to game mode on January 3rd with the continuation of the Ural derby with Avtomobilist in Yekaterinburg.