Makarov's two masterpieces, Karavaev's "cannon" and Melkadze's blow through himself: the best goals in the final third of the RPL season

10. Rifat Zhemaletdinov (Lokomotiv)

Round 24.

Rotor - Locomotive.

79th minute.

0: 2.

The second half of the season turned out to be truly breakthrough for Rifat Zhemaletdinov. In winter, Lokomotiv head coach Marko Nikolic rebuilt the team's game into a pattern with a diamond in the center of the field, and the 24-year-old pupil of the club unexpectedly took the position of an attacking midfielder, although earlier he was almost always located on the right edge of the attack. As a result, in a new place, the footballer gave five assists and scored three goals in the RPL.

The ball against Rotor turned out to be especially beautiful at the beginning of April.

Moreover, attention should be paid not only to the final blow of the Russian, but also to the whole combination.

Dmitry Rybchinsky made a neat serve into the penalty area from the right flank, and Vitaly Lisakovich, instead of striking himself, neatly threw the ball to Zhemaletdinov with his chest.

In turn, the uncovered midfielder sent a shell to the near nine.

9. Anton Zabolotny (Sochi)

28th round.

Krasnodar - Sochi.

85th minute.

1: 2.

And for Anton Zabolotny, last season turned out to be outstanding at all. As part of the RPL, he scored nine goals and broke a personal performance record. In particular, the striker's successful play helped Sochi finish the championship in fifth place and for the first time in history to break into European cups. True, the Russian national team player himself will not play in them, since he decided to return to his native CSKA.

The tall pupil of the army team was especially good on the second floor.

Actually, he scored five of the nine goals in the national championship with his head.

The most important goal was the goal in the match against Krasnodar at the end of the championship.

Five minutes before the end of regular time, when two "ones" were on the scoreboard, Zabolotny, with one touch, radically changed the course of the meeting.

After the ideal diagonal of Christian Noboa from the right edge, Anton at the last moment overtook Alexander Martynovich and sent a shell into the near corner with his head in the fall.

Matvey Safonov managed to reach the ball, but the blow was so strong that it was unrealistic to stop it.

8. Yuri Gazinsky (Krasnodar)

21st round.

Spartak - Krasnodar.

56th minute.

2: 1.

Despite the fact that Krasnodar generally failed the second part of the season and ended up taking only tenth place in the RPL, team captain Yuri Gazinsky was noted for a unique personal achievement in the spring.

The low-performing midfielder scored in three consecutive rounds of the championship.

The series was opened by an experienced footballer in the match against Spartak.

At the beginning of the second half, he scored a powerful shot in the left from himself nine meters from 30 meters. The involuntary co-author of the beautiful goal was Nail Umyarov, who unsuccessfully knocked the ball out of his own penalty area and actually presented it to the opponent.

Nobody had time to cover the blow either.

Despite this masterpiece, Yuri and his partners are unlikely to want to remember this game, because in the end they suffered a humiliating defeat with a score of 1: 6.

7. Artyom Dzyuba (Zenit)

28th round.

Zenit - Lokomotiv.

19th minute.

1: 0.

The confrontation between Zenit and Lokomotiv ended with a similar score, the victory in which allowed the Petersburgers to become the champions of Russia for the third time in a row.

And the beginning of the "beating" of the railway workers was laid by Artyom Dziuba.

On the 19th minute, after a series of rebounds, the ball flew to the striker of the Russian national team, and he neatly threw it into the far corner over Marinato Guilherme, who had come out too far ahead.

True, the Loko fans had big questions about the episode that occurred during the scoring combination, when Dziuba hit Maciej Rybus in the face with his elbow.

But the judge Sergei Karasev, after consulting with the assistants at the VAR, nevertheless pointed to the center.

In the end, Zenit achieved a defeat, and Artyom scored a double.

Finally, in the last round, he upset Tambov four times and with 20 goals became the top scorer of the RPL season that ended.

6. Vladimir Ilyin ("Akhmat")

29th round.

Akhmat - Tambov.

80th minute.

3: 1.

One line higher is the beautiful ball of Vladimir Ilyin in the match with the same "Tambov".

The attacker of "Akhmat" managed to make a memorable solo passage at the end of the meeting.

In literally four touches, the footballer managed to beat three defenders of the opponent and the goalkeeper at once.

First, he passed Farkhod Vasiev and Alexander Denisov "on a handkerchief", and then with his right foot he earned the ball for himself.

Opponents in this situation played the role of spectators, who could only applaud the striker's skill.

And Vladimir already in the next round, having scored a double in the match against Spartak, showed that he is capable of scoring not only to outsiders.

5. Denis Makarov (Rubin)

22nd round.

Ufa - Rubin.

30th minute.

0: 1.

The top five goals of the last third of the RPL draw are opened by a stunning hit by Denis Makarov in the match against Ufa. The young midfielder can be safely called one of the main discoveries of the season in the Kazan squad. The rivals knew very well that a technical footballer at the first opportunity earns a ball under his strong left foot, but they could not do anything about it.

So in the meeting with the Bashkortostanians, the defenders and the goalkeeper did not manage to interfere with Makarov.

Having received a pass from Khvichi Kvaratskhelia, Denis from outside the penalty area neatly spun the ball into the far top corner in such a way that even tall Alexander Belenov could not reach him.

And "Ufa" became a really convenient opponent for the midfielder, because in two league matches he hit her goal three times.

In total, the player has seven goals in the RPL, and according to this indicator, he lost in the team only to George Despotovich (14).

4. Malcolm (Zenith)

28th round.

Zenit - Lokomotiv.

67th minute.

6: 1.

Surprisingly, Zenit's golden game against Lokomotiv was represented in the RT rating by two goals at once.

If Dziuba managed to open an account, then Malcolm - to put an end to this confrontation.

Moreover, their balls turned out to be similar in many ways.

Both skillfully threw Guilherme, and the striker of the national team acted as an assistant for a partner.

However, the Brazilian, unlike the Russian, did not strike from within the penalty area, but from a distance of 30 meters, which did not become an obstacle for him.

Despite a beautiful goal in an important confrontation, the ended season Malcolm can hardly add to his asset, because in the 21st RPL match he scored only six points for performance (3 + 3).

The fans were clearly expecting more from the legionnaire, acquired for € 40 million.

But injuries so far prevent the Brazilian from showing himself to the fullest.

3. Georgy Melkadze ("Akhmat")

26th round.

Akhmat - Khimki.

65th minute.

3: 0.

Also in the top 10 were two players of "Akhmat" at once.

Unlike Ilyin, Georgy Melkadze, rented from Spartak, rarely showed himself in the finished RPL draw and scored only three goals, one of which was from a penalty spot.

As a result, at the end of the season, the striker from the main striker of the team turned into a substitute.

However, it was the successful substitution that helped the striker to become the author of a real masterpiece.

In the match against Khimki, Andrei Talalaev threw the reservist into the fight in the middle of the second half, and with the first touch he struck the other's goal with a blow through himself.

In this episode, the footballer showed amazing persistence.

It seemed that he had already lost the fight to Philip Dagerstol, but he went to the end, wiped off the opponent from the ball, processed the projectile with his chest and with the next touch with his right foot sent him under the crossbar without a chance for Ilya Lantratov.

2. Denis Makarov (Rubin)

21st round.

Rubin - Zenit.

92nd minute.

2: 1.

And Makarov was completely represented in the top five at once by two magnificent goals.

In the match with “Ufa” Denis showed how powerful and accurate a blow he has, and in the most important meeting with “Zenith” he showed his other strong quality - an extraordinary technique.

At the end of the meeting, when Rubin defended a draw with the last bit of strength, the football player's magic allowed the Kazan team to get a victory that seemed absolutely illogical during the game.

In this episode, the midfielder did everything himself.

After receiving a pass in the center circle, he left Wendel and threw the ball past Dejan Lovren.

Nevertheless, the Croat managed to knock the opponent off the pace.

But this did not stop the Russian.

At the entrance to the penalty area, he managed to beat the vice-world champion twice on the swing, and then struck a billiard blow into the far corner with a rebound from the bar.

1. Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit)

22nd round.

Zenit - Akhmat.

51st minute.

1: 0.

The author of the most beautiful goal of the final third of the RPL season, according to RT, was unexpectedly Vyacheslav Karavaev. The fact is that the full-back, by virtue of his role, never scored a lot and, for example, scored only three times in the final draw of the national championship. However, the fans knew about the wonderful kick of the football player before. For example, in the last goal, he hit the gate of the Serbian national team with a powerful shot. 

And in March, Karavaev scored a similar goal in the game against Akhmat. In this meeting, Zenit did not manage to open an account for a long time, until Vyacheslav came to the fore. The defender moved with the ball along the other side of the field and, without encountering resistance, calmly launched the ball from his right foot into the far corner from a very long distance. Giorgi Shelia was clearly not ready for this and could not save his team. As a result, the Petersburgers achieved a crushing victory and did not lose points in the remaining matches of the championship.