Spaniard Robert Moreno’s Sochi was relegated today to the second division of Russian football after losing 2-3 at its stadium against Krasnodar, a team that is classified second and is looking to win the Russian Premier.
The former Spanish coach, who previously coached Monaco and Granada, took over the reins of Sochi in January when they were at the bottom and unable to dig themselves out of the hole.
subsidiary of Zenit
Considered Zenit Saint Petersburg’s reserve team, Sochi has played the last five seasons in Russia’s top division and even finished second in 2022.
In a match equivalent to the penultimate round played at the Ficht stadium, Krasnodar took the lead after five minutes. Krivtsovbut the locals reacted well and created many scoring chances.
Sochi is back
So, the Sochi center forward, the Venezuelan Saúl Guarirapa, He scored the tying goal in the 43rd minute with a superb header that hit the far post, leaving the Russian international goalkeeper helpless. Safonov.
The second half was much more contested and the ‘bulls’ enjoyed enough clear-cut chances – they hit the post twice – to secure victory.
But they forgave and the law of football punished them with a new goal. Guarirapa in the 73rd minute, the revelation player of the second half of the season in Russia.
It was a great collective play where the Venezuelan took advantage of a death pass to shoot Safonov at the edge of the small area.
Krasnodar sentence at the end
Sochi managed to increase the difference on the scoreboard by Guarirapa, but it was Krasnodar who scored from eleven meters to Spertian after a stupid punishment at Moses. (min.85)
An injury time goal Moses after the post spat a Sochi shot, it condemned the hosts to relegation.
Sochi will still have to face Rubín Kazán on the final day of the championship to be played next Saturday.
Moreno has directed a total of eleven league games since arriving in Russian football in January.
Robert Moreno’s balance
The balance is two wins, six draws and three defeats, one in stoppage time against the leaders, Dinamo Moscow; another after some of the squad’s players were poisoned during their visit to Akhmat in Grozny, and the third today against Krasnodar.
The press and local commentators recognized the colorful football played by the team led by Moreno, especially at the offensive level.
Source: La Verdad
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