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“Give it time and everything will be solved,” said Portuguese writer José Saramago. Unfortunately, these words of yours do not help CSKA in any way.
The “Army” no longer has time or more chances in the championship. They fired their right to take wrong steps as Russian machine gunners in the defense of Stalingrad. And now they only have one bullet left. With him they have to drill CFR Cluj who is coming to the “Vasil Levski” stadium on Thursday. If they are successful, they are saved. If they fail, they will have to feel the pain of the hard landing and watch with their heads bowed as the smiles and enthusiasm of their fans fade.
The match with the Romanian champion of the group stage of the Europa League could be one of those great bonuses through which the “reds” make the Old Continent talk about them again. As it was after the triumphs over BATE and Basel. For this, Stamen Belchev graduates had to have done their job at the national championship. But there they line up failure after failure and already in five consecutive games they do not know the taste of victory, having won only 30 percent of all their matches! It is extremely insufficient and there can be no excuses, especially for shoots with Ether and Beroe. Until the CSKA game, the boys had not a single point earned, and zaralii came to the “Bulgarian Army” with two consecutive losses, with a lot of personnel problems and weighed down by ominous statistics to his detriment. If the Reds had won these two games, now the standings would have looked radically different and they would not have been pressed against the wall.
Thanks to the great victorious march in Europe, CSKA enraptured its fans. This excitement, euphoria and consolidation in the “red” ranks had not been observed for a long time. The fans began to dream. He had to take a serious step to the top of the home championship. But when you only have 3 wins in 9 games, what peak are we talking about? Until now, European successes have invariably been a great excuse. You fail to beat the Black Sea and you miss Ludogorets, but around these matches you eliminate BATE and B36. Everything is perfect. You beat Basel and the loss to Lokomotiv Plovdiv is quickly forgotten. But the draws with Ether and Beroe bring them back to reality and they start to weigh heavily. Now, to remove the bitterness, CFR Cluj must be defeated, because otherwise, from two chairs, he falls to the ground.
The only option for the CSKA story to continue is a win on Thursday. In several cases during the current campaign, fate kissed the “Army” with late goals, and now sends them to Sofia, the most acceptable opponent of the group. Although he is a hegemon in the local championship and regularly participates in the group stage of European club tournaments, Dan Petrescu’s team is far from in top form. He failed in his big goal: the Champions League groups, leaving Dinamo Zagreb at home to continue their participation in the Champions League. In the local championship he is not convincing at all, he is 6 points behind the first, with a single victory with more than one goal difference (2-0 over the last Astra Giurgiu). His other successes are minimal, and that’s against teams that can by no means be considered among the leaders of our northern neighbor: Botosani, Academica Klincheni and Hermannstadt. To cover, CFR Cluj recorded draws with Vitorul Constanta, Sepsi and Kindia Targovishte. Yes, Fortuna sends CSKA to the most suitable opponent in the group. And it must be defeated. For self-confidence, mood, faith … Then it will be easier.
The “Army” has depth in the team, and in the local championship there are apparently lighter rivals. The victory at the start of the campaign in the Europa League will give wings that have just flown higher than expected. Three points in the first match is an excellent prerequisite for at least 4 more in the remaining matches. And then dreams can come true: fuller “Army” stands, leaving the group, self-confidence for the championship battle … Victory means new hope and many new dreams. Everything else would be a return to the swamp of mediocrity …
CSKA without Galabov in their party for the battle with Cluj?
Vion and Turitsov’s options for his alternate in the composition.
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