Zeros on the scoreboard and unrealized moments

The 16th round started in Grozny with the match “Akhmat” - “Ural”. The game was not too spectacular, and the teams were unable to print each other's gates. Not only that, for two opponents struck only five shots on target.

However, closer to the victory were still the guests, who in the second half missed a couple of 100% moments. First, Vladimir Ilyin struck the post after a corner, and then Andrei Yegorychev did not realize a one-on-one exit.

Two deletions and the fourth Dynamo match without defeat

The meeting of Rubin and Dynamo in Kazan ended in a judicial scandal. Judge Eugene Turbin showed two red cards at once, and both turned out to be quite controversial. Especially a lot of gossip caused the moment with the removal of the midfielder of the owners Alexander Zuev. The second “mustard plaster” the football player received for simply hitting Vladimir Rykov, and the two-meter-high powerful defender after that fell as a knocker.

And in the second half, the compositions were balanced. This time, Turbin showed an unobvious second yellow card to defender Ivan Ordets. The Ukrainian was so annoyed by the referee's decision that he almost threw a T-shirt at him.

As for the match itself, Dynamo won a major victory with a minimum score. The only goal in the middle of the first half with a fine pass by Konstantin Rausch was scored by Sebastian Szymanski. Thus, the blue and white extended their unbeaten run in the RPL to four matches and under the leadership of the new head coach Kirill Novikov scored already eight points.

The third victory of Tambov in a row and the fifth goal of Melkadze

The change of coach and Tambov obviously benefited. After the arrival of Sergei Pervushin, who until then had practically no experience of independent work, the RPL newcomer scored three victories in a row and left the relegation zone.

Another three points the team unexpectedly scored in Rostov-on-Don. Already now we can say that “Tambov” has turned for Valery Karpin into an enchanted team, because in the first round the Premier League debutant also beat yellow-blue.

This time for the southerners, it all started well. Already in the seventh minute, Björn Sigurdarsson opened the score. However, the absence of Roman Eremenko, Matias Normann and Evelin Popov, as well as a number of missed opportunities, eventually played a role.

After the break, the guests managed to excel twice and snatch a major victory. It is noteworthy that Georgy Melkadze, rented from Spartak, did not leave the field again without a goal. In the current season of the RPL, he has already won five goals, although he had not scored in the elite before.

Performance of Bakaev and questions to Meshkov

Meanwhile, Spartak itself managed to win. The Red and White achieved a third victory under the leadership of Domenico Tedesco. In the home arena, they easily outperformed those in the Wings of the Soviets class.

And the main character of the meeting was Zelimkhan Bakayev, who returned to duty after disqualification. Already in the third minute he made a magnificent assist in Ecequiel Ponce, and in the end of the match he earned a penalty and realized it. Now, on the account of the tenth number, there are 10 points for performance in the current RPL season (3 + 7).

In addition to Zelimkhan, a very prominent person was Judge Vitaliy Meshkov together with the VAR system. In the second half, he removed one after another two defenders of the guests, Srjan Miyailovich and Maxim Karpov. And if the red card does not cause the second questions due to hand play, then the Serb was directly removed by the go-ahead towards Ponce. After watching the replay, the referee decided that the foul deserves a red.

But Spartak had reasons to express dissatisfaction with the refereeing. For example, in the first half, Meshkov did not appoint a penalty that seemed obvious for breaking the rules on Jordan Larsson. But the goal of the Swede at the beginning of the meeting was canceled quite rightly.

Unassigned penalty kick and crossbar shot

There were some questions for the judge in the match “Orenburg” - “Ufa”. In this case, the owners remained dissatisfied with the work of Mikhail Vilkov. In the middle of the first half, the defender of the Ufa team Alexander Sukhov clearly played with his hand in his own penalty area, but the referee did not point to the “point”.

From the game, the teams failed to score, although they had a couple of dangerous moments. The former team almost upset Andrei Kozlov with a powerful blow from a distance from afar - Orenburg was saved by the crossbar. And soon the hosts badly disposed of their chance: Joel Fameye from the lethal position struck the goalkeeper.

Victory ball Azmuna and saves Kerzhakova

“Zenith” could, like a year ago, lose in Tula, but won a difficult victory. Petersburgers after a difficult match with Leipzig in the Champions League clearly did not feel the best way, but found strength in the class to squeeze an unstable opponent.

The only ball in the middle of the second half was scored by Serdar Azmun, who closed the cross of Vyacheslav Karavaev. And the experienced Yuri Zhirkov began this successful attack with a brilliant cutting gear, who, after leaving the field of Alexander Erokhin, moved to the right flank, which is not native to himself.

Arsenal could have opened an account shortly before, but Evans Kangwa did not realize a one-on-one exit. In general, the goalkeeper of the guests Mikhail Kerzhakov in this meeting proved to be beyond praise, having made several saves at once.

The controversial one-meter and the return of Dzagoev

Three points, finally, managed to score and CSKA, which interrupted the four-match series without victories in the RPL in Sochi. Moreover, the game began for the army team you can’t imagine worse. Already in the seventh minute, the hosts, during a quick counterattack, opened an account using the rebound.

The guests answered them with the same coin. Soon, Micah Mevl unsuccessfully put himself under the blow of Ragnar Sigurdsson, and the ball flew into the net past the disoriented Soslan Dzhanaev.

And at the very end of the first half, everyone was surprised by judge Stanislav Vasiliev. Already in stoppage time, he ordered a highly controversial penalty kick into the goal of CSKA, considering Vadim Karpov's push in the fight for the riding ball too strong. Dmitry Poloz confidently implemented the penalty kick.

But the army did not break the incident. On the contrary, after the break, they returned to the field angry and scored two amazing goals. First, Ivan Oblyakov scored from the free kick, and then Fedor Chalov responded to the pass in the penalty area, struck a touch from the U-turn and interrupted his own “dry” series.

In the end, another important event for CSKA took place. For the first time in more than a year, Alan Dzagoev recovered from a serious injury entered the field. The fans greeted the appearance of the tenth number with a standing ovation.

Krykhovyak injury and the return of Smolov

And in the central match of the tour “Lokomotiv” and “Krasnodar” played a draw, which turned out to be only in the hands of “Zenith”. Opponents exchanged goals scored at the very end of the first half. First, Alexei Miranchuk hit the crossbar with a free kick and Grzegorz Krykhovyak finished the ball into an empty net, and then Marcus Berg in the second added minute closed the backache Ari.

In the interval between goals, an unpleasant injury in a collision with a Brazilian striker received Kryhovyak. The Pole could not continue the game and went to the already crowded team infirmary. But in the second half, Anton Miranchuk and Fyodor Smolov, recovering, entered the field near the railway workers.