Volgograd Stadium adopted the first match after the 2018 World Cup – News of the First Division – Football

The game was the first for the "Volgograd Arena" after the World Cup. Four World Championship events were held at this stadium.

A real test for the new arena: a few days before the first home game of Rotor, the city was hit by a heavy downpour that even took away some of the embankment. at the 2018 World Cup.

Bad luck with the weather and the day of the match: two hours before the starting whistle, while the fans were already gathering near the stadium, there was a storm. Many fans who were waiting to buy tickets just before the match, at the last moment changed because of the weather . And for sure, they regretted it: the downpour quickly ended, and the match itself proved to be interesting. According to preliminary estimates of the authorities, more than 10 thousand tickets were made two days before the match.

Recall that it was the match between Rotor and Luch that on April 21 the new stadium was getting a baptism of fire before the World Cup. Then the team of Sergei Pavlov, who was replaced this season by Robert Evdokimov, gave this holiday to Volgograd fans, beating 4: 2. Since then, the teams have substantially updated their line-up , but the fans of "Rotor" were entitled to expect that the result of the match is at least worse this time

Before the whistle Defender "Rotor" Nikolai Olenikov who played for the club for 13 seasons and helped the team to win the silver medals of the Russian championship exactly 25 years ago

The "Rotor" players showed their determination to take three points. Shnem fight of the season, causing several dangerous attacks on the goal. Tahili threatened and sharpened the awnings of the right flank, and the standard provisions in the execution of Volzhans. However, in the final stages, the hosts lacked precision and luck. Players from the Far East rarely left their half of the field, accepting the role of "second number". As a result, spectators did not wait in the first half.

Of course, the hosts were pushed not only by the desire to win, but also by active fans. I must say that the acoustics of the Volgograd arena, even with an incomplete occupation of 45,000 stadiums, creates a huge noise. With such an atmosphere, it is impossible to simply roll the ball towards each other in the middle of the field. Although probably the players of the national teams of Poland and Japan, who held the last match of the 2018 World Cup in Volgograd in the group H, [с подробностями того поединка можно ознакомиться здесь]

The second period resumed under the dictation of the hosts who besieged the doors without success Alexandra Kotlyarova. In the middle of the half, Robert Evdokimov decided to restart the game with substitutions, sending Yuri Zavezen and Muhammad Sultonov to rest. Fresh players helped "Rotor" opponent dodavit: the 73rd minute scored Alexander Korotaev. The stadium exploded with joy.

Volzhane, after the goal scored, was a little calmed and hardly scored a goal in the 77th minute: Alexander Filtsov played reluctantly at the exit, but the defenders of the premises have badured their guardian. Filtsov corrected himself five minutes later, marking a dangerous blow because of penalty limits.

In the last five minutes, the Volgograd players controlled the ball with confidence, having delighted more than 30,000 spectators. An impressive figure for the FNL match, as, for example, for the match of the national teams of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, there were only a few thousand more. Oh, it was not a shower …

Now, the "Rotor" will go to Tomsk, where on July 29, in a match with the "Tomyu" Volgians will try to strengthen their position in the standings.