Dziuba's two passes, Nigmatullin's salvation and Dreyer's hat-trick in the first match: what was the RPL round 7 memorable for

Zenit's success before the start in the Champions League

Artyom Dzyuba became the main hero of the confrontation between Zenit and Akhmat.

The experienced striker gave two assists and did everything so that the Petersburgers won another victory in the RPL and remained in first place in the standings on the eve of the start in the Champions League.

It seems that the pause for the matches of the national teams only benefited the player.

In the ninth minute, he rolled the ball from the front to Wendel, and it was not difficult for him to open an account.

And in the end, the forward played a beautiful wall with Malcolm in the penalty area and helped the Brazilian to put an end to it - 3: 1.

It is curious that the Latin American was initially not supposed to take part in this meeting due to the premature departure from the national team, but at the last moment FIFA changed its mind.

Another person involved in this story, Claudinho, also helped the team and came on as a substitute.

As for Dziuba, he could well have scored, but in a couple of episodes Grozny was frankly saved by Vitaly Gudiev.

Thus, in the current season, the Russian still cannot distinguish himself.

But Alexander Erokhin struck the other's gates again.

He already has five goals in his assets, and in the RPL scorers race, the midfielder is second only to Hamid Agalarov and Fedor Smolov.

Also, Stanislav Kritsyuk should be noted among the reigning champion of the country.

The newcomer appeared on the field from the first minutes, while Mikhail Kerzhakov remained in reserve.

The goalkeeper has five saves.

Spartak's first win in a month

The forced pause also benefited Spartak.

In any case, on Saturday, the Muscovites calmly beat Khimki at home (3: 1) and won their first RPL victory in a month.

True, the meeting was overshadowed by a scandal involving Reziuan Mirzov. The midfielder just a few days before the game moved from the red-and-white camp to the Moscow Region team, but did not get into the application for a match with his own team. The Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Moscow Region, Roman Teryushkov, explained this by a kind of "sports interest" and by the fact that the footballer had not been in the starting lineup for a long time. In turn, the head coach of the outsider Igor Cherevchenko referred to "minor damage."

One way or another, the guests failed to impose competition on the venerable opponent.

The hosts acted with a reserve and sometimes, with their play, caused the fans to associate with the Summer Match Premier Cup.

Ayrton opened the account with the transfer of another full-back Nikolai Rasskazov.

In the second half, Ezequiel Ponce was already the soloist, who gave an assist and scored on his own.

Thanks to this, the Argentine came out on top in the team scorers race with three goals.

It is symbolic that ex-captain of Spartak Denis Glushakov played the ball of prestige in Khimki's squad from a free kick at the once native Otkritie Arena.

Moreover, he managed to hit the gates of the Muscovites for the first time in his career.

Along the way, the veteran extended his winning streak to three fights in the national championship.

CSKA misfire on the eve of the derby

But CSKA is approaching the main derby of the country not in the best condition.

First, Alexey Berezutsky's charges lost points in the away meeting with Arsenal - 2: 2.

Secondly, they lost two key players at once - Maxim Mukhin and Anton Zabolotny.

The defensive player was disqualified for busting yellow cards, and the forward was injured, he was replaced in the first half.

However, there is a chance that he will have time to recover for the derby.

The match began for the army team extremely well.

Igor Diveev, after a corner kick, sent a projectile into the net already in the fifth minute.

But the Tula quickly managed to recoup.

Viktor Vasin calmly allowed Evgeny Markov to finish off the ball on target from close range.

This was far from the last mistake of the Muscovites' defense.

The coaching staff decided to rely on a scheme with three central defenders and released Vasin to help Diveev and Yaka Biyol.

However, this move rather hurt the team.

So, all the same Vasin in the second half lost horse martial arts to Markov, and he made an effective discount on Ivan Novoseltsev.

The substitute Fedor Chalov saved the red-blue from defeat.

Thus, the forward confirmed that Arsenal is his favorite team.

In 12 games against the Gunners, he scored eight times.

More often, a football player did not score a goal for anyone.

But the outsider may well be happy with one point.

The return of Miodrag Bozovic to Tula was successful.

Sensational defeat for Dynamo

Another capital team, Dynamo, suffered a sensational home defeat to Nizhny Novgorod - 1: 2.

After that, the RPL newcomer can be called a "thunderstorm of authorities", because in the current season he had previously upset Sochi and beat Spartak away.

The next in line was another Moscow grand, and Alexander Kerzhakov upset the team, whose colors he once defended.

Moreover, after the first half, no one had any doubts that the hosts would calmly score three points.

Denis Makarov scored his debut goal for the blue and white already in the fifth minute, but it was canceled due to an offside position.

But soon the midfielder still distinguished himself by all the rules with a trademark blow from outside the penalty area.

Anton Shunin's rivals did not bother at all, failing to hit the target even once.

However, in the second half of the meeting, a completely different team entered the field - charged and angry.

Sandro Schwartz's charges, on the contrary, noticeably relaxed and soon almost paid for it.

The Nizhny Novgorodians earned a penalty, but Timur Suleimanov shot higher from the point.

In the end, Dynamo were still punished.

Kerzhakov's replacements also worked superbly.

Igor Gorbunov equalized the score, and Denis Tkachuk and Richie Annin gave an assist.

The favorite could have escaped: the referee Vitaly Meshkov appointed a penalty for a foul in the penalty area on Vyacheslav Grulev and showed the second yellow card to Lucas Masoero.

Clinton N'Jier missed a great chance.

He shot into the right corner at a comfortable height for the goalkeeper, and Artur Nigmatullin saved the RPL rookie and helped make the main sensation of the tour.

Confident defeat from Rubin

The main event of the last game day of the seventh round was the incredible debut of Rubin's newcomer Anders Dreyer.

The Danish winger moved to Kazan from Midtjylland for € 7 million (according to Transfermarkt) and scored a hat-trick in his first match with Ural.

Already in the second minute, the legionnaire opened the scoring with a beautiful heel kick after a filing from the left flank performed by Khvichi Kvaratskhelia, who had recovered from an injury.

And in the end, Dreyer independently finished off an opponent who was experiencing serious staffing problems.

First, he took advantage of the blunder of Artyom Mamin, who hit his own goal in the first half, and then again closed the cross from the edge.

Thus, Anders became only the second player in the history of the Russian championships, who distinguished himself three times in his debut meeting.

The first in 1993 was the striker of the Sochi "Pearl" Yevgeny Titov, who upset Dynamo Stavropol three times.

Thanks to the achievements of their new recruit, the Kazan team achieved a convincing defeat (4: 0) and won their first victory in the RPL since August 8.

The only fly in the ointment can be called the injury of Ilya Samoshnikov, who left the field in the 78th minute only with the help of doctors.