Arsenal On A Spree
In the game between the youngsters of Lokomotiv and Arsenal in Moscow, the visitors thrashed the hosts.
This week our youth team had their mid-season break results summarized. This winter the team accepted many new players from schools. Their first serious exam was in Rostov-on-Don, and they coped pretty well, mainly inspired by Miroslav Lobantsev’s terrific play. The forwards felt confident the goal was secure and tried to create chances while being closely marked by their elder opponents.
Their next examiners were Arsenal. But here the most experienced of our team, Barinov and Makarov, were called up to represent their country at U-21 level. Lokomotiv had to find replacements.
On the other hand, the players and the supporters were in good mood, and there were many factors to it: first game after the season’s restart on their home turf in Perovo, first encounter with the fans, sunny weather…
On 20 minutes it became clear the visitors had potential. Alfyorov had a go at Lokomotiv’s goal to indicate his team came to fight. On 41st minute, his teammate Kryuchkov scored an opener 0:1.
Not long before the break, Arsenal defenders knocked down Smirnov in their box, and Anton Miranchuk made no mistake from the spot - 1:1.
Statistics show Arsenal did better that day. They made twice as much passes and attempts, scored from long range, from wing crosses… Arsenal were on a spree, so the final score should come as no surprise.
Lokomotiv (youth) - Arsenal (youth) 1:4 (1:1).
Goals: Kryuchkov, 41 – 0:1. An. Miranchuk (pen.), 46 – 1:1. Zakarlyuka, 47 – 1:2, Nalyotov, 56 – 1:3, Kryuchkov, 88 – 1:4.
Lokomotiv: Lobantsev (Lantratov,46), Logunov, Nikitin, Solovyov, Gusar, An. Miranchuk (Rybchinskiy, 50), Dorofeyev (Dovbnya, 67), Mostovoy, Chukanov, Smirnov, Podyachev (Shadrin, 67).
Arsenal: Skornyakov, Yezhov, Farion, Nalyotov, Alfyorov, Starodub, Lepskiy (Sergeyev, 46), Kruchkov, Zakarlyuka, Gagity, Polin (Alshanskiy, 59).
Yellow cards: Farion, 45.
Referee: A. Lyapin (Moscow).
March 13th. Moscow. Lokomotiv-Perovo Stadium. +9 Centigrade..
Attempts: 6-11, on goal: 4-8, corners: 3-4, offsides: 1-1.
The official website gave live text commentary from the match. Live updates were also available on Twitter.
The video of the game can be found on the official website and on the club’s channel on YouTube.