MOSCOW, July 22, Oleg Bogatov. First matches of the Russian Championship The football tournament was held at a good level and causes optimism, but a number of teams lack game balance when relying on attack, said former head coach of the Russian national team Valery Gazzaev.
The current champion of Russia, St. Petersburg «Zenit», defeated the Samara «Wings of the Soviets» (4:0), the Moscow «Dynamo» defeated the Voronezh «Fakel» (3:1), and the debutant of the Russian Premier League (RPL) «Akron» «gave a fight to Lokomotiv Moscow (2:3). “Rostov” shared points with CSKA (0:0).
«»The Russian Championship started quite encouragingly, many teams showed a good level of readiness and an interesting game with an abundance of scoring chances. «Zenit», purely on class, without making any additional efforts, achieved a convincing victory over «Wings of the Soviets.» Dynamo also started the season successfully, beating Fakel unconditionally. And Lokomotiv, despite the victory over Akron, has a lot of problems both in defense and in attack. RPL debutant Akron showed good attacking football, but the team still lacks balance in the game, like some others who tried to attack and at the same time forgot about defense. And there must be a balance,» said Gazzaev.
Rostov looked preferable in the match with CSKA, but both teams left the same impression — they paid a lot of attention to defensive actions. Let's hope that in the future all teams will show good and interesting football,” added the agency’s interlocutor.