No comments from Artiga: "Rubin" could not defeat "KAMAZ" in the first match of the summer training camp.

      The Tatarstan derby ended in a high-scoring draw

      Photo: Dinar Fatykhov

      "Rubin" played its first friendly match as part of the current summer training camp. The Kazan team drew against "KAMAZ" (1:1). What kind of match it was for the Kazan team against the Chelny players is detailed in the article by "Realnoe Vremya."

      Frank Artiga did not give a post-match comment after the game with "KAMAZ."

      Friendly matches against "KAMAZ" have long become a classic for "Rubin" during summer training camps. Right now, the Kazan team is undergoing intensive preparation for the new RPL season. During the current training camp, Frank Artiga's team will face "Orenburg," "Spartak," and twice against "Krylia Sovetov" and "Lokomotiv."

      — How is the training camp going? We are training a lot, everything is very intense. There is a lot of running. I do love to run, but even for me, it can be tough sometimes, — admitted "Rubin" midfielder Ruslan Bezrukov in a conversation with a "Realnoe Vremya" correspondent.

      Dinar Fatykhov / realnoevremya.ru

      Bezrukov was one of the few players from the Kazan club who agreed to talk to journalists after the match with "KAMAZ." Interestingly, after the game with the Chelny team, the head coach of "Rubin," Frank Artiga, did not provide the traditional comment. Perhaps the Spanish coach wanted to analyze the match with "KAMAZ" immediately while the details were still fresh, as the result was ambiguous for the nominal hosts.

      "Rubin" played the halves with different lineups. Many foreigners did not participate in the match against "KAMAZ."

      Until the 86th minute, the score on the scoreboard showed zeros, but Daniil Motorin's goal put the Kazan team ahead for a short time. Then "KAMAZ" midfielder Maxim Bogdanets became the tip of an impressive attack from the guests. The high-scoring draw was certainly beneficial for the Chelny club.

      The confrontation between "KAMAZ" and "Rubin" is hard to call a principled one. Nevertheless, the First League players from Naberezhnye Chelny came out with the right attitude against RPL players. "KAMAZ" fought in every episode, sometimes even trying to impose football from a position of strength. There were even moments of minor conflicts between players. The friendly match definitely had a degree of sporting excitement.

      Dinar Fatykhov / realnoevremya.ru

      "Rubin" played two halves with different lineups. The first was closer to the main one: with Staver, Lobov, Rozhkov, Khodzhay, Shabanhadzha, and Siva. The second was more experimental with several young players: Platonov, Ignatiev, Hubulov, and Motorin. Frank Artiga, staying true to himself, gives unknown players a chance to show themselves to the wider fan base of "Rubin" at every training camp.

      It is clear that it is difficult to assess today's match in terms of constructiveness and content. One must also take into account the physical condition of "Rubin" players, who, as Ruslan Bezrukov has already noted, are currently under very serious loads. And the "KAMAZ" players, again as mentioned earlier, came with the mindset to showcase their best qualities.

      Artiga is considering options in which "Rubin" will play with four defenders in the new RPL season.

      Interestingly, the Kazan team played both halves in a formation with four defenders. Perhaps Frank Artiga plans to move away from the system of playing with three central defenders in the upcoming RPL season. But today — this measure was more of a necessity. Many foreigners were left out of the match lineup. Anderson Arroyo, Denil Maldonado, Nacho Saavedra, Mirlind Daku, and Igor Vuyachich did not participate in the match against "KAMAZ." They watched the match from a small booth, so to speak, from the "bench" at the "Rubin" base.

      Dinar Fatykhov / realnoevremya.ru

      Without the leading players of the team, it was difficult for the Kazan team to move the ball, and there was a significant amount of errors in the game. At certain moments, "Rubin" showed signs of Rahimov's football. Long passes to Siva, active use of the flanks. However, there were also elements that fit well into Frank Artiga's style of play. The most obvious was the transition from defense to attack through the ground. Literally a few times, Evgeny Staver and Arthur Nigmatullin allowed themselves to play the ball long, without involving the central defenders.

      "KAMAZ," under the guidance of new head coach Anton Khazov, will definitely be competitive in the new season of the First League, and it is not accurate to say that the Chelny team has seriously regressed with the departure of Ildar Akhmetzyanov to "Orenburg." Although we have only seen the first friendly match from the Chelny team, it is objectively too early to make categorical conclusions about them.

      Rubin (Kazan) — KAMAZ (Naberezhnye Chelny) — 1:1 (0:0)

      June 26. Rubin's base

      1:0 — Motorin, 86

      1:1 — Bogdanets, 89