Eight saves Ryzhikov

The bronze medalist of the RPL "Krasnodar" on Saturday managed to interrupt a three-match streak of defeats in the national championship.

Murad Musaev's wards at home with a minimal advantage overcame Tambov, which was experiencing serious financial problems.

The only goal at the beginning of the meeting was scored by Remi Cabella, who returned to the base of the Southerners.

However, Mikhail Kostyukov managed to equalize the score after just a minute, but referee Sergei Lapochkin canceled the goal due to an extremely controversial offside position with his partner, who was assisting Alexander Karapetyan. 

And in the second half, the referee sent off two players within four minutes.

First, the second yellow card was received by the defender of "Krasnodar" Yegor Sorokin, and then - the Armenian legionary of "Tambov" Varazdat Aroyan. 

In the truncated line-ups, the hosts could rather increase the difference than the guests could win back.

However, 40-year-old Sergei Ryzhikov, who made eight saves, acted above all praise at the last line.

In the camp of the southerners, it is necessary to note another experienced football player - Ari.

The 34-year-old striker, who has recovered from an injury, has entered the field in an official match for the first time since mid-March. 

Berisha's take in Grozny

And the current champion of the country "Zenith" on the road failed to beat "Akhmat" - 2: 2.

Moreover, the Petersburgers for the fourth time in a row parted ways with the Grozny team in the world within the framework of the Russian Championship.

At the same time, Sergei Semak's wards were closer to victory and twice took the lead.

Already in the 16th minute, the former midfielder of the hosts Daler Kuzyaev opened the score.

But the hosts quickly bounced back thanks to an accurate shot by Bernard Berisha.

The next exchange of goals took place at the beginning of the second half.

The teams did not have time to return to the field, as Dejan Lovren sent the ball into the far corner after the serve of Douglas dos Santos from the set.

For the Brazilian, this assist was the second in the match.

However, after just a few minutes “Akhmat” earned a rather controversial penalty, which was converted by the same Berisha.

Judge Sergei Karasev only with the help of VAR determined that Dmitry Chistyakov, who replaced the injured Vyacheslav Karavaev, hit his opponent in the face with his elbow.

And already in stoppage time, the referee again came to the fore, when he showed the second yellow card to Zenit defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy. 

Corluka's removal at the end of the first half

Another member of the Champions League, Lokomotiv, also interrupted a series of three defeats in a row in the national championship.

In Cherkizovo, the railroad workers beat Arsenal with a minimum score.

Even the removal of Vedran Chorluka in time added to the first half did not prevent the hosts from scoring three points.

Horvat received two yellow cards in 26 minutes for disrupting the opponent's attacks near his own penalty. 

But even in the minority, Lokomotiv managed to score and snatch victory after the break.

Judge Alexei Sukhoi canceled the goal of Ze Luis because of the attacker's handball, but a few minutes later he appointed a penalty kick to the Tula's goal after watching the replay.

The penalty kick was confidently realized by Anton Miranchuk, who now has seven points for performance in the current RPL season (3 goals + 4 assists).

Zobnin's goal to the former team

And in the central match of the round "Spartak" and "Dynamo" drew - 1: 1.

The players of both teams created a lot of dangerous moments and made a total of 19 shots on each other's goal.

However, goalkeepers acted above all praise, especially Alexander Maksimenko, who made seven saves. 

The derby rivals managed to exchange goals scored only closer to the final whistle.

Dmitry Skopintsev opened the score in the 79th minute with a long-range shot.

However, “Spartak” was saved from defeat by the ex-midfielder of the blue and white Roman Zobnin.

Moreover, the footballer upset the former team in the second meeting in a row. 

Thus, Dynamo interrupted the three-match winning streak under the leadership of the new head coach Sandro Schwartz and missed the opportunity to beat their principal rival for the first time in five matches.

The specialist himself, for the first time in his career, parted ways with Domenico Tedesco.

Prior to that, their paths crossed only in the Bundesliga, and led by Schwartz, Mainz was defeated three times by Schalke Tedesco, with only one victory. 

Zabolotny's missed moments

After the misfires of the closest pursuers, CSKA had an excellent opportunity to strengthen its leadership, but failed to beat Sochi at home - 1: 1.

Although the match began for the army team more than successfully.

Already in the fifth minute, the Icelandic midfielder of the hosts Arnor Sigurdsson opened the scoring, being the first to finish. 

However, having scored a quick goal, Viktor Goncharenko's charges gave up the initiative to the opponent and conceded in the middle of the first half.

Moreover, Nikita Burmistrov managed to hit the gates of Igor Akinfeev, who began his professional career in the army team.

Moreover, a few minutes later, the midfielder gave an assist to Artur Yusupov, but the referee canceled the goal due to an offside position. 

In the second half, the victory was also more likely to snatch "Sochi" than CSKA.

Anton Zabolotny, another ex-red-blue footballer, missed a couple of dangerous moments.

And on the 59th minute the hosts after his hit in the far top corner saved Akinfeev.

Goncharenko's wards interrupted the five-match winning streak in the RPL and for the second time in a row parted with the Southerners in the world in their field.

Last year, the rivals did not manage to hit each other's goal.

Rotor's first home draw

Another draw was recorded in the confrontation between Rotor and Ural, fighting for survival - 0: 0.

For the first time this season, Volgograd scored points at their home stadium.

The team lost seven previous meetings as hosts.

In the reporting meeting, both teams had the opportunity to hit each other's goal.

So, the RPL newcomer created a number of dangerous moments at the beginning of the match, but the opponent's goalkeeper Ilya Pomazun was reliable.

And “Ural” almost snatched a victory in the end when Andrei Panyukov, who came on as a substitute, struck two in a row the most dangerous blows.

Josip Chondrich coped with the first, and after the second the ball hit the post. 

Bayramyan's two accurate strikes

Rostov, on the other hand, took advantage of the misfires of the first six RPL teams and climbed to fifth place thanks to an away victory over Rubin - 2: 0.

Valery Karpin's wards were helped by the personnel problems of Kazan, who, on the eve of the meeting, were left without a number of key performers - Philip Uremovich, Karl Starfelt, Hwang In Böhm, Khvichi Kvaratskhelia, Ivan Ignatiev and Luka Djordjevich.

As a result, the nominal defensive player Dmitry Tarasov made a pair of Silvie Begicu in the center of the hosts' defense, and midfielder Soltmurad Bakaev played at the forefront of the attack. 

And if in the first half the team of Leonid Slutsky, acting in an experimental composition, still coped with the opponent, then after the break they conceded two goals.

Both were chalked up by the footballer of the Armenian national team Khoren Bayramyan.

However, he scored only the second take in his career.

And one of the assists was given to him by the newcomer Pontus Almqvist. 

The only fly in the ointment for the yellow-blue was the injury of Kento Hashimoto.

The Japanese midfielder in the middle of the first half unsuccessfully collided with an opponent and suffered a knee injury.

Rubin suffered the second defeat in a row in the RPL and the third in a row, taking into account the loss to SKA-Khabarovsk in the Russian Cup. 

Tenth defeat of "Ufa"

The first round of the RPL ended with a match between two competitors in the struggle for survival.

Ufa hosted Khimki and suffered the tenth defeat of the season.

The Moscow Region team, on the other hand, managed to break out of the play-off zone due to the victory and climb to 12th place.

Rashid Rakhimov's wards were in the role of catching up already in the fifth minute, when the first attack of the guests ended with a goal by Ilya Kukharchuk.

Alexander Troshechkin gave the pass to the midfielder.

He doubled the score shortly before the end of the first half after a long corner kick.

In the second half, the Ufa team tried in good faith to save the match, but managed to play only one goal.

On the 83rd minute, defender Bojan Jokić successfully joined the attack and closed the gap.

It is interesting that the Khimki mentor, even after conceding a goal, did not make a single substitution and left before the final whistle the same players who were released on the field in the starting lineup.