"Lex" ends the tournament with a victory
24.04.22
Two St. Petersburg teams - "Lex" and the St. Petersburg Youth Team - also reached the finish line.
After the teams get used to at each other, the first scoring moment happened in the third minute of the match - teammates brought Ivan Konstantinov to the strike position, and the eleventh number of "Lex", calmly dealt with Maxim Romanov, "shot" Pechnikov.
Kirill Filippov doubled the advantage of the players in black - he and Amid Nazarov successfully played a corner standard. The minute hand did not have time to make a full turn, as Stanislav Suslov, who had been preparing for a strike for a long time without the opponent's resistance, lit the number three opposite the name of his team with a spectacular bicyclet. Thus, the first twenty minutes were dictated by more experienced players, the guys in blue almost did not move to the opponent's half and did not show visible resistance.
After the break, the "youth team" joined the fight - Artem Pechnikov made a quick entry on Artemy Baranov, who nodded the ball over Ali Harfush. The "bite" of the "youth team" turned out to be the only one, and the teams left for the break with the score 3:1.
In the third period, the guys continued to catch up with the opponent - Igor Brishtel's wards did not postpone goals and already from the starting divorce of the ball Dmitry Frolov hit Ali Harfush's goal. Dmitry had a chance to even the score a minute later, however, Mikhail Augustov, who replaced Ali, parried Frolov's shot from the penalty spot.
But Lex, which was temporarily losing ground, regained a two-goal advantage - Kirill Filippov "passed" Artem Pechnikov, who was not replaced in this meeting. At the end of the third game segment, a goalkeeper duel took place - first, Pechnikov allowed his team to get close to the opponent, then Ali returned the favor to him. Having regained the advantage of two goals, the team of Alexander Khokhluhk, who was not present at the game, slammed the door loudly at the end of the tournament, leaving a major aftertaste.
Ali Harfush, "LEX":
"In today's match, the result, of course, is good, however, we played very badly in the tournament. Almost no opponent could be given a fight.
I'm afraid that we are not ready for serious games yet. Although there was no preparation as such, we came out with almost no training. In a week we gathered, discussed something, and that's it.
There is definitely not enough physics - in the third half almost no one could run. The fifth day of the games, everyone is tired, aged, so to speak (smiles). We can't run with young people. We tried tactically, on experience, but it didn't work out much either."
Mikhail Samusevich, St. Petersburg Youth team:
"We started very sluggishly. We played normally for the first minute, and then we gave the opponent more advantage on the field. In the third period, they were already hooked, and we, on the contrary, began to control the ball more. But still, the implementation failed us. I also think that during this five-day period, the guys "got tired" and still got tired, that's why they lost concentration, some programs did not pass.
For our team to take fifth place is a good result. For me personally, the task was not to win the tournament, because the rivals have the Russian national team, "Kristall", but a set of experience. Even the loss in the match with Kristall - they showed what we are capable of, showed what we should strive for."
