Known for it's ferocious atmosphere on and off the field, here is a Fratria display mocking one of CSKA's monikers (koni, horses) | Photo: Эдгар Брещанов/Василий Пономарев, Sportbox.ru The first main Moscow derby of the season takes place at the VEB Arena on Sunday night. Instead of a usual preview of the game, we decide to look back into the long history of the rivalry. During the Soviet Union It is considered the first derby took place on June 1, 1922, when OLLS (CSKA) defeated MKS … [Read more...]
Red-White Resurrection
September 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Location: Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow. Time: 1:30 PM. Attendance: 27,000. Score: Spartak 3-0 CSKA (Ozbiliz 40'; Kombarov 53'; Parshivlyuk 59'). Bookings: Glushakov 45'; Ozbiliz 47'; Nababkin 65'; Movsisyan 65'. Spartak XI: Pesyakov, Makeev, Parshivlyuk, D. Kombarov, Carlos (Suchy 75'), Costa (Yakovlev 63'), Ozbiliz (McGeady 85'), Carioca, Jurado, Glushakov, Movsisyan. CSKA XI: Akinfeev, Wernbloom, Ignashevich, Honda, Zuber (Vitinho 61'), Nababkin, Musa, Cauna (Milanov 69'), Tosic … [Read more...]
Derby Day Gone Sour
September 21, 2013 by 4 Comments
Location: Arena Khimki, Khimki. Time: 1:30 PM. Attendance: 9,200. Score: Dynamo 1-3 Lokomotiv (N'Doye 51'; Noboa 58'; Samedov (P) 74'; Tkachuk 90+3'). Bookings: V. Denisov 20'; Lomic 21'; Douglas 74' (Red); Corluka 77'; I. Denisov 80'. Dynamo XI: Gabulov, Douglas, Dzsudzsak, Voronin (Kuranyi 89'), Granat (c), Noboa, Wilkshire, Igor Denisov (Smolov 82'), Lomic, Kokorin, Ionov (Samba 75'). Lokomotiv XI: Abaev, Boussoufa, Obinna (Maicon 45'), Corluka, Samedov (Tkachuk 90'), Tarasov, … [Read more...]
Kresic’s Mistake Proves Costly for Lokomotiv
July 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
CSKA emerged victorious at Cherkizovo today, beating host Lokomotiv 2-1 in a hotly contested derby. The match was held just the day after another Moscow derby at Khimki Arena, which saw Spartak trash arch rival Dynamo, 4-1. Keisuke Honda and Ahmed Musa were on the scoresheet for CSKA this afternoon, while Dmitri Tarasov scored the loan goal for Lokomotiv. Lokomotiv began the match well enough, controlling the midfield for the first ten minutes of the game. However, CSKA Moscow started to take … [Read more...]
