Lokomotiv will defend the title of Russian football champion with a match against Ufa – Premier League News – Football

The Lokomotiv met the wishes of head coach Yuri Semin and kept the team that won the championship for the first time since 2004. Serbian defender Nemanja Peichinovich went to work in the Chinese "Changchun Yatai", the Brazilian striker Ari returned to "Krasnodar", the day before the receipt of the Russian pbadport. Vedran Чorluka, winner of the Croatian national team, brothers Alexei and Anton Miranchuki, who joined the Russian team before the quarterfinals, and the Portuguese Manuel Fernandes, who participated for the first time in a big international tournament, came back strong after the World Cup.

Railwaymen have compensated Peichinovich's departure from the purchase of another participant in the world championship – the Nigerian national team's all-time defenseman Bryan Idov who was born and De "Rubin "returned 21-year-old midfielder Rifat Zhemaletdinov. Earlier this week, the Lokomotiv announced the lease of Polish midfielder Grzegorz Kryhovyak, who showed up well in the Spanish Sevilla, but could not get a foothold in the French Paris Saint-Germain. . And on Sunday we learn that the railway workers are close to the acquisition of the world champion in 2014 as part of the German national team Benedikt Höwedes, the Schalke footballer, who in the last season in the lease held three matches for Juventus Turin. Super Cup CSKA Moscow in Nizhny Novgorod, where the railway workers opened the season Friday, Kryhovyak did not take part in the participation, the midfielder did not fly to Ufa. In the game with CSKA, the team almost failed the attack, resulting in an overtime loss with a score of 0: 1.

After meeting with CSKA Semin, the team has not yet gained form and has always criticized the schedule. Reason in the claims of a specialist can be found: after the Super Bowl "Locomotive" plays on July 30 with "Ufa" and August 4 with "Spartacus". The same CSKA will hold its next fights on July 31 and August 5. "I do not understand why we play in two days, it's a stressful situation for the players," said the specialist.

"Ufa" at the last championship took sixth place in the standings, and because of bankruptcy of the winner of the country's Cup " Tosno "was also allowed to start for the first time in the European competition. In the offseason, despite the departure of head coach Sergei Semak at Zenit, the Ufimians only made cosmetic changes: the team was entrusted to Sergei Tomarov, 36 , who has devoted his entire career to his native republic and to the Ufa club. the composition of the team has changed. The loss was the transition to "Krasnodar" universal midfielder Dmitry Stotsky, who was one of the engines of the team.

In the match of the second qualifying round of the Europa League with the Slovenian "Domžale" (0: 0), which took place Thursday in Ufa, the usual team appeared on the field, arranged according to the "5-4-1" pattern with a focus on defense and quick counterattacks. The coach and the management of the club as a whole were satisfied with the quality of the game, complaining of the unrealized moments and believing that the chances of the teams before the second leg match were equal. The return match will take place on August 2nd, the winner of the confrontation in the next stage will play with the Hungarian "Honved" or the "Progress" Luxembourg.

The meeting "Ufa" – "Lokomotiv" will start at the "Neftyanik" stadium at 18:00 Moscow time. The match will be served by a team of judges led by Mikhail Vilkov.