A Valery Karpin midfielder in the 90s and beginning of the XXI Century Real Sociedad, Valencia and Celta, and now coach Rostov, he reported almost no reaction time six players from their squad had tested positive for coronavirus. His team, fourth overall, ahead of famous like Spartak or CSKA Moscow had to travel to the Black Sea to face Sochi, but the opponent refused to postpone the match. So Karpin reached for the youth's kids to save the ballot.

And in Sochi he appeared with a group of kids between 16 and 19 years old to avoid the sanction of the team. Boys who, because of the pandemic, and unlike the host, had not been able to train for three months. And there, on the shores of the Black Sea , those kids were struck down by the local team, ninth overall. The 10-1 loss was the biggest in Russian championship history since 2000.

However, the good role of the Rostov boys has gone viral. Because, to everyone's surprise, at 47 seconds into the game R oman Romanov , 17, put the visitors ahead on the scoreboard. Something that allowed him to become the youngest in the history of the club to score and be one of the three youngest in the championship to do so.

The rest, as the scoreboard reflects, was a local siege. A gale that found another hero on the way. After 27 minutes, Rostov goalkeeper Denis Popov , also 17, saved Anton Zabolotni a penalty. With his gloves and legs, he would end up repelling 15 shots, another new record in the Russian league.

Despite this, Popov was "very deservedly" recognized as the best player of the match, after "stealing the show from everyone," according to his club, Rostov, in a statement on his website.

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