Reaching Glushakov and Burmistrov’s first goal in the Premier League in three years
The 24th round of the RPL opened with a match between two teams from the south of Russia - Akhmat and Sochi. Wards of Vladimir Fedotov significantly improved their position in the standings, having won four victories in a row. Grozny residents left the last line only due to success in the match with Wings of the Soviets in Samara after the resumption of the season - 4: 2.
Wards Igor Shalimov were close to scoring three points in the reporting meeting, but failed to realize all their moments and were content with a draw - 1: 1.
As part of Akhmat, Denis Glushakov distinguished himself again. For the first time in his career, a 33-year-old midfielder scored in three matches of the national championship in a row. After the game, he thanked the fans for their congratulations.
“I scored again, but it’s very unfortunate that we did not win today ... The main thing is to work, move, enjoy the game, enjoy and love football!” - wrote Glushakov on Instagram.
Sochi was helped by another experienced footballer Nikita Burmistrov. He managed to score the first goal in the Premier League in three years.
Controversial Judge Decisions and Two Dzuba Penalties
“Zenith” won a strong-willed victory over “Wings of the Soviets” in the match, which was marked by several controversial decisions of the judge. The referee Pavel Kukuyan canceled two goals of Petersburgers and one goal of the Samara team, and also appointed two penalties for an outsider.
Both sold Artyom Dziuba. This allowed the striker not only to strengthen the leadership in the RPL scorers race with 15 goals, but also to climb to ninth place in the list of the best club snipers in history. In total, the Zenit striker scored 69 goals.
Another striker of blue-white-blue Serdar Azmun distinguished himself with a minus sign. Before the game, the Iranian met in Iraq with an Iraqi rival midfielder Safa Hadi and uploaded a photo from a joint walk on the Internet. Zenit promised to apply the “toughest disciplinary and financial sanctions” to the striker for “frivolous attitude to the recommendations of the local Rospotrebnadzor”.
But the head coach of Volzhan Miodrag Bozovic defeat in St. Petersburg was worth the work. On Sunday, the Montenegrin was fired, and his place was taken by a domestic specialist Andrei Talalaev.
Fedun's dissatisfaction and the debut of two players born in 2001
Refereeing came to the fore in the match “Spartak” - “Ufa”. Red and white did not manage to hit the opponent’s goal and allowed the opponent to confirm the title of favorites thunderstorm.
However, at the end of the meeting, the referee Vladislav Bezborodov did not immediately count two goals from the hosts. First, after watching the replay, he canceled the ball of Alexander Sobolev, and then he did not resort to VAR in a controversial episode, when Alexander Belenov laid a shell on the goal line.
After the final whistle, the owner of Spartak Leonid Fedun criticized the work of the judge and noted that VAR “only exacerbated the problems.”
“The judge wants not to count the ball, he does not count it. In our opinion, the first goal was scored cleanly. And in the second case, the ball completely crossed the line, ”Sportun quotes Fedun as saying.
The head coach of the red-white Domenico Tedesco spoke less emotionally. At a press conference, the German answered the question about controversial episodes in Russian: “I don’t know. I accept it. No problems".
Of the positive aspects for the red and white fans, it is worth noting the presence in the team of a large number of young performers, including the pupils of the club. Moreover, in the end, two players born in 2001, Ilya Golosov and Dmitry Markitesov, came on as a substitute. They became the first footballers born in the 21st century to play for Spartak.
The second victory of Lokomotiv with Nikolic and the return of Anton Miranchuk
Another Moscow Lokomotiv team won a second consecutive victory under the leadership of the new head coach Marco Nikolic and a fourth consecutive victory in the RPL. This time the railroad in Kazan beat Rubin - 2-0.
The main character of the fight was again Alexei Miranchuk. In the game of the last round with Orenburg, he scored the only goal and earned a penalty, but this time he made his debut double in his career.
First, the midfielder was noted for an accurate shot in the near corner from the penalty line, and then realized an eleven-meter. Two goals helped the football player catch up with Alexander Samedov in the list of top scorers in the club’s history. With 37 accurate hits, they share ninth place in this ranking.
21-year-old midfielder Dmitry Rybchinsky can also bring a match into his asset. The pupil of “Lokomotiv” for the first time in his career got into the starting lineup for the RPL game and was noted for an assists and a penalty kick.
In turn, railroad goalkeeper Marinato Guillerme held the hundredth match without goals in Russian championships. Finally, another joyful event for fans of red-green was the return to the field after an injury by Anton Miranchuk.
Goncharenko's return and removal of Biyol after replacement
Also on Saturday in Moscow, a capital derby was held between Dynamo and CSKA. The fact that the blue and white, who missed the previous round due to an outbreak of coronavirus in the team, will play the main team, it became known only in the morning on the day of the match. Army men, in the role of head coach, were brought to the field by Sergey Ovchinnikov. At the same time, Viktor Goncharenko watched the game from the stands.
As a result of goals scored, the Belarusian specialist did not wait. Moreover, the rivals practically did not create moments: Anton Shunin made only three saves, and Igor Akinfeev - one.
Ovchinnikov was pleased with the actions of CSKA in defense, and also stressed that preparations for the game were conducted without consultation with Goncharenko. The only fly in the ointment for red and blue was the removal of the replacement Yaki Bijola in time added by the referee.
The very next day, the club announced the return of Goncharenko to work. A statement on the official website of the army says that the specialist did not prepare the team for the match with Dynamo due to poor health. However, on the eve of the derby with Spartak, which will be held on June 30, the training process will proceed under his leadership.
The second goal of Mamaev and Lutsenko record
“Rostov”, also survived the outbreak of coronavirus, won a home victory over “Arsenal” - 2: 1. Wards Valery Karpin opened an account in the first minute. Pavel Mamaev scored a goal in the second match in a row. Following the strike of someone else's gate, Alexei Ionov succeeded. Midfielder closed the canopy of Eldor Shomurodov from the right flank.
At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal reduced the gap to a minimum. Experienced Evgeni Lutsenko broke his own performance record in the Premier League and scored the 11th goal, thanks to which he caught up with Shomurodov and Sobolev in the tournament scorers of the tournament. Above is just Dziuba with 15 goals.
Along the way, Lutsenko became the RPL champion in the number of goals scored by his head in one season. In the current championship of the country in the asset of the striker there are already eight of them.
In the end, the Tula were close to even the score, but failed to break Sergei Pesyakov a second time. “Rostov”, in stoppage time, remained in the minority after 20-year-old striker Danila Proshlyakov received a second yellow card.
Take and remove Bikfalvi
Finally, in the last match of the Ural tour, the house turned out to be stronger than Tambov (2: 1) thanks to Eric Bikfalvi's double. In the middle of the first half, the midfielder scored a penalty, and 20 minutes before the end of regular time, he struck a beautiful and accurate strike. In total, in the current season of the RPL, the Romanian account has already seven goals. However, Bikfalvi ruined the impression of his game by an optional removal shortly before the final whistle. Eric managed to get two yellow cards in a minute and left the field.
As part of the "Tambov" distinguished Mikhail Kostyukov. Forward scored a goal in the second round of the RPL in a row. The striker evened the score with a spectacular header in the fall. However, this did not help Tambov to score points.