Football. ua assesses the actions of the players of Dawn in the match of the group round of the Europa League with Athletic.

In this match, the team action has come to the fore, therefore it is difficult to evaluate the game of the players individually. For example, Zarya practically did not counterattack, although the opportunities for this were excellent. These are, first of all, questions to Silas and Andrievsky, who were supposed to organize the delivery of assists, as well as to Karavaev, Gromov and Lunev, who were supposed to flee to detachments. But on the other hand, they all worked well for defense. Like Kharatin, who played the defensive midfielder and issued a large amount of work, and even the ball scored.

In general, the game was very uneven - a failed start, after which Zarya gathered and leveled the game. Nevertheless, Athletic still had moments that, despite the "dry" match does not give the opportunity to put high scores for defenders of Luhansk. The main merit is that Zarya did not miss, of course, Andrei Lunin (7. 5). At first he was, of course, nervous, and it was noticeable, but then he exhaled and played just fine. Particularly hot section was in the region of the 50th minute, when Aduritz went one on one, and then Raul Garcia beat from a good position.

Regarding defenders, it is necessary to separate the flank and central. Opanasenko (5. 5) and Sukhotsky (5. 5) gave Athletic players a lot to feed and shoot, but confidently played a pair of Centrobek Svatok (6. 0) and Grechishkin (6. 0). True, as mentioned above - the game was for all very uneven - if after the flank gear they played well, then when the Basques passed through the center, the failures happened.

The best was probably the three central midfielders - Kharatin (6. 5), Andrievsky (6. 0) and Silas (6. 0), and that is characteristic of none of them is not a pure supporting midfielder, but everyone can, how to work in the selection, and give a pass forward. All three played very compact and disciplined. Yes, the center of the field was not behind Zarei for obvious reasons, but our centerhas did everything they could. At least in defense. If they had also established a counter-attacking game, it would have been generally good.

It was clear that Zarya would try to play on counter-attacks - for this, such fast guys as Karavaev, Lunev and Gromov. But the fact is that the main role here is still in the central midfielders. Flanging and forwards - only carry out the final phase of this process. But from the center of the field productive work on the attack was almost not, so the attack group was sort of cut off a bit. Nevertheless, due to the usual activity, Karavaev (6. 0). But Lunev (5. 5) and Gromov (5. 5) were less noticeable.

But again - on defense, all acted well - including the players of the attack group, who helped to carry out the initial pressure on the opponent's half of the field.

Eight minutes after the start of the second half, instead of Silas, there was a footballer who has better playing skills in defense - Artem Gordienko (6. 0) and added reliability. Athletic, although hanging at the gate of the Lugansk region, surrounded their penalty area, he did not create many serious moments.

Vyacheslav Checher and Vladislav Kochergin did not get an estimate.

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