The next home match of the Togliatti team ended in a draw.

Who would have thought at the beginning of the year that Rubin, who recently played in European competitions, would come to Zhigulevsk. Now the team of Leonid Slutsky is the same full-fledged participant in the MELBET First League, like Akron, and sets itself the most ambitious task of returning to the elite. Kazan’s schedule is not a champion one, but in the last rounds the Ruby team improved. As well as our team, which, taking into account the cup match in Vladimir, has not known defeat for eight games.

The first half did not indulge the assembled audience at Kristall with bright moments – by the way, a record one this season! Only Joel Fameye made an application for a goal in the 38th minute, but the ball shook the crossbar after his shot through himself. The second half was more dynamic, as the teams were forced to take more risks. In the debut of the second half, Karim Giraev tried to take over the game, in the 60th minute Marat Apshatsev shot close to the post, and over the next five minutes Maxim Palienko twice failed to win a head-to-head duel against Yuri Dyupin.

Many threats came from the flanks, where captain Konstantin Savichev and Pavel Shakuro, who became the best player of the match in Akron’s lineup, patrolled. Savichev at the end of the match literally tore his flank and often shot through, but the partners did not respond to his aggravations. The key episode of the second half was the save of Sergei Volkov after Soltmurad Bakaev entered the rendezvous with him. The goalkeeper won the audience’s applause, and, probably, Akron did not deserve this conceded goal in any way.

MATCH PROTOCOL: Akron (Togliatti) – Rubin (Kazan) 0:0

Akron (Togliatti): Volkov, Zuev, Khodzhaniyazov, Savichev, Shakuro (Azarov, 78), Makarov, Chudin, Pesegov, Palienko, Marukhin (Matveev, 78), Giraev (Bazelyuk, 78)

Rubin (Kazan): Dupin, Teslenko, Gritsaenko, Dzagoev, Popov, Apshatsev (Chuperka, 76), Zotov (Kostyukov, 68), Bezrukov (Bakaev, 76), Kabutov, Ivanov, Fameye (Lisakovich, 76)

Yellow cards: Palienko (16), Kabutov (51), Bezrukov (59), Fameye (74), Savichev (90)

Referee: Fedorov (Petrozavodsk)

October 23. Zhigulevsk. Stadium “Crystal”. 905 fans.