Hat-trick of Azmuna and the double of Dziuba, the defeat of Rostov from Loko and the third victory of Sochi in a row: what is the 22nd round of the RPL

Long-range strike Skopintseva and goal Glushakova

“Akhmat” in his field lost to “Dynamo” and could not interrupt an unsuccessful series of four matches in a row. Wards of Igor Shalimov opened the scoring already in the tenth minute, but could not hold the lead and subsequently conceded three goals. Only a minute before the end of the regular time of the match, the difference was reduced by Denis Glushakov. The teams for the first time in two years scored more than three goals in full-time confrontation. At the same time, the meeting of 2011 remains the most productive, when the teams hit each other’s gates eight times.

One of the main characters of the meeting was Maximilian Philip. First, the German elegantly pushed Konstantin Rausch to the strike position, and then confidently realized the 11-meter penalty, appointed for playing with Rizvan Utsiev’s hand in the penalty area. For the striker, this goal was the seventh in the RPL. The author of the third accurate hit was Dmitry Skopintsev, who opened the scoring for his balls in a white and blue t-shirt. Dynamo won a second victory in a row, while Akhmat remained on the last, 16th line.

Pioneer squad "Spartacus" and "mustard" Tedesco

Spartak again surprised its fans and in the match against Orenburg entered the field with one of the youngest players in the 21st century. The average age of the players who were on the field was 22.45 years, and the most experienced players were 26-year-old George Djikia and Samuel Gigot. At the same time, the company in the top three defense was made up of 19-year-old Pavel Maslov, who became one of the culprits of the only goal conceded.

The young defender unsuccessfully pulled the ball out of the box after a corner kick and allowed Joel Fameya to freely penetrate the goal of Alexander Maksimenko. At the same time, the hosts acted more actively and could easily triple the advantage, but the team's top scorer George Despotovich did not realize several 100 percent moments.

However, already at the end of the first half, Esekiel Ponce punished his opponents for confusion in the penalty area, and in the second half of the game Jordan Larsson came to the forefront. First, the Swede took Andrei Klimovich by surprise with a spectacular long-range strike, and then helped Reziuan Mirzov to excel. A fly in the ointment for guests was the fourth yellow card of the season Domenico Tedesco. The German specialist was the first in the RPL to be disqualified for busting “mustard”, as a result of which he will be forced to miss a meeting with Arsenal.

Azmoon hat-trick and Malcolm's debut goal

In the first two rounds of the spring segment of the championship, Sergei Semak's wards did not score a single goal, but in the third they interrupted the goal drought. Zenit sent seven goals into the gates of the Urals, having conceded just one, thanks to which it strengthened its leadership in the standings. The only success of the guests was the goal of Andrei Panyukov from the penalty spot.

By the 27th minute, the hosts had forced Yaroslav Godzyur to capitulate four times, and by the 72nd they scored three more times. The most productive was Serdar Azmun. The Iranian not only designed the first hat-trick in his club career, but also acted as an assistant in the episode with the exact blow of Sebastian Driussi.

Artyom Dziuba scored a double and with 13 goals reached the clean first place in the RPL scorers race, and another significant event was Malcolm's first ball in the RPL. The Brazilian closed the transfer compatriot Douglas Santos.

The end of the unsuccessful Rubin series and the removal of Makarov

Arsenal in its field could not take advantage of a significant advantage in the course of the meeting and unexpectedly lost to Rubin. Everything was decided by Zuriko Davitashvili's goal in the first half, which helped the guests to interrupt a win-win series of nine meetings and leave the relegation zone. Kazan scored 23 points and settled on the 14th line.

And this despite the fact that they inflicted almost three times less shots on goal, and spent the last 35 minutes with ten of them. For the second yellow card, Denis Makarov left the field. First, he struck Victor Alvarez in the face of an elbow during a horse fight, and then knocked Gia Grigalava from someone else's penalty area. In the remaining time, the hosts had several chances to equalize, but Goran Chaushich and Sergey Tkachev lacked accuracy.

The third goal of Bridge in three matches and the “drought” of “Krasnodar”

Wards Murad Musaev misfired in the 22nd round of the RPL and lost the status of the main pursuer of the “Zenith”. Krasnodar away lost to Sochi and suffered its first defeat since the end of September, but it was even more unexpected that the guests could never upset Soslan Dzhanaev. Earlier in the season, the “bulls” only twice left the field without goals. In the first round, they lost to Akhmat with a minimum score, and in the 18th they tied with Tambov.

The guests owned a serious territorial advantage, but the actions of the owners were much more constructive. This resulted in a twofold advantage in strikes, as well as in scoring chances. One Alexander Kokorin could hit the gate of Matvey Safonov twice, but first hit the post, and then at the goalkeeper himself.

Luck smiled at his former Zenith partner Christian Noboa. The Ecuadorian almost repeated his trick from the time of the match with Akhmat, the only difference being that this time he didn’t even think about a parachute strike, and the ball flew into the goal along an intricate trajectory after a rebound from Yuri Gazinsky’s leg. In the remaining time, the “bulls” frantically attacked, but in compensated minutes they ran into a counterattack, which was completed by Andrei Mostovoy. Interestingly, the midfielder scored in the third game in a row.

40,000 minutes of Akinfeev and Evseev’s “bus”

Unlike most meetings of the 22nd round, attendance at the match between CSKA and Ufa was affected by the ban on holding mass events. A little less than 3.5 thousand spectators came to support the players, as a result of which the stands of the VEB Arena looked lonely. The game itself also turned out to be not the most pleasing to the eye, which contributed to the guests. Wards of Vadim Evseev once again “parked the bus” at his own penalty area and mostly fought off for all 90 minutes. The most eloquent evidence of this is the percentage of possession of the ball - 70 to 30 in favor of the hosts.

The team of Viktor Goncharenko repeatedly threatened the gates of Alexander Belenov, but could not overcome the massive defense and was forced to rely on long-range strikes. Alan Dzagoev and Christian Bistrovich repeatedly beat from a distance, but they lacked accuracy. At the same time, Arnor Sigurdsson, who hit the post from five meters, missed the best moment. CSKA extended its unbeaten run to five games and five points behind the Champions League zone. And the only positive thing was that Igor Akinfeev stepped over the mark of 40,000 minutes spent in the national championship.

Impact segment “Loco” and terrible lawn at “Rostov Arena”

In the central match of the tour, the railway workers confidently got the better of the Rostovites and regained second place in the RPL standings. Wards of Yuri Syomin acted second number, but at a key moment demonstrated how to use the moments. In the period from the 34th to the 42nd minutes, they distinguished themselves three times and removed all questions about the winner. The main character was Grzegorz Krychowiak, who scored the ninth goal and strengthened his leadership in the list of the most successful league midfielders. Nicola Vlašić is behind two exact blows. At the same time, the Pole could easily take a double, but his “shot” from 30 meters hit the post, thanks to a save by Sergei Pesyakov, and the goaltender's neck helped to make the goal. Rifat Zhemaletdinov scored between two productive actions of Krykhovyak, who promptly broke through due to a penalty, adjusted for rebound.

In the second half, “Rostov” perked up, but could only slightly reduce the backlog. Ivelin Popov scored a penalty for the second time this season and brought to four the total number of goals in the season. The yellow-blue team lost points for the fourth time in matches with teams from the top five, and the unsatisfactory condition of the pitch in the stadium was another disappointment. After meeting with CSKA Moscow, the field began to look even worse, which was hardly consistent with the status of the confrontation.

Goal pass of Shelia and the sixth goal of Melkadze

In the battle of the outsiders of the RPL, the Tambov took over. Wards Timur Shipshev defeated the “Wings of the Soviets” and left the relegation zone, rising to 11th place. As for the guests, they lost in the fifth of the last eight games and were again among the outsiders. After 22 rounds they are ahead of only Akhmat. Nominally, the RPL novice again spent the home match in Nizhny Novgorod, but due to the actual absence of fans in the stands, both teams were deprived of support.

“Tambov” for the third time this season scored three unanswered goals. Previously, he also beat only Ufa and Orenburg. The beginning was laid by the exact blow of Georgy Melkadze rented from Spartak. His track record already has six goals, one more than the top scorer of the red and white Larsson. The advantage of the "wolves" was doubled by Vladimir Obukhov, and Anton Kilin put the point. At the same time, goalkeeper George Shelia acted as an assistant.