Round eleven: Super League is accelerating
Superleague PARI chart shrinks, freeing up space for the Russian Cup final – this week we will see two rounds at once. Nearest, 11-and, starts on Wednesday. All teams must play on the same day, but Yenisei and Neftyanik, who were knocked out of the Cup in advance, prudently decided to play just in the cup time - 25 December, and the match of Minsk "Stroitel" with "Belogorie" was postponed as much as 3 Martha, so that the people of Belgorod, carrying out, against their will, a protracted outing tour, managed to rush to Kemerovo by December 11th. Talking about them at the moment makes no sense: by the time they are held, a lot can change.
Significant match for Kemerovo residents - a new, 7-thousand arena, and it would be nice to immediately fill it with an aura of victories. It is planned to return to service Alexander Markin and Alexey Obmochaev before the opening, but still the outcome of the match is not obvious. After the failure - and it was him - of Sosnovobortsev in the home match with Belogorye, Alexander Klimkin will try to restore the acid-base balance. Critically important, how the main players will play and whether Nikola Jovovich will draw conclusions from the adventurous game. Kuzbass has about the same problems. Due to their court and motivation, the hosts have a chance to adequately get out from under the pressure of four defeats in a row from the giants (to which, Alas, "Kuzbass" can no longer be counted), but rehabilitation procedures are also important for Dynamo-LO. It will be interesting.
But in Nizhnevartovsk it will not be interesting. Samotlor declares "everything for the fans", but does not bring home the Kazan "Zenith". I think, that money does not play a special piano here, Superleague club is able to organize a home game even in a semi-conscious state. For the same reason (not at all monetary) it would be possible to miss the home game with St. Petersburg. The inspiration from the fight with Lokomotiv came to naught precisely with a double in Kazan. But all for the fans, come see Kluka, Anderson, Yakovleva & Co..
What to say? When "Zenith" go to teams from the second half of the standings, getting a little sad. You can talk about the root causes for a long time and not here, and here we state - Kazan will win. The only question is the level of resistance from Nizhny Novgorod, where veterans do not decide everything by experience, and youth of the level of Labinsky is not visible. It remains to be hoped for the nature of the ASK - but this is one set in the limit.
Taken apart against the infirmary. Something evil I have announcements today, sorry. The match in Novy Urengoy will be interesting in terms of the ability of the hosts to recover from the "fright" in the capital. «Lokomotiv», basically, already adapted to games in a truncated composition, he still has a pretty solid power reserve, and he is the favorite. But the favorite is not perfect, as the "Dynamo", with your pain points. Will Grankin and Co. be able to press them? Somehow I want to believe, that the youth of "Torch" can wake up.
Ufa residents march victoriously over convenient rivals, and "Nova" – another potential victim. The main thing here is not to relax ahead of time, because the “victim” won the first victory the day before and is in a state of emotional upsurge. At least the Volga residents can make some noise in Ufa, as much as possible to win, although it will be a sensation. The question is, how reliable is Potaluk, as a rescue option, if it doesn't go to Rybakov's, Esfandiara, Feoktistova. If it goes, then there won't be much to talk about.. But the match is for the hosts, what is called, with an asterisk.
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