The Kazan "Rubun" lost to the Makhachkala "Anji"

(KZN.RU, August 19). Kazan "Rubin" lost with the score 1: 2 in a match of the 4th round of the Russian football championship to Makhachkala "Anji" at the Central Stadium in Kazan.

"Rubin" took ten minutes to warm up and begin to create scoring chances. The advantage of the Kazan team culminated in a goal in the 34th minute. Maxim Kanunnikov played with Alex Song and sent the ball to the gates, going one on one.

A moment of the loss of concentration cost Kazan team leadership at the end of the first half. Bernard Berisha defeated Sergio Sanchez on the flank and filed in the keeper area, where Taras Burlak was unable to prevent the head goal of Philipp Budkovsky.

At the beginning of the second half, "Rubin" was frankly unlucky. Sergey Ryzhikov made an unfortunate mistake when rushing the ball and Lorenzo Ebecilio rolled the ball into an empty gate. Kazan players took time to recover. Substitutions, made by Javier Gracia, clearly refreshed game, but the ball just did not go to the gate.

After 86 minutes, Igor Portnyagin, who shortly appeared on the field for the first time this season before it, earned a penalty. Footballer played it himself, but it wasn’t meant to be to beat Alexander Belenova. The goalkeeper of "Anji" saved a penalty in the third match in a row. The result of the game - 1: 2. In the next round, "Rubin" will play in Orenburg against debutant. The match will take place on August 27, reports the press-service of the FC "Rubin".