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Strong character. How Aktobe saves matches and rushes to the championship in the KPL

"Aktobe" won another victory in the last minutes and established itself in the status of a team with a strong character. A bbabo.net correspondent tells how the West Kazakhstani club saves matches and claims the championship.

Strong-willed qualities "Aktobe" began to show even under Vladimir Mukhanov, but then the symbol of these successes, rather, was Hugo Widemon. The French winger pulled out the team in matches with Atyrau and Aksu.

Between the resignation of Mukhanov and the appointment of Karpovich, one match "Aktobe" was headed by Petr Badlo, and under him the team also had to miss first and only then answer the opponent with two goals.

"Aktobe" won the first victory under Karpovich in a super-emotional match with "Tobol". The team was in the minority, but had an acceptable result - 1:1. However, the new coach took a chance and in stoppage time released a fresh attacking player Gerard Gou. He found the moment and pushed the ball in the 102nd minute.

In the last, 14th round, "Aktobe" again properly patted the nerves of their fans in the return derby with "Atyrau". Karpovich's team finished the second match in a row in the minority, but this did not prevent them from going on the attack. Ibragimov's own goal and Balashov's goal brought another three points torn out by sweat and blood.

"Aktobe" this season scored eight goals after the 70th minute, and this is another fact indicating that the team does not give up at the end of the game.

On the one hand, so many strong-willed victories give the team confidence, their psychological stability is very high. But it is impossible to put such victories on stream, which means it is necessary to improve the quality of the game.

The class of players selected in Aktobe allows them to count on more confident results. Karpovich still has to work on this. But while the team lives on emotions, and luck is on the side of the red and white.

After 12 matches, "Aktobe", having scored 20 points, takes the fifth place in the standings and is four points behind the leading "Astana", which played a match more.

Strong character. How Aktobe saves matches and rushes to the championship in the KPL