On August 6, 2017, a new goalkeeper appeared at the CSKA goal. Ilya Pomazun, 20, took the place of Igor Akinfeev, the first number of the army team for 14 years.
Ilya from the goalkeeper football family... In the 90s, his father Alexander Pomazun defended the colors of Spartak, Kharkiv Metalist, Saturn, Baltika, Torpedo-ZIL and many other clubs of the top and first leagues. In 1990, Pomazun Sr. won youth championship Europe U18 as part of the USSR national team, being its first number, and was also involved in the national team of Ukraine.
Ilya was born in Kaliningrad in 1996, where his father played then. Pomazun Jr. began his acquaintance with football at the Torpedo-ZIL school (aka FC Moskva), but after 5 years he moved to CSKA, so he can be considered a full-fledged pupil of the army.
At the age of 15, Pomazun made his debut in the youth team of CSKA, sat on a bench behind the back of 16-year-old Revyakin in the first team of the army and experienced a severe rupture of the cruciate ligaments of the knee. In the fall of 2013, he began to train with the red-blue team, but he played his first match for the first team only 4 years later. It is curious that while still being the goalkeeper of the children's team of FC "Moscow" Pomazun scored from a free-kick into the gates of Moscow "Spartak".
Before the start of the 2017/18 season, Ilya sewed the first number on the goalkeeper's jersey, which had previously belonged to Sergei Chepchugov, who had left for Yenisey, and after Igor Akinfeev's injury, in a meeting with AEK, he made his debut in the Russian championship. Pomazun's first match turned out to be simply horrible - by the 10th minute of the match he made two unforgivable mistakes. On the 2nd minute of the meeting with Rubin, he dropped the ball after a corner kick, and after 8 minutes he missed it into the near corner. Both times Pomazun was upset by Jonatas, and CSKA lost 1: 2 that evening.
Former striker of "Spartak", and now football expert Valery Reingold harshly assessed the young goalkeeper's game:
- The goalkeeper's share is as follows: help out or screw up. He screwed up today. Young guy, 20 years old, don't bet. Let the administrator stand at the gate. Pomazun came out twitchy, no experience, no character either.
A couple of days later, in the game against Tosno, Pomazun missed again, but this time the goalkeeper's mistake was not so obvious and did not affect the result.
Although the guy looks decent in training
His idols are Igor Akinfeev and Manuel Neuer, although in other interviews he said that his style of play is equal to Casillas and Joe Hart. Although outwardly, of course, it looks more like David De Gea.
Plays FIFU
CSKA was defeated by Rubin after two mistakes made by debutant goalkeeper Ilya Pomazun.
Pomazun instead of Akinfeev
It is already known that the first number of CSKA Igor Akinfeev will miss several next matches of the team due to injury. Therefore, the young Ilya Pomazun took a place in the goal for the game against Rubin. The 20-year-old goalkeeper played his first game at the senior level. Prior to that, he only advocated youth team CSKA, yes, I tried myself in the Youth Champions League. Of course, Pomazun took part in the preseason matches of the first team, but he never played a single official game at the senior level.
Before the starting whistle, the fan tribune of the army team unanimously supported the young debutant with a charge "Pomazun Ilya!" True, Ilya was somehow completely unlucky with his debut. He conceded a goal in the second minute. The fault is, of course, not only of the inexperienced goalkeeper. CSKA concedes once again after a set piece. After filing from a corner, the army team did not manage to quickly take the ball out of the penalty area, and Jonatas was the first to reach him.
Rubin, inspired by the excellent start of the match, continued to attack. And ten minutes later he again brought his Brazilian striker to the shock position. Jonatas easily launched the ball into the corner closest to Pomazun. An obvious mistake by an inexperienced goalkeeper. I wonder what is more in this error - nerves, or is it still not enough high level preparation. And will they bet on Pomazun in next game? After two conceded goals, Ilya looked with apprehension at each approaching attack of the guests. From a distance it was not visible whether Pomazun's knees were shaking, but it seemed that everything was so. So the main question of the match is whether Jonatas has closed the path to the base for the young goalkeeper with his goals.
Shchennikov's first goal
CSKA continues to rotate in every match. It is difficult to imagine how you can change the line-up, which already lacks performers. But Goncharenko succeeds. Rotation is of course minimal. And it mainly affects two positions - striker and center-back. From time to time, a little rest is due to the main star of the Vitinho team, as well as Vasin and the Berezutsky brothers in turn. This time only Vasin remained in reserve. But his absence had no effect on the number of mistakes in defense. However, after 0: 2 by the tenth minute of the match, the army team did not panic. Moreover, a miracle happened - Georgy Schennikov scored his first goal for CSKA. The defender opened up in time to Vitinho's perfect pass. After that, he could only outsmart Ryzhikov, which was done.
All events with three goals fit into 13 minutes of the first half, after which the opponents slowed down a bit. CSKA tried to recoup, and Rubin went on the defensive, it seemed that Kazan was tired.
Rebuilding "Rubin". Continuation
CSKA midfielder Alan Dzagoev assured before the match that Kurban Berdyev's "Rubin" in all its glory, we will see the round by the seventh, or even the tenth. In the meantime weak points Kazan has enough. And one of them is still defensive. The Bauer-Granat-Kudryashov combination is already the fourth in four starting matches of the season. Injuries also contributed to this rotation to some extent. But so far none of these combinations have played without conceding goals. Although the level of the rebuilt Rubin's rivals must also be taken into account. Behind the game with Krasnodar and Zenit, Lokomotiv is also next in line. It is not excluded that in the next match we will see another combination of three central defenders - Rubin took on loan ex-Krasnodar player Ragnar Sigurdsson. Before the game with CSKA, Berdyev did not exclude the appearance of a football player in the starting lineup. As a result, the defender was not even in the application, although he arrived with the team for the match.
But nothing, we managed without the Icelander. With great difficulty and anguish. With beautiful counterattacks, and unbeaten faithful moments from Azmun and Karadeniz in the second half. And with the help of sometimes almost imperceptible, and sometimes not very beautiful puffs of time, to which CSKA fans reacted viciously.
Rubin won a second victory in a row, while CSKA suffered a second defeat in four games.
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