The first participant in the Fonbet Superfinal Cup was CSKA. Review of the match

The first participant in the Fonbet Superfinal Cup was CSKA, who defeated last year’s winner of the Zenit tournament in an exceptional confrontation in the drama. In the response – home – the match, the army men, who lost in the first meeting – 0: 2, reduced the lag behind the opponent under the curtain of the first half, then did not realize the eleven -meter, but caught up with the Petersburgers already at a compensated time thanks to the goal of Tamerlan Musaev, then sorting guests in the penalty series.

This match was opened with an episode that could, in fact, kill the whole intrigue. Those who worried about CSKA probably watched with horror as they flew into the air near the goal line to accept Andrei Mostovoy’s canopy, the Zenit striker Mateo Kasserra, how cool the ball cuts down … at that time when he broke away from his head, taking the gate seemed imminent. And the numbers flashed in my head: the account in the St. Petersburg match was 2-0 in favor of its owners, which means that now there will be 3: 0 in the sum of two games. All that can be caught up with Zenit can not be dreamed of. But in an instant, the next in the path of the ball, a hand found the unknown way that reacted to the movement of Casciere, goalkeeper Vladislav Torop. He retained the intrigue.

And then rather curious football went. In the sense that he was very lively, fast, not at all the same as football, when both rivals are terribly afraid to skip. But with the acuteness of it, the same misfortune was observed as with good weather in May Moscow. And it’s not even clear why. At Zenit, at least sometimes something pretty matured. And CSKA the only time in half an hour disturbed the guests thanks to an unexpected tearing in front of the penalty area of ​​Nurala Alipa. Moyzes, who got his strange pass, fired from the corner of the penalty area, but did not get into the business.

The more amazing was the explosion that occurred at the end of the first half. CSKA suddenly passed a simple wall.

Matvey Kislyak beat with the second Kite and decided to break through carefully, a cheek. It is possible that nothing good would have happened to him, but the ball hit, as it turned out, completely inappropriately for Zenit, the defender Nina, who turned up in his path. And Ricochet gave the ball the perfect trajectory. Such a cunning “parachute” came out, flying along the steep arc of goalkeeper Denis Adamov.

And soon the CSKA players surrounded the arbiter of Vitaly Meshkov. He seemed to not at first understand why such a storm of emotions, but quickly became convinced that Var really turned on for nothing. Well, yes, it is clear that after the blow from the second floor of Willian Roshi, the ball touched the hands of Nurala Alipa. And the hand was not pressed to the body, but set aside far to the side. There is something to watch, there is something to think about.

The members of the video discovered with Meshkov looked and thought for a long time, apparently aware of what the price of the verdict they had made in such a difficult situation may be. In the end, the judge nevertheless announced a violation, that is, a penalty. And that CSKA fan, who recently, looking at the take -off of the CASSERRA, buried his team, probably again engaged in simple calculations.

And it turned out that now, after the eleventh meter, the army team, although nothing of the plot had portended, Zenit would be overtaken.

The penalty was performed by Ivan Oblyakov. And he performed in principle not badly – he hit the corner strongly. But now the Petersburg goalkeeper performed the goalkeeper feat: Denis Adamov guessed where the Oblyakov would mark, and darted in advance to the desired rack.

The explosion hinted at a bright and exciting continuation. But in reality it was a little different. Zenit seems to have removed useful lessons from his failure, which almost led to a disaster, and after the break he played extremely carefully. And with the attentive Zenitites of CSKA it was insanely difficult. The blow of Saul Guarirap, for which Adamov had to decently strain, was a rare attacking success of the army. As a rule, Zenit pressed all their scum.

Petersburgers, too, must say, did not differ in special persistence. If they arose, if they arose, it is usually due to the mistakes of opponents who are much more nervous. But from the « zenith » of persistence was not required. It was required first of all reliability, but with her this evening, except for the nightmare of the segment before the break, everything was in perfect order.

He had to endure a little-there was already a compensated time. And then CSKA received the right to corner.

And this presentation reached the backs hidden behind the other people’s backs, so that Tamerlana Musaeva, Tamerlana Musaeva. So the match was flowing into a penalty series. And in it, CSKA players were impeccable. Unlike the Zenitites, whose misfires were allowed by Alexander Sobolev and Gustav Mantuan. Zenit parted with the hope of protecting the title, and the army team reached the decisive cup match.

The second participant in the superfinal, which will be held on June 1 in Luzhniki, will become known on Thursday. It will be determined in the final match of the « Path of the Regions » between Spartak and Rostov.

Alexey Prepokhov