Sergey Balakhnin: Until I see Dynamo really champion game

Recall that the meeting in Kazan ended with a score of 1: 0 in favor of the “white and blue”. In the 30th minute, Rubin defender Jahongir Urozov cut the ball into the goal of his team. In the 34th minute, the midfielder of the hosts Ilya Samoshnikov stepped on the leg of the opponent lying on the lawn. After watching VAR, the footballer was removed from the field.

Dynamo Moscow won the sixth consecutive victory in the RPL, scored 22 points and came out on top in the standings. “Blue and White” by additional indicators bypassed the capital CSKA, which also has 22 points. Ruby has 12 points in the asset and is located on the ninth line.

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Soviet and Russian footballer, former head coach of Rostov Sergey Balakhnin in an interview with the correspondent of MK-Sport shared his impressions of this match, and also appreciated the chances of Dynamo to compete for the championship this season.

- Sergey Nikolaevich, how do you like the game of Rubin and Dynamo?

Dynamo’s difficult win, despite the fact that there was a removal, and for a long time Rubin played in the minority. But, nevertheless, Rubin showed a very interesting, collected game, and even ten times they were not much inferior to Dynamo. Probably, this removal still helped the "blue and white", And, the autogoal "Rubin", which determined the result.

If we talk about the current state of Dynamo, how likely is it that the team will be able to compete for the championship this season?

- It's hard to talk about it. It is clear that this is one of the contenders who will fight for high places. But, as I see it, they are still a champion team, in my opinion, a little short. So far, I don’t see a championship game that can really claim leadership. Yes, a good team, very interesting. But to win the title, I don’t think they’ve matured yet.