Dzuba's injury, Chalov's ninth goal and the crisis of ideas at Semak: the main results of the match CSKA - Zenit

Zenit is in deep crisis

Autumn matches are turning for Zenit into continuous torment. If in the summer Petersburgers looked stronger than the rest of the RPL teams head-on, then in September they began to experience serious problems.

Obviously, the wards of Sergei Semak are not in the best shape. Daler Kuzyaev, Alexander Erokhin and Artem Dzyuba, who were team leaders at the start of the season, sank into a serious functional pit, as they did not have the opportunity to rest after the World Cup. Last year after the Confederations Cup, the captain of Spartak Denis Glushakov got into a similar situation.

The match with CSKA was one of the most unsuccessful for Zenit this season. Petersburgers have never been able to break through the shots on target Igor Akinfeev.

The defeat was a fair outcome. By the way, in the previous guest meetings of the RPL with the “Wings of the Soviets” and “Dynamo”, “Zenit” in the amount struck five shots on target. In Samara, the team was lucky, and it managed to achieve victory. The game in Khimki ended in defeat.

In Moscow, almost all Zenit players played poorly with the exception of Artem Dziuba, who alone tried to cling to the balls. The remaining players of the attack line of the Petrograd were completely invisible. The eminent Claudio Marchisio, who “brought in” the first ball and was replaced during the break, acted in no better way.

Casting of Semak did not give any results either. The coach went all in and went to the scheme with three strikers (Dzyuba - Sebastian Driussi - Anton Zabolotny), and at first it seemed that the army team was shaking. But the fuse of Petrograd people quickly dried up, and CSKA calmly brought the matter to victory. To plan “B” of the team with casts on two high forwards, the rivals have already adapted themselves.

However, the defeat of “Zenith” is not strongly reflected in the leading positions of the team. Blue-white-blue ahead of the nearest pursuer by five points. Despite a serious crisis, blue-white-blue continues to consistently gain points in both the championship and the Europa League.

CSKA keeps on young

CSKA fall in the same difficult situation. The young team, like Zenit, has to break off on two fronts. In this case, wards Viktor Goncharenko pursue injuries.

Despite this, the red and blue continue to take their own in the youthful enthusiasm. Fedor Chalov, Nikola Vlasic, Ilzat Akhmetov and others progress with each game.

In the first half, the army team turned out to be stronger than Zenit and could easily bring the matter to defeat. Wards Goncharenko literally tore the opponent's experienced defense in quick attacks.

Goals Chalova

But the main protagonist in the attack of CSKA remains Chalov. In previous seasons, he clearly lacked stability, but in the current 20-year-old striker does everything to become the top scorer of the championship.

In the match with Zenit, he not only opened the scoring, but also gave an assist to Arnor Sigurdsson. Chalov aims to strike, but he is not greedy and is always ready to share the ball with partners. At the moment, Fedor is leading both in the list of the best snipers of the RPL, and in the standings in the “goal + pass” system. He added three assists to nine balls.

And taking into account the injury, Dziuba Chalov is able to help the Russian team in the most important matches with Germany and Sweden.

Dziuba's problems

The health of Artyom himself in the match with CSKA failed. On the game with the army team the attacker came out with a tightly taped knee, and even admitted to journalists that he was experiencing pain.

As a result, during the second half, the damage manifested itself, and Dzyuba was forced to ask for a replacement. But he, despite the injury, was the most active player of Zenit in an unsuccessful match.

The damage to Artyom right now seems the inevitable consequence of his colorful game this year. Since March, the striker almost regularly entered the field. In addition, after the World Cup Djube failed to rest. In the summer he returned to Zenit and continued to drag the team. However, in the fall it became increasingly difficult. Now it remains only to wish Artem a speedy recovery. The national team on the eve of the next matches suffered another serious loss.

Akhmetov's injury

The young talent of CSKA Ilzat Akhmetov will not help the national team.

In recent matches, the midfielder scored an excellent form and became one of the leaders of the army team. He gave an assist in the game with “Roma” and was marked by an assist in the match with “Zenith”.

However, after the break, Akhmetov landed badly on the lawn and received elbow damage.

Injuries pursue CSKA players in the current season, and in fact the team in the summer and so was left without a number of leaders. Only the match with Zenit due to health problems missed Konstantin Kuchayev, Viktor Vasin, Ivan Oblyakov and Abel Hernandez. Now Akhmetov will compose them in the hospital.