The organizer of the second round of the XXIV tournament "Unquenchable stars" was Spartak. It took place on February 28 at the Spartak Arena and was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Honored Master of Sports Alexei Alexandrovich Paramonov.
Regulations: six teams play each with each in one round. Duration of the match: two halves of six minutes each. Scoring: win – 3, draw – 2, defeat – 1.
1) Dynamo – CSKA – 0:0
2) Dynamo – RFU – 0:1 (0:0)
3) Dynamo – Spartak – 2:0 (Dubrovin, Skokov)
4) Dynamo – Lokomotiv – 0:0
5) Dynamo – SVF – 4:0 (Dubrovin – 2, Karablin – 2)
1st match. Dynamo's advantage was overwhelming. Eric Yakhimovich and Alexander Tochilin had real chances to score in each of the halves, but the goalkeeper interrupted the ball's flights. Four corners, although they created tension, did not end with blows.
Victor Riveiro: Where are the shots on goal! Why don't they hit, but roll the ball to the right! I don't understand.
2nd match. Dynamo pressed, but not convincingly, and were embarrassed to hit the goal. The opponent chose the tactics of quick raids. In the first half, Andrei Tveryankin once saved the goal in a throw, but in the second he failed to block the way of the ball.
Karapet Mikaelyan (the author of the goal): I adjusted the ball to my left forehand and hit the goal solely by force. Andrei Tveryankin can't be beaten otherwise, he's a great goalkeeper, I know that.
3rd match. The match against Spartak was crucial: after two wins, Spartak players took the lead on points. And here they played confidently, but Stanislav Dubrovin caught his game. At the very beginning, he scored a quick goal with a header. Towards the end of the game, when Spartak players increased the pressure, he, having won the riding fight, gave an accurate pass to Vladimir Skokov, who put the ball into the net with his head.
Vladimir Skokov: Before that, in two episodes I neglected the jerks for possible transfers, and missed two promising moments. But this time I felt that it would be useful. And Stanislav, of course, is a great fellow.
4th match. The locomotives put up a very stubborn resistance, they were not afraid to attack themselves, and in terms of the number of corners they even outstripped Dynamo. Perhaps the draw in the game was fair.
Viktor Losev: Emotions were squandered in the previous game, so here they could not muster the will into a fist. And the rivals do not want to give up.
The 5th match. Dynamo played an exemplary game: attacks necessarily ended with blows. The opposing goalkeeper worked tirelessly and conceded only four goals, parrying at least a dozen of the most difficult shots. The account was opened after the amazing accuracy of the three-pass Yakhimovich-Smirnov-Dubrovin. The other three goals were scored after verified passes from Leonid Panteleimonov.
Vladimir Dolbonosov: Today we showed a spectacular game that the audience likes and gives satisfaction to the players themselves. Both rounds of this season, Dynamo scores the most in the dispute for the Simonyan Cup, this is our credo – to look for luck in attack. However, the opponents do not allow us to go far, we get points with difficulty. Competition in the table remains high.
The Dynamo team consists of Andrey Tveryankin (goalkeeper), Eric Yakhimovich (captain), Alexey Kutsenko, Leonid Panteleimonov, Andrey Novgorodov, Nikolai Smirnov, Vladimir Skokov, Dmitry Karablin, Stanislav Dubrovin, Alexander Tochilin, Alexey Kozlov.
In reserve: Mikhail Maryushkin, Victor Riveiro.
Team leader: Vladimir Dolbonosov.
Dynamo veterans supported their native club: Mikhail Skokov, Viktor Losev, Anatoly Piskunov, Vladimir Kozlov, Sergey Kozlov, Alexander Rakitsky.
The places of the teams and the best players of the February tour:
1) RFU – 11 points (Alexander Shanin)
2) Dynamo – 11 (Alexander Tochilin)
3) Spartak – 11 (Alexander Burov)
4) CSKA – 10 (Oleg Akhtyamzyanov)
5) Lokomotiv – 10 (Eduard Batygin)
6) SVF – 7 (Igor Lytkin)
Nikita Simonyan Cup (the most productive team) went to Dynamo, who scored 6 goals.
The position of the teams after two rounds:
1) Dynamo – 24 points (one first place)
2) Spartak – 22
3) RFU – 21 (one first place)
4) CSKA – 18
5) SVF (former "Torpedo") – 18
6) "Locomotive" – 17
The host of the third round will be the team of the Union of Football Veterans (formerly Torpedo), which invites rivals to the arena of the Spartak Academy on Thursday, March 20, at 11 o'clock.
