“Baltica”! We conceded in added time, but Rybchinsky performed a miracle!
Kirill Zakatchenko April 20, 2024, 18:47 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Krylia Sovetov received a stupid penalty, but it was not enough.
“Baltika” and “Krylya Sovetov” gave a luxurious end to the match, in which events moved quickly.
Both teams approached the game in good spirits. “Wings” won two victories in a row in the RPL, and “Baltika” crushed “Akhmat” in Grozny in the last round with a score of 7:1. Sergei Ignashevich’s team achieved its first away victory in the RPL, and what a victory it was! Furthermore, this result allowed Baltika to leave the direct relegation zone. “Wings” were in sixth place, but if they had won in Kaliningrad they would have entered the top three. True, it took the team two days to get to the stadium from Samara.
The start of the match was in the hands of the Baltika players, but the visitors tied the match around the 30th minute. However, in the first half the teams only created one dangerous opportunity. Ivan Lomaev saved the visitors after Yuri Kovalev’s shot into the far corner, and Evgeniy Latyshonok had a good performance from the set piece. He first saved Roman Evgeniev’s shot from a couple of meters with his foot, then moved the ball away and did not allow Amar Rakhmanovich to finish.
“Baltika” defeated “Wings” in the last seconds
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After the break, dangerous moments usually arose at the gates of Club Samara. Angelo Henriques fired the ball over the crossbar from a good position and Kristijan Bistrovich fired wide into the near corner. Also, in one of the episodes, Lomaev kicked a shot from Vitaly Lisakovich, who made a great turn in the Krylia Sovetov area.
It is not surprising that the ball ended up in the Samara Club’s goal. Lomaev, who had previously performed impeccably, played unsuccessfully at the start. The goalkeeper generally claimed that he should not have gone after the ball: he kicked it directly to Henriques, who then calmly shot into an empty goal. Before this episode, Lomaev was a contender for the title of best player of the match, but a mistake ruined all his efforts. By the way, Enriquez scored the fifth goal in the current RPL and the eighth of the season (he has three goals in the Russian Cup).
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When it seemed that Baltika would achieve a second consecutive victory, their own footballer prevented it. Substitute Nikola Radmanovac openly grabbed his opponent with his hands and the referee pointed to the spot. Although there was no need to commit any fouls! Amar Rakhmanovich calmly beat the goalkeeper from 11 meters and tied the score.
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If you think that’s all, you are deeply mistaken. In the last seconds, Baltika still snatched the victory. Substitute Dmitry Rybchinsky produced a brilliant volley after a pass from Kozlov: the ball went straight into the far corner. By the way, this is the footballer’s first goal this season. But how important!
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Baltika took its second consecutive victory in the current RPL draw, the first of its kind. Furthermore, they had won three of their previous four matches in the tournament. With that schedule, Ignashevich’s team can avoid relegation. It is true that the calendar is complicated: there are CSKA, Krasnodar and Rostov.
Thanks to the victory over Krylia Sovetov, the Kaliningrad club caught up with Ural in the table: both teams have 23 points.
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