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I can't remember such an unpredictable round of the Russian Championship.
Not only that, but "Krylya Sovetov," which was on the verge of relegation from the Premier League all last season, is crushing Terek away with a score of 0-3!
CSKA can't manage to win at home against Shinnik (which hardly anyone considered a competitor to last year's bronze medalist) - 1-1, and Amkar is dominating Khimki away: 0-3! And that's despite the fact that Khimki stayed in the top ten all last season solely thanks to their home matches: they had only two defeats at home all season (and those were against Lokomotiv and Moscow, very strong teams at the time, while Amkar finished only eighth last season)! However, this year, Khimki has a new stadium, and perhaps it feels like an "away" stadium for the home team.
Let's move on.
Lokomotiv loses at home (!) to Rubin with a score of 0-1. To whom? Yes, to Rubin - tenth place last year, an outsider from Kazan!
Zenit and Spartak couldn't break the deadlock in St. Petersburg, although overall it was a fairly entertaining match - unfortunately, not in the best sense of the word: both the blue-white-blue team (especially Pogrebnyak) and the red-white team (Mozart and Stranzl were begging for a red card) played very aggressively. And "Petrovich" is a place that is almost as "cursed" for guests as Khimki was last year. However, let's attribute this to Zenit's fatigue after their victory over Marseille, on the one hand... Or maybe the guys just weren't in the right mindset.
What can I say - yes, it seems that the priorities have changed significantly in the new season. Although the first round is often not the best indicator of trends. We will eagerly wait to see which games will reveal the favorites and outsiders of 2008.
And in parentheses - about the Tom-Dynamo match. The draw was quite predictable, given the classic situation - "a stronger team playing away against a weaker team." What's interesting is that at the time of the match, the temperature in Tomsk was 15-18 degrees Celsius (!!!) below zero! God bless Dynamo!:smile41: How they didn't die there is a mystery to me... and in general, it's the height of idiocy to hold a match in such weather conditions.
Not only that, but "Krylya Sovetov," which was on the verge of relegation from the Premier League all last season, is crushing Terek away with a score of 0-3!
CSKA can't manage to win at home against Shinnik (which hardly anyone considered a competitor to last year's bronze medalist) - 1-1, and Amkar is dominating Khimki away: 0-3! And that's despite the fact that Khimki stayed in the top ten all last season solely thanks to their home matches: they had only two defeats at home all season (and those were against Lokomotiv and Moscow, very strong teams at the time, while Amkar finished only eighth last season)! However, this year, Khimki has a new stadium, and perhaps it feels like an "away" stadium for the home team.
Let's move on.
Lokomotiv loses at home (!) to Rubin with a score of 0-1. To whom? Yes, to Rubin - tenth place last year, an outsider from Kazan!
Zenit and Spartak couldn't break the deadlock in St. Petersburg, although overall it was a fairly entertaining match - unfortunately, not in the best sense of the word: both the blue-white-blue team (especially Pogrebnyak) and the red-white team (Mozart and Stranzl were begging for a red card) played very aggressively. And "Petrovich" is a place that is almost as "cursed" for guests as Khimki was last year. However, let's attribute this to Zenit's fatigue after their victory over Marseille, on the one hand... Or maybe the guys just weren't in the right mindset.
What can I say - yes, it seems that the priorities have changed significantly in the new season. Although the first round is often not the best indicator of trends. We will eagerly wait to see which games will reveal the favorites and outsiders of 2008.
And in parentheses - about the Tom-Dynamo match. The draw was quite predictable, given the classic situation - "a stronger team playing away against a weaker team." What's interesting is that at the time of the match, the temperature in Tomsk was 15-18 degrees Celsius (!!!) below zero! God bless Dynamo!:smile41: How they didn't die there is a mystery to me... and in general, it's the height of idiocy to hold a match in such weather conditions.
