Smolov’s historic goal and Real Madrid’s sensational misfire

Smolov vs. Real Madrid. A month ago, such a confrontation was possible only in the Champions League. But Lokomotiv flew out of the European competition, and the striker calmly prepared for the resumption of the season in the RPL.

However, on the last day of the transfer window in Europe, Fedor’s career unexpectedly experienced a sharp turn: the striker on loan went to Celta and only three weeks later got the opportunity to play at the Santiago Bernabeu - head coach Oscar Garcia again gave the legionary a start position .

And the match began in a way that even the most optimistic Russian fans could not have imagined. Already in the seventh minute, Smolov splendidly opened between the two defenders of the opponent, received an excellent pass from Iago Aspas and calmly sent his debut ball on target, drawing close to Thibaut Courtois.

This moment will forever go down in history, because Fedor became the first Russian footballer since 2003 to score at the Santiago Bernabeu. The latter managed to do this Alexander Mostovy also in the composition of "Celta". In addition, Saratov is the 22nd Russian who excelled in the Example.

The early goal of an outsider of Madrid was clearly puzzled, and in the first half, the leader was unlike himself. Not too noticeable was Eden Hazard, who appeared on the field for the first time three months later. Rather, guests could score a second goal than Real Madrid equalize.

But after the break, the class of wards of Zinedine Zidane still affected. Unfortunately, Smolov was also involved in the first goal of the hosts. It was with his loss that Real Madrid launched a successful attack, which ended with Tony Kroos's exact blow.

And ten minutes later, Ruben extremely imprudently played with his hands in his own penalty area and shot down Azar. The judge, taking a pause, pointed to the “point”, and the penalty was implemented by Sergio Ramos.

The tired Smolov was soon replaced. After a goal scored, Fedor acted very diligently, tried to put pressure on his opponents, but already in the second half he looked obviously tired, and received transfers infrequently. After the break, the Russian generally did not show any positive actions.

It seemed that in the end, “Celta” was already humbled with its fate, but on the bench for the guests there was a “joker” in the person of Santiago Mina Lorenzo. The striker came on as a substitute and literally in a couple of minutes equalized, using the brilliant penetrating pass into the box.

So the outsider managed to get the most important point in Madrid, but Real Madrid failed to win the fifth consecutive victory in the Example and allowed Barcelona to reduce the backlog in the standings to one point. “Celta” with the advent of Smolov scored four points in three meetings.

VAR scandal and trainer card

And in the match between Sevilla and Espanyol, there was a loud referee scandal involving VAR. During the first half, the midfielder of the guests Jonathan Caleri was shot down near someone else's penalty area. Referee Adrian Cordero Vega decided to watch the replay, after which he set the standard, which Adrian Embarba converted into a goal.

That's just, according to the rules, the referee can refer to the VAR only in four cases: for review on the subject of a goal, a penalty, a red card or for problems with the identification of a player who violated the rules.

Sevilla mentor Julen Lopetegui tried to challenge the incident, but received a yellow card for talking. The fight itself ended in a draw (2: 2), and it’s hard to say how this scandal for the judge will end.

Double of Son and Alderweireld's amazing achievement

A couple of interesting matches on Sunday took place in England. For example, “Tottenham Hotspur” pulled out a very difficult and extremely paradoxical away victory over the outsider “Aston Villa” - 3: 2. At the same time, the meeting began for the wards of Jose Mourinho worse than you can imagine. Already in the ninth minute, Toby Alderweireld cut the ball into his own goal. But soon the Belgian corrected and equalized. Moreover, he became the first footballer of Londoners in seven years, who in one match the Premier League scored both a goal and an own goal. In 2012, Gareth Bale succeeded in doing this.

And in addition to the first half, Tottenham Hotspur came forward thanks to a controversial penalty. It took an experienced judge, Martin Atkinson, a couple of minutes to confer with the assistants to point to the “point”. Pepe Reina hit Son Heung Mina from the penalty spot, but the Korean had the first time to finish, and became the first Asian to score 50 goals in the Premier League.

However, Aston Villa did not want to give up, and after the break, the score was equalized. As a result, when it seemed that the Mourinho team would lose points, the opponent's defender Bjorn Engels gave the victory to the guests. In the simplest situation, he waved his foot past the ball and arranged for Sona to enter his own goal. The Korean did not miss the chance and scored a double. And Tottenham won a third consecutive victory in the Premier League.

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Arsenal’s first victory in five matches and the end of the headless Ozil series

Another metropolitan Arsenal team was successful. After four draws in the national championship in a row, the “gunners” convincingly dealt with Newcastle - 4-0. It is noteworthy that this major victory was the first for the team this season.

Pierre-Emerick Obameyang, Nicolas Pepe, Alexander Lacazette and even Mesut Ozil, who distinguished themselves for the first time since April 2019 and interrupted the 301-day “dry” series, scored goals. And Pepe was recognized as the best footballer of the match, who added two assists to the goal.

Rout from Bayern and 40th goal of Lewandowski

In Germany, the first place in the standings of the Bundesliga was regained by Bayern. The Munichers came to visit Cologne, which had gained an excellent move, and did not leave their opponents any chance.

By the 13th minute, the wards of Hans-Dieter Flick smashed the opponent - 3: 0, and the score was opened by Robert Lewandowski. For the Pole, this goal is the 23rd in the German championship and the 40th in the current season in all tournaments. He is the first European football player who managed to overcome this bar.

In the second half, Bayern still scored, but Cologne was only enough for the prestige ball. As a result, Serge Gnabry doubled as guests, and Thomas Muller gave two assists. In total, he has already listed 14 assistants in the Bundesliga.

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Lazio character and another ball of Immobile

And in Italy, the struggle for gold escalated to the limit. On Sunday in Rome, the third and second teams of the country at the moment, Lazio and Inter respectively.

The first half was in a neat fight, but with a minimum of points. Nevertheless, shortly before the break, the guests opened the score. After an unpleasant blow from the right edge of the box, Tomas Strakosha unsuccessfully repelled the ball in front of him, and Ashley Young finished it in the net.

But at the very beginning of the second half, the hosts earned a penalty and recouped. The eleven-meter sold the best scorer of Series A at the moment, Ciro Immobile. This goal was his 26th in 24 games of the national championship.

Lazio snatch victory also helped standard position. After the filing of a corner projectile swept over the opponent’s penalty, and Sergey Milinkovich-Savich just shot on target. In the end, “Inter” strenuously stormed the gates of Strakosi, and Lautaro Martinez even managed to score, but the judge canceled the ball because of a fair offside.

The final whistle recorded the most important volitional victory of the Romans, who came out on a clean second place. Inter interrupted the series of victories in Serie A, which lasted 17 matches.

Rest for Ronaldo and the return of Chiellini

In turn, the leading Juventus simply had no right to lose points after an unexpected defeat from Verona. And Turintsy corrected for this misfire, scoring three points in the home match with Brescia - 2-0. In order to break the outsider’s resistance, the team didn’t even need the help of Cristiano Ronaldo, who was given rest by the coaching staff.

But for the first time in six months, an experienced defender Giorgio Chiellini appeared on the field. The player recovered from his injury and shortly before the final whistle came on as a substitute. But another reservist of the hosts, Miralem Pyanich, on the contrary, was injured, but, according to the coaching staff of the team, he should recover for the fight with Lyon in the Champions League