The sixth round of the XXIV tournament "Unquenchable Stars" took place on Wednesday, June 4, in the arena of the Spartak Academy and was dedicated to the memory of the USSR FIFA referee Nikolai Gavrilovich Latyshev (1913-1999).
What is "bad luck" and how to deal with it
1) "Dynamo" – "Locomotive" – 1:0 (1:0) Goal – Nikolai Smirnov
2) Dynamo – Spartak – 0:0
3) Dynamo – CSKA – 0:1 (0:1)
4) Dynamo – SVF – 0:0
5) Dynamo – RFU – 0:0
1st match. The audience saw beautiful football performed by teams of equal strength. Moments arose at both gates. But if Victor Riveiro defended to "zero", and in one episode even saved the team, then the goalkeeper of Lokomotiv capitulated after a dagger strike by Nikolai Smirnov – 1:0.
Alexey Kutsenko: "Well done, Rivero. I coped with the pre-start excitement, focused my attention on the ball. I played without mistakes. I'm happy for him."
2nd match. Dynamo played their game: combinationally and with very accurate passes. The advantage was felt, but the smallest thing was missing in the shots on goal – luck. As a result, the score on the scoreboard is 0:0.
Victor Losev: "We are playing very well, we are pushing Spartak players. But the strokes on the goal are upsetting, you have to win such a match."
3rd match. From the very beginning of the meeting, Dynamo played their game, the ball rarely got to the army men. And suddenly, at the end of the first half, there was an unexpected goal in our goal. The whole second half flew by with continuous Dynamo attacks, the blue-and–white scored six corners alone, there were enough scoring chances, but ... that's really unlucky, so unlucky - 0:1.
Mikhail Maryushkin: "We play stronger than the opponent, but we lose the match. Everything happens in football, including an offensive defeat. The main thing is not to despair."
4th match. The opponent played very carefully against us. Dynamo had to open a deep defense, and it turned out periodically. But, apparently, the "Old Man Hottabych" bewitched the gate of the SVF, and in the decisive moments the ball flew past the target – 0:0.
Alexey Mironov: "I don't understand how I didn't score. After all, I didn't have a moment, but a moment."
The 5th match. And here, too, Dynamo surpassed their rivals, more often owned the ball, executed four corners, the RFU team – none. But luck never showed the blue and white his face, again a "dry" draw - 0:0.
Mikhail Skokov: Volodya Dolbonosov's Dynamo has accustomed us to victories so much that the draw result really upsets me."
Vladimir Dolbonosov: "Fortune is a capricious lady, turned away from us today. But the team played the way I aimed – in an attacking style, smoothly. I am happy with the game, but not with the result. But I can't make any claims to anyone. If we don't lose our game, there will be goals."
The Dynamo team consists of Victor Riveiro (goalkeeper), Andrey Novgorodov (team captain), Stanislav Dubrovin, Alexey Mironov, Alexey Kozlov, Nikolai Smirnov, Vladimir Skokov, Mikhail Markin, Alexander Tochilin.
Replacements: Dmitry Karablin, Mikhail Maryushkin, Alexey Kutsenko.
Team Leader: Vladimir Dolbonosov
Dynamo veterans supported their native club: Mikhail Skokov, Viktor Losev, Andrei Smetanin.
The places of the teams and the best players of the June stage:
1) Spartak 12 points Alexey Kulagin
2) "Dynamo" 10 Alexey Kozlov
3) "Locomotive" 10 Alexey Sukhanov
4) SVF 10 Rinat Aitov
5) RFU 10 Dmitry Kuznetsov
6) CSKA 8 Alexey Truvalov
Note: Dynamo finished in second place, as it scored more points in the "inter-fight" of four teams.
Nikita Simonyan Cup: Spartak – 5 goals
The position of the teams after six rounds:
1) Dynamo – 69 points (three first places)
2) Spartak – 67 (one first place)
3) RFS – 60 (one first place)
4) Lokomotiv – 60 (one first place)
5) SVF (former "Torpedo") – 54
6) CSKA – 50
Persons of the tour
Andrey Smetanin, Alexander Tochilin, Alexey Kutsenko
Today there are three of them at once – goalkeeper, defender, striker. These are the ones who were on June 14, 1995 (exactly 30 years ago!) We helped Dynamo to become the winner of the Russian Cup. In that final match, they plowed 120 minutes each. In the penalty shootout Kutsenko scored, and Smetanin countered the blow. So Dynamo won!
The seventh round will be held in the arena of the Spartak Academy named after Fedor Cherenkov on Wednesday, July 23. The beginning is at 11:00 Moscow time.
