(KZN.RU,
April 26). The Kazan “Rubin” lost to the Grozny club “Terek” in the match of
the 25th round of the Russian Football Championship at home. The meeting at the
stadium “Kazan Arena” ended with a score 0:1. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of the
Tatarstan’s capital and the president of the Kazan club, watched the game.
Kazan
players actively started the game and earned two angular blows already in the
first minutes. Guests responded with a dangerous counterattack, which was
completed by Magomed Mitrishev, the forward of the “Terek”. But Oleg Kuzmin, a
defender of the “Rubin”, playing at the first time this season, prevented the
forward’s strike. After that, the game moved to the center of the field, where
there was a lot of fighting and tough collisions. At the end of the half, the
“Rubin” could open an account, but the defenders of Kazan Elmir Nabiullin and
Sergio Sanchez did not have enough accuracy. After a couple of minutes, the
guests scored a goal. Ablai Mbeng, the forward of the “Terek”, sent the ball
into the gate in a minute before the break.
The Kazan
team spent the second half of the game in endless attacks, trying to equalize
the score. The guests responded with counter-attacks. At the 72nd minute, Mbeng
went one on one with Sergei Ryzhikov, the goalkeeper of the hosts, but did not implement
the moment. In extra time, Bekim Balai, a footballer of the “Terek”, struck the
crossbar. Jonathas and Millau Taktash from the “Rubin” had dangerous moments
with, but they could not score.