Hard draw in Kazan

The teams played in extremely hard weather conditions. The appalling pitch at the Rubin Stadium was not the only problem for the players. On the day of the match the temperature fell to -15 Celsius.

Despite it was a freezing workday, nearly 700 Loko fans came to Kazan. The fans filled the entire guest sector and supported their team well!

The field was horrible and it was no surprise the ball stayed mainly in the middle and the game abounded in tackles and losses. Lokomotiv possessed the ball more in the first half and managed to create some opportunities playing free kicks and corners. Late in the first half, Guilherme stepped in and made some fantastic saves.

The Railwaymen started the second half actively and had a great chance to score an opener but the ball went straight into the post after a great mid-distance shot by Denis Glushakov.

In the middle of the second half Maicon got injured. The Brazilian left the pitch assisted by the doctors and Alberto Zapater substituted him. Roman Pavlyuchenko also stepped in instead of Felipe Caicedo.

Lokomotiv went on pressing the opponent and 10 minutes before the final whistle Dmitry Torbinsky substituted Dmitry Sychev. Rubin was almost locked on their side, and Loko crossed into the box again and again. Alas, the Railwaymen never scored.

The game resulted in a hard draw. Lokomotiv has kept its position above Rubin in the table.

Rubin – Lokomotiv 0:0

Rubin: Ryzhikov, Kuzmin, Kislyak, Kverkvelia, Kaleshin, Nemov, Eremenko Roman, Natcho, Ryazantsev, Valdez, Karadeniz (Kasaev, 87).

Lokomotiv: Guilherme, Burlak, Shishkin, Belyaev, Yanbaev, Tarasov, Ozdoev, Glushakov, Maicon (Zapater, 71), Sychev (Torbinsky, 81), Caicedo (Pavlyuchenko, 68).

Yellow cards: Natcho, 12. Tarasov, 33. Belyaev, 40. Kaleshin, 51. Kislyak, 90.

Referee: Eduard Malyi (Volgograd).

11 March. Kazan. Rubin Stadium.