Lokomotiv's winning streak and Anton Miranchuk's double
The first match of the 13th round of the RPL was held in Moscow at the Cherkizovo stadium, where the current champion of the country hosted Arsenal. Despite the failures in the Champions League, the affairs of the railway workers on the national arena went smoothly - four consecutive victories in the championship and success in the Cup said that Yuri Semin still managed to return the team to the correct track. The Tulyaks also approached this confrontation in very good form, and two rounds ago they sent Massimo Carrera himself to resign. In many ways, this is precisely what gave rise to rumors that it was Oleg Kononov who was one of the main candidates for the post of Spartak head coach.
During the break, the coach himself "gunners" denied this information, but the team was not saved from defeat. At the end of the first half, only a few burned on the scoreboard - Benedict Höwedes and Maxim Belyaev excelled, and in the second 45 minutes the hosts were able to transform the overwhelming game advantage into goals. The author of the double and the main character of the meeting was Anton Miranchuk, who helped Lokomotiv for the first time in history to beat Arsenal more than two goals in his field. The red-green extended their winning streak and consolidated their status as one of the main pursuers of Zenit.
Draw in the capital derby and the first removal of Rausch
One of the two central matches of the tour was the metropolitan derby "Dynamo" - CSKA. CSKA on the eve of the second game with “Roma” in the Champions League intended to take the most important three points in the RPL.
And in the first half, the red and blue had plenty of opportunities to open an account. The most dangerous moment missed Fedor Chalov. After the transfer of Nikola Vlasic, the top scorer of the RPL beat the goalkeeper, but did not hit the far corner.
In a few episodes, Dynamo was saved by Anton Shunin, who spent the third consecutive match on “zero” in the RPL. And the blue and white were left without the main midfielder Samba Sow. Malian suffered a serious injury and left the field at the beginning of the first half.
The second half of the meeting turned out to be more equal. Viktor Goncharenko let Abel Hernandez and Georgy Shchennikov recover from injuries on the field, but it did not bring success. Uruguayan also received a relapse of damage and will not help the team in the match against Roma.
And in the end, CSKA almost left without Mario Fernandez. The naturalized Brazilian could not recover for a long time after a collision with Konstantin Rausch, but he still escaped injury.
In a few minutes, the naturalized German received a second yellow card for the failure of the attack and left the field early. For Rausch, who was not particularly rude, this removal was the first in his career.
The first Zenit penalty and 45 thousand fans
The leader of the national championship took in his field "Akhmat". The fight aroused great interest from fans, which resulted in 45 thousand spectators in the stands of the St. Petersburg Arena. For Zenit, this meeting was of great importance in the light of the recent defeat of Rostov in the Russian Cup, and winning it should have rehabilitated the team in the eyes of the fans.
True, the owners did not succeed in achieving a colorful and confident victory. The meeting ended with a minimum score in favor of the blue-white-blue, and the only goal was scored from the penalty spot - Claudio Marchisio scored. Thus, Zenit was the last of the RPL clubs to perform 11 meters this season. In the remaining time, both teams could hit the opponent's gate, but the result remained unchanged. True, the removal of Leandro Paredes was a spoon of tar for St. Petersburgers - the Argentine left the field for two yellow cards and now he will miss the most important match with CSKA.
Four goals scored and attendance record
And in Krasnodar, the southern derby "Krasnodar" - "Rostov". Fans were waiting for this match with great interest, and the players gave them a real football feast. By the way, the record for attendance of the bull's home arena was set on the game: 34,652 spectators watched what was happening on the field.
The teams started off the bat and by the 16th minute exchanged goals, with the score being opened by “Rostov”. Eldor Shomurodov successfully substituted himself at the blow of his partner from outside the penalty area and disoriented Andrei Sinitsyn.
The hosts responded with a discount to Yuri Gazinsky at the far post and finishing off the Ari. The naturalized Brazilian scored his fifth goal in the current RPL season.
And 20 minutes before the end of the game, Ari designed a double and brought Krasnodar ahead. It seemed that the Southerners would win a third volitional victory in a row in all tournaments and regain the second line in the RPL standings.
But in stock at the "Rostov" remained brand weapons - the standard provisions. At the end of the match, the guests filed a corner, and Sverrir Ingason from several meters sent the ball into the net - 2: 2.
The match ended with a mass brawl, the main characters of which were Dmitry Stotsky and Sergey Parshivlyuk. Both received a yellow card.
A draw in the match of direct competitors allowed Lokomotiv to stay in the second line. However, Karpin after the game said that the main goal of his wards at the end of the season is not a fight for getting into the Champions League, but a battle for survival.
The sensation of the tour and the revenge of Parfenov "Spartak"
The main sensation of the tour occurred at the "Discovery Arena". Of course, “Spartacus” is not in the best shape, but still the fans of red and white believed that their pets will be able to beat the modest “Ural”. An additional help for the team was the return of Luiz Adriano.
However, for the head coach of Yekaterinburg Dmitriy Parfenov, this game was special, because he spent the brightest years of his career in Spartak.
The hosts started the match confidently enough, and it seemed that a goal scored against Yaroslav Gozyur was a matter of time. However, in the middle of the first half, the score was suddenly opened by the “Ural”. Nikolay Dimitrov struck a nice free-kick, but Alexander Maksimenko failed to save his team, although he reached the ball.
In the future, “Spartak” showed not the brightest football, and whistling was heard more and more often from the stands. But the red and white still managed to recoup 20 minutes before the end of the meeting. Recovered from injury, Adriano closed the chamber with Sofian Hanni.
Spartacus went forward after victory and instantly missed a counterattack. Dmitry Kombarov overstepped the opponent's jerk on the flank, and again playing in the support zone Salvatore, Bocchetti did not follow Vladimir Ilyin. As a result, Maksimenko miraculously parried the attacker's head, but could do nothing with finishing moves from Andrei Panyukov.
Thus, the red and white suffered the fourth consecutive home defeat in the RPL. Fans of the team voted with their feet - an anti-record of attendance of Spartak's home matches in the current championship season of the country was set at 23,237 spectators at Otkritie-Arena.
Protocol error and delete
A very unexpected result was recorded in Orenburg, where the local team of the same name beat Rub’s move with a minimum score. Kazan without the injured Serdar Azmun practically created nothing in the attack, and the hosts owned the advantage and deservedly scored three points.
The only ball Alexei Sutormin scored from the penalty spot, which the judge appointed for the game hand to Fyodor Kudryashov.
A few minutes later, the referee could remove the goalkeeper of guests Ivan Konovalov for a rough tackle outside the penalty area, but he managed with a yellow card.
But in the end, “Ruby” still remained in the minority. Yegor Sorokin tore off the dangerous counterattack of the hosts and saw a red light in front of him.
Also, the game was remembered by the curious mistake of Kazan when filling in the protocol. Instead of Vitaly Ustinov, the guests accidentally included the defender of the youth team, Mikhail Yakovlev, into the base.
Realizing their mistake, the coaching staff "Rubin" tried to fix it, but the owners insisted that Kazan is obliged to enter the field in the composition that was specified initially. As a result, the guests even before the start of the match had to spend one substitution in order to include Ibragim Tsallagov in the base.
“Ustinov’s absence is our technical error. But I do not understand why this is so: 75 minutes before the start of the match, everything could be fixed, but we are told that it is impossible. It was almost an hour and a half before the game, and for some reason it was impossible to correct this error. We will not dispute - it is our fault, ”said Kurban Berdyev, Rubin's mentor, on the TV channel“ Match Premier ”.
The winning goal in the 92nd minute and saves of Ryzhikov
And the latest ball of the tour was scored in Ufa. "Wings of the Soviets" snatched victory in the 92nd minute. Pavel Yakovlev, who shortly before replacing him, brought Samarans with the most important three points - 2: 1.
At the same time, the Miodrag Bozovic wards only a few days ago had the hardest meeting of the Russian Cup with Krasnodar.
This did not prevent the guests to open an account in the 18th minute. After a corner, Miral Samardzic distinguished himself.
In the first half, “Ufa” acted unsuccessfully, but after the break it was transformed. The home team created a lot of chances at the opponents' goal, but only one realized - Dmitry Sysuev closed the chamber Sylvester Igbun at the near post.
In the end, the team of Sergey Tomarov attacked with all her might in the hope of snatching the victory, but as a result she was left without glasses at all.
Two penalties and a joke on the judge
The round ended with the battle of outsiders Anji and Yenisei in Kaspiysk. At the same time, Krasnoyarsk residents were brought to Dagestan not by Dmitry Alenichev, but by the mentor “youth team” Alexander Alekseev.
Coaching castling did not help the team. “Yenisei” suffered the ninth defeat in the current season RPL - 1: 2.
The home team scored both goals from the penalty spot. The double was designed by Andres Ponce. Guest goalkeeper David Yurchenko in both cases was close to saving his team, but didn’t reach the ball a little.
And after the match, a picture of Judge Alexei Matyunin appeared on Twitter “Yenisei”, which allegedly showed up in the Google search query “famous clowns of Russia”. The record was later deleted.
By the way, both penalties seemed indisputable. The second ball of the “Yenisei”, scored from an obvious position on the sidelines, was rightly canceled.
“Anji” important victory allowed to leave the relegation zone, but the future of the club still remains in the fog.