Four goals, farewell to Gatskan and salvation in the 91st minute: how did Spartak miss the victory over Rostov in the RPL

The absence of Mirzov in the application and the debut of Ponce at the start

Spartak arrived in Rostov-on-Don after a highly controversial match with Sochi. Then the red and white scored the only and winning goal in the 93rd minute, and referee Vladimir Moskalev made several controversial decisions in favor of the capital team. It is not surprising that after the game, Oleg Kononov’s wards were even criticized by their own fans, and Moskalev was suspended from work in the RPL.

However, on the eve of the meeting with Rostov, Spartak received a long-awaited reinforcement in the form of Resiouan Mirzov. The midfielder has signed a three-year contract with the club. In this case, the football player had to debut just in a match with the former club, from which the player left not without scandal.

Arsenal admitted that they were negotiating with Mirzov, and in response, Rostov responded that Tulaks had no right to do this and did not receive permission for such actions.

However, Resiwan’s meeting with the former team did not take place. The newcomer did not even get into the reserve, and another recruit Esequiel Ponce set off for the left flank of the attack. In total, compared to the match with "Sochi" Kononov made three permutations. In addition to the castling, Ponce with Alexander Lomovitsky, Andrei Yeshchenko replaced Nikolai Rasskazov, and Ayaz Guliyev replaced Zhano Ananidze.

Another important event was the departure of Alexander Gatskan. In the week on the official club website, it was reported that the match with Spartak would be the last for the Moldavian. Midfielder spent a long 11 years in “Rostov”.

However, the place in the starting lineup for the responsible game he was expectedly not found. Karpin decided not to change the winning roster and released on the field all those players who beat the "Orenburg".

Two goals in three minutes

The game from the very first minutes went at the highest speeds for the RPL and captured all the attention of many fans. Football players acted with great desire and, if necessary, went to the hard joints. So, already in the first minutes of an injury Fernando and Matias Normann almost got injured. If everything happened in their case, then Andrei Eshchenko had to change because of the damage already in the 16th minute.

The first dangerous moment created by Alexey Ionov. After the attack of Eldor Shomurodov, the attacker didn’t have time to hit the ball at the far post and failed to transfer him to the target from a couple of meters.

In response, Ponce almost from the zero angle managed to push the ball past Sergey Pesyakov, but in this situation the projectile went past the alignment. And in the middle of the half, Samuel Zhigot missed a great moment. The central defender unexpectedly came to someone else's penalty area, beat the opponent and shot into the far corner - the bar saved the hosts.

Just a couple of minutes, “Rostov” opened the scoring. The team escaped to the next fast konratak, and having spent a great match Normann performed the perfect backache for Khoren Bairamian, who could only not miss.

However, the response of "Spartacus" was lightning. Already in the next attack, Zelimkhan Bakayev burst into the penalty area and forced Yevgeny Chernov to break the rules. Penalty perfectly realized Luiz Adriano.

By the way Bakaev was one of the best in the composition of the red-and-whites. The ball regularly stayed with him on the right flank, and Zelimkhan disposed of him skillfully. He supplied the partners with subtle gears and went to the stroke at the right moment, which allowed the team to earn a penalty.

In general, “Spartak” in the first half was more active and played much better than in the match with “Sochi”. Wards Kononov conducted high-speed attacks through the flanks and spun beautiful combinations in someone else's punishment. "Rostov" often responded with fast countersteps.

Successful replacement of Karpin and the goal of “Spartacus” with a corner

The second half was not as dynamic as the first, since the density on the field increased even more, and the players did not leave a single meter of free space to each other. Hoping to strengthen the game in the attack Kononov sent forward Ponce, and Luiz Adriano moved to the left flank.

However, it did not bring success. The newcomer had a not very successful game and was almost imperceptible. And in the middle of the half, the coaching staff changed it to George Melkadze.

Karpin, on the other hand, performed a largely prophetic castling, and instead of the author of the first goal, Bairamian was released by Alexander Zuev, who began his career in “Spartacus” and was most tuned to the game with the former team.

But in the 66th minute, “Rostov” was in the position of the winners. Red and White in the second match in a row effectively performed the corner. After filing from the right corner, George Djikia pushed through Evgeny Chernov and struck his head precisely into the far corner.

Now the yellow-blue needed to go forward, but at first it seemed that the owners were simply not ready for this. Time was running out, and there were no dangerous moments at the gates of Alexander Maksimenko.

Nevertheless, Karpin went all-in and released instead of the tired Ivelin Popov a 193-cm novice Alexander Saplinov. And this move was fully justified - “Rostov” pressed the opponent to the gate, and the red-and-white forces left.

And in the very ending, Karpin, under the applause of the stands, still threw Gatskan into battle. And as a result, it was after the captain's release that the hosts managed to escape. At the first minute added, Shomurodov grabbed the ball near someone else's penalty area and rolled it to the left Eremenko. Stories in the subcategory to interrupt the transfer failed, and Roman performed the perfect chamber to the far post, which is locked Zuev. So Fortune repaid Spartak for the match against Sochi. If there red-white scored the decisive ball in extra time, then this time they missed the victory.

Thus, the teams went their way a draw, which was unlikely to suit both teams. However, Spartak extended the lose-lose streak in Rostov-on-Don to six matches. The last time the capital team won here back in 2013, when its coach was Karpin.