Petersburg "Zenit" and Kazan "Rubin" will play at the stadium "Saint Petersburg" in the city on the Neva in the match of the 2nd round of the Russian football premier league... This meeting will take place on Saturday, July 22, and will begin at 5:30 pm Moscow time.
Zenit - Rubin: where to watch?
The match Zenit (St. Petersburg) - Rubin (Kazan) will be broadcast live by two TV channels - Match TV and Our Football. The live broadcast starts at half past five in the evening Moscow time. It should be noted that this is Zenit's first home game this season, and it will be held at the new St. Petersburg stadium, which hosted the 2017 Confederations Cup games. Recall that this arena on Krestovsky Island can accommodate 68 thousand spectators. We also add that the game "Zenith" - "Rubin" will be served by the referee from Balashikha Vladimir Seldyakov.
Zenit - Rubin: forecast
According to experts, the favorite of the match between Zenit and Rubin is the St. Petersburg team. Meanwhile head coach Rubin Kurban Berdyev played successfully against Zenit in the past, while the new blue-white-blue mentor - Italian Roberto Mancini - is just settling into the Premier League.
Nevertheless, Zenit won their first match under the leadership of Mancini, beating SKA-Khabarovsk in the 1st round (2: 0). But Rubin lost to Krasnodar in the starting round at home (1: 2).
If we talk about the history of meetings between Zenit and Rubin, then Zenit has an advantage here. Zenit won 14 out of 31 head-to-head meetings with Rubin, with 8 draws and 9 defeats. The goal difference is 52:42 in favor of the St. Petersburg team.
Zenit vs. Rubin: line-ups
There is one player in the infirmary of both teams, moreover, the goalkeepers are injured on both sides: at Zenit - Mikhail Kerzhakov, at Rubin - Soslan Dzhanaev.
Thus, Zenit head coach Roberto Mancini is likely to play against Rubin the following starting line-up(Figure 4-4-2). At the gate - Andrey Lunev. Defenders - Domenico Crisito on the left, Igor Smolnikov on the right, Branislav Ivanovic and Luis Neto in the center. In the middle line will play: Alexander Kokorin on the left flank, Oleg Shatov - on the right, in the center - Alexander Erokhin and Leandro Paredes. Finally, the tandem of forwards will be Artem Dziuba and Victor Juliano.
Kurban Berdyev will probably start the match with the following players (3-5-2 formation). In the "frame" - Sergey Ryzhikov, a trio of defenders - Vladimir Granat, Taras Burlak and Ruslan Kambolov. The outermost shuttles - Fedor Kudryashov on the left, Oleg Kuzmin on the right. The central midfielders are Magomed Ozdoev, Yann M'Vila and Ruben Rochina. Forwards - Maxim Kanunnikov and Gekdeniz Karadeniz.
Flash interviews with coaches before matches usually turn into an empty minute parade of platitudes. But from the mouth of Kurban Berdyev, a closed coach, it even sounds like an open game plan: “How can you beat Zenit? Organization. Mancini didn't have as much time as he wanted to build a defense and attack. There are roughnesses that we will try to use. " In Berdyev's language, it is a direct statement that Rubin knows the game plan and will try to use it.
The roughness of Zenit will not be corrected for a few more weeks, so the time was right for the in-person meeting between Berdyev and Mancini, whom Kurban Bekievich appreciates very much. Zenit's match in Khabarovsk was an excellent medicine for Berdyev after the defeat against Krasnodar: in the Far East, Zenit did not know how to break into a massive defense, and got lost in numerous long-range strikes. Of the 14 shots, 11 were from outside the penalty area, one from Dalera Kuzyaeva, eventually became an assist, but long-range shots, as proven by various models for calculating the danger of shots on goal, are not as effective as attempts to score from the penalty area. Zenit had only three such attempts.
The sly fox Berdyev knew what Zenit was in trouble and made the conditions for Petersburgers as difficult as possible. In the center of the field, two classic defensive midfielders appeared at once - Song and M'Vila, and next to them - peeled from a deep playmaker to a midfielder Ozdoev... The flanks were saturated with traditional ligaments in the 3-5-2 scheme - Kuzmina insured on occasion Garnet, a Nabiullina - Kudryashov... Zenit, who again came out with a 4-4-2 tactic, turned out to be terribly uncomfortable with such an opponent's plan. Even the substitutions at the start did not help: Driussi shifted a lot in depth, but in someone else's penalty area until the 51st minute he never touched the ball, and Kuzyaev, despite a couple of moments where Daler was great at dragging the ball, never moved the ball into the penalty area. the Paredes level.
So the scenario of the first half was predictable. Zenit owned the ball 79% of the playing time, but went on a break, losing - 0: 1. “Ruby” forced Roberto Mancini's charges to play like that - he moved two defensive blocks efficiently, brought down the speed of Zenit's attacks, very quickly switched from attack back, blocked all the paths into the penalty area. Because of this kind of football Dziuba, Driussi and Kokorin turned into invisible, and the only moment was created when "Rubin" just let the blue-white-blue turn on the speed. Shatov on the left flank beat Garnet, got free space and made a pass against Kokorin, but Ryzhikov was the first on the ball.
Rubin turned the first and rare moment in the match into a goal. Ryzhikov's removal, Kanunnikov's fight with a defensive midfielder, snatch Zhemaletdinova into the corridor between Neto and Krishito, blow to the neighbor - take it out. Even Berdyev's Rostov would envy Rubin's bloodlust.
In the second half, Zenit did not change its plan, trying to break into Rubin's penalty area in a positional attack, and began to load Ryzhikov with innings more often. In addition to Dziuba and Driussi, Kokorin joined in the fight for air, regularly shifting from the flank to the center. In the 51st minute, it worked: Kokorin, after serving from the left edge, threw the ball to the far corner of the goalkeeper's corner, Garnet looked at the ball and released Driussi, and the Argentine made the first touch in the penalty area for the match - enough for a goal.
The whole further second half, despite the change in the score, continued in the same vein. At the same time, Zenit made a bet no longer on serving, but on an attempt to break the Kazan defense with the bottom: the proof is the replacement of tall Dziuba with Juliano. But the closest thing to a goal until the last minutes were not attacks with passes into the penalty area, eaten by Rubin's defense, but a stray long-range strike by Kokorin. The ball bounced into the crossbar, wagging unpredictably along the road. Kazan responded with a fresh attacking duet Azmun - Karadeniz: the Iranian dragged the ball in a counterattack and threw it into a free corridor, and Gokdeniz forgave Zenit, failing to break through from a lethal position.
By the final whistle, Rubin got tired (Kudryashov's legs were cramping), and fatigue played into Zenit's hands with two fresh midfielders. Juliano and Poloz added movement in front of someone else's goal, but the goal was still scored by the Argentine newcomer Driussi, closing Criscito's serve from the flank. Kudryashov was ahead of Driussi, and, oddly enough, this was his third touch in the penalty area for the match. The figure explains who came to our championship: a ruthless killer who embodied two dangerous blows in a double.
Roberto Mancini, even despite the gained three points, the match against Rubin is very useful in terms of the mistakes made. Now the Italian was finally convinced that tactical training in the Premier League well above zero. Two teams in a row created serious problems for Zenit, barricading themselves in front of their own penalty area and catching Petersburgers on counterattacks. Zenit, with such a competent plan of the opponent, continued to bend its line, not deviating from the set plan. Perhaps this is a note on the fields for future matches: against such rivals as Rubin, Zenit Mancini should be more cunning and flexible.
Russian Football Championship (RFPL). Zenit defeated Rubin at the St. Petersburg Stadium 2-1. Review of the match Zenit - Rubin on July 22, 2017.
Today at the stadium "St. Petersburg" in the framework of the 2nd round of the RFPL the match "Zenit - Rubin" took place. The St. Petersburg club beat the guests from Kazan with a score of 2-1 and entered the championship race.
The 34th meeting of the two teams aroused tremendous interest among football fans, and the match met all their expectations. In the stands of the stadium "St. Petersburg" gathered about 40,000 fans and fans of football, who were able to support their team, and the team responded with a victory.
Roberto Mancini
We need a full house at every game. Then we will definitely win!
The score was opened at the end of the first half. Attack football club"Rubin" Rifat Zhemaletdinov broke into the penalty area and realized a one-on-one exit with Andrey Lunev.
Zenit St. Petersburg managed to score the return goal at the 52nd minute of the meeting. Club rookie Sebastian Driussi scored his first league and home goal. The ball assistant was Alexander Kokorin, who deliberately threw the pass with his head on his team-mate in the club.
Sebastian scored twice in the match and became a real hero of the fight. The Argentine realized his second goal in the 90th minute of the meeting and thus gave St. Petersburg the first victory of the team in the new arena.
Sebastian Driussi Zenith - Rubin
Kurban Berdyev
There was not enough attentiveness in the last minutes. The question to the Zenit coaches is why the guys who played for me can't prove themselves here. Two legionnaires on the field? The one who looks preferable plays. It will take a little more time for Rubin to play the way I want. Everything will be in the near future.
Outcome of the game: Zenit St. Petersburg beat Rubin Kazan 2-1 and entered the championship race. Now in the standings of the Russian Premier League, Zenit is ranked 1st and after Krasnodar and Moscow's Lokomotiv it is performing without loss in points.
Review of the match Zenit - Rubin from 22.07.2017
Zenit will play the next match against Tosno on July 30, and Rubin Kazan will play against Arsenal on July 29.
Zenit won a strong-willed victory over Rubin in the first match of the season at the St. Petersburg stadium - 1: 0. In the first half, Roberto Mancini's team had a huge territorial advantage, but in terms of moments they could not surpass Kazan. And in stoppage time, she missed it altogether after Zhamaletdinov, pushing Neto, jumped 1 on 1 with Lunev and outplayed him. Zenit quickly bounced back at the beginning of the second forty-five minutes - Driussi scored after Kokorin's discount within the goalkeeper's box. It seemed that a draw was inevitable. However, in the first added minute, Driussi closed the pass from the left flank, bringing his team a victory. However, first things first.
First time.
Zenit tried to choose the tactics of blitzkrieg - already in the second minute, Krishito made a long serve from the center of the alien half of the field to the goalkeeper's on Kokorin - Alexander almost reached the ball. Three minutes later, a promising for the St. Petersburg team was the pruning of Kazan residents near their own penalty area, where Shatov intercepted the ball and sent it towards Kokorin. Again, number 9 did not have time, this time Ryzhikov played competently at the exit.
The game was very measured, sometimes even soporific. Zenit possessed the initiative and played well, and at times even gracefully played the pass. But Berdyev's defense did not allow Ryzhikov to hit the goal. Lunev also had little work - Andrei received the ball mainly when the Kazan team included pressure in the center of the field. Out of despair in the 11th minute, Driussi struck from 25 meters - frankly past.
At the 14th minute, Vladimir Seldyakov presented the first yellow card - Elmir Nabiullin became its "owner", who almost flew into Igor Smolnikov's leg with almost his entire body. From that standard, Paredes did not extract anything, but after a few moments the Argentine performed an elegant serve into the penalty area, where Kokorin insidiously, with a twist, struck his head under the right stance. Ryzhikov at first decided that there was nothing serious about this moment. However, in a matter of seconds, he correctly assessed the situation and took the "round" one in a beautiful jump.
In the very middle of the first half, Nabiullin went into the second tough junction against Smolnikov. If it was in the second half of the meeting, the referee could well have given a red. But in this situation, he decided not to spoil the game. And Smolnikov needed an electric car to leave the field. Anyukov has already begun to prepare for entering the field, but, fortunately, Igor was able to return to the lawn of the St. Petersburg stadium.
“Rubin” almost took advantage of the numerical advantage - Yann M'Vila finished a quick attack of Kazan, hitting the goal. The ball hit the defender - corner. After filing the corner, Lunev did not play very well at the exit, as a result, Kanunnikov could have hit the empty target, but Maxim did not hit. Almost ten minutes nothing happened, but then another dangerous attack came from the left flank of Zenit's attack. Shatov gave a round to the corner of the goalkeeper's room, where Dzyuba and Kuzyaev were. Artyom was the first on the ball, closed it with his body from Ryzhikov and tried to give the ball with his heel to Dahler. The goalkeeper chose the correct position, and it also happened that the attacker of the St. Petersburg team touched the last shell.
Until the end of the half, Roberto Mancini's wards tried to find a way to the possessions of Sergei Ryzhikov, but it was all in vain. The ball almost did not reach Dziuba, and Kokorin did not often take the shell dangerously close to the goal. Driussi tried to solve something at the expense of individual actions - it turned out so-so.
It was thought that the teams would go for a break when the score was 0: 0. But in the first added minute, the unexpected happened. Ryzhikov carried the ball far ahead, one of the players in the "ruby" pushed the ball with his head on to Zhemaletdinov. Rifat pushed Neto out of the blue and jumped out to a rendezvous with Lunev, past whom the young forward rolled a shell further - 0: 1! This goal was somewhat reminiscent of the one that Ari scored against CSKA on Friday. Well, something, and this at the end of the forty-five minutes hardly anyone was expecting!
Second half.
Substitutions at Zenit were obvious, but the same line-up came out at the start of the second half that started the fight. In the very opening, Rubin could have scored the second goal: Song made a great break on the right flank, then shot into the center of the penalty area, from where Kanunnikov sent the sphere above the gate. The answer turned out to be gorgeous - Driussi took the shell on the bow, covered it with his body and shot it under the crossbar from a turn - Ryzhikov rescued it. The corner itself did not bring dividends, but after it Smolnikov got a good cross - Ivanovich struck from the center of the penalty near the right post.
And in the 52nd minute, Zenit leveled the score. Kuzyaev's canopy from the left flank to the goalkeeper's line on Kokorin, he made a discount to the left on Driussi, and Sebastian had to not miss from three meters on an empty goal - 1: 1! After that, Rubin stepped up and made some good attacks. But the most realistic chance to score within the first five minutes after the goal was given to Aleksandr Kokorin, who from 30 meters, also decided to hit from the right flank - the projectile flew into the crossbar!
In the 62nd minute, Kurban Berdyev decided on a double replacement for the attackers: instead of Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Gokdeniz Karadeniz came out, and instead of Maxim Kanunnikov, Serdar Azmun. Mancini replied with his castling: instead of Artyom Dziuba, who was never found on the field in the second half, Juliano appeared. The game calmed down and became a soporific spectacle. Compared to the middle of the first half, which also took place, the fact that Rubin began to respond more often with their raids to the other half of the field has changed.
Only closer to the 75th minute, Zenit earned a dangerous free kick, with a kick from which Paredes hit Karadeniz's hand. Turk was shown a yellow card, and Leandro got the best position for the shot. The result is next to the counter. Almost immediately after that, Juliano and Driussi crumbled Rubin's defense, but the Argentine made an extra pass to the Brazilian, and in the end the moment was lost. In the 80th minute, Mancini made a second change: instead of Oleg Shatov, Dmitry Poloz appeared on the field, for whom this appearance became his debut in Zenit.
In one of the kontrvypadov Karadeniz managed to win air for Azmun, Serdar already left Neto at the penalty area, after which he passed the pass into the corridor to Karadeniz. The Turk went on a date with Lunev, but he could not beat him. From the corner that followed this moment, Rubin could have scored another goal - a serve to the goalkeeper's on Kambolov, Ruslan's header turned out to be inaccurate.
The chief referee added two minutes, and it seemed that nothing interesting would happen. However, a canopy came from the left flank to the goalkeeper's line, where Driussi overtook Kudryashov and sent the “round” to the corner closest to him, Ryzhikov jumped, but did not have time - 2: 1! And right there, Mancini allowed the Argentine striker to win a round of applause, replacing him with Alexander Erokhin. In a dramatic way, Zenit snatched the victory in the last minutes!
Results of the match.
To be honest, Zenit needs to be added to many. The creativity of the attacks, which was absent under Lucescu, appeared under Mancini, but now we need to hone the individual passing skills. Of course, you need to make allowances for the fact that it is always difficult to play the first number against the Berdyev teams. In some places, the residents of St. Petersburg acted very well, at times - even too elegant. It is too early to draw serious conclusions, but there are positive developments. There are those of Rubin, who played in defense today much more disciplined than a week earlier against Krasnodar. To hone the interactions a little more in all lines, and the Kazan team will really be able to qualify for the European Cups. And do not look at the fact that after two rounds "Rubin" was at the bottom standings- this is a temporary phenomenon. And the rivals at the start were very strong.
