Gia Saralidze, exclusive to VK
The first round of the Russian Premier League is over. All the leaders of the Russian football won their first matches. Only Dinamo Moscow suddenly lost to "Volga" (Nizhny Novgorod) 0:1. “Zenith", the CSKA, “Locomotive”, and “Spartak”, won a victory.
"Anji" (Makhachkala) joined the tournament favorites which claims to be the leader of Russian football after the well-known events. The Dagestan team won its first match with the "Kuban" 2:1.
It should be noted that such a cheerful beginning is not the rule but rather the exception for the favorites. Usually, the tournament favorites begin with a warm-up, gradually making progress. But apparently, everyone understands that the competition this year is such that you can start losing and will not manage to recover.
In the course of the game with "Amkar" the forward of the Petersburg club and of the national team of Russia Alexander Kerzhakov proved that he can score, and all that happened to him at the European Championships is just bad luck, which happened in the careers of many great forwards.
The super-striker of "Anji" Samuel Eto’o, the highest paid footballer in the world, scored his first goal in this season. It should be noted that in the first match the African duo of forwards from Makhachkala, Eto’o and Traore, scored two goals to "Kuban" which brought three points to "Anji".
The newcomers of the Premier League, "Alania" from Vladikavkaz and "Mordovia" from Saransk, were beaten in the first match. Despite the fact that the newcomers were able to provide decent resistance to the leaders of Russian football, the Moscow "Spartak" and "Locomotive", they received no points. "Alania" lost to Spartak 1:2 on its home pitch, and "Mordovia" lost to "Locomotive" 2:3.
During the match Spartak-Alania in Vladikavkaz Welliton, the player of “Spartak” played rough again with the goalkeeper of the rivals. The behavior of the Brazilian has already raised questions about his mental health. It should be note the rare professionalism of the goal by Arsene Hubulov. The player of "Alania" attacked the gate of "Spartak" by a scissor-kick.
In addition, during the first round of the Russian Premier League Moscow "Dynamo" conceded a goal and lost to "Volga" from Nizhny Novgorod, with the more numerous line-up. Unfortunately, it seems that the brilliant team the play of which delighted fans and experts does not exist yet. The fate of the head manager of the team, Sergey Silkin, if the team does not start winning, will raise numerous questions.
