Return of Dziuba
At the start of the new season, there was no more criticized football player in the Russian championship than Artyom Dzyuba.
The experienced striker turned into a pale shadow of himself, stopped scoring, lost his place at the base of Zenit and was not called up to the national team.
However, after a short pause, the forward began to gradually gain shape.
First, he gave two assists in the confrontation with Akhmat, and then almost equalized the score in the match with Chelsea.
This was enough to get into the extended list of the national team for the October 2022 World Cup qualifying rounds.
And in the duel with Rubin, the athlete did everything to be included in the main one.
Returning to the base thanks to the absence of Serdar Azmun, he became the best player of the match.
The three-time Russian champion scored a double in the first half, and also helped Claudinho to excel.
For the Russian, these goals became their debut this season.
He also caught up with Alexander Kerzhakov in the list of the best scorers of the country's championship in history.
In the asset of both 139 effective strikes.
Only the current coach of Rubin Oleg Veretennikov (140) is ahead.
But the Kazan mentor Leonid Slutskiy was noted only with a minus sign.
He received two yellow cards from referee Sergei Ivanov for disagreeing with his decisions, and after the final whistle he harshly criticized the referee.
“I would like to draw your attention to my personal statistics with Ivanov.
For 15 years, the same person showed me two red cards.
We would ask that Ivanov not be appointed to our games, if such an option existed.
But she's not there.
I still ask.
But this cannot be done according to the regulations, ”the specialist said at a press conference.
Zakharyan's blow
And on Sunday, two other teams from the first half of the standings - Sochi and Dynamo - met in a face-to-face meeting.
And the main hero of the confrontation was another member of the Russian national team, Arsen Zakharyan.
At the very beginning of the match, the 18-year-old midfielder scored the only goal and scored the fifth point for performance in the current national championship draw (2 + 3).
However, after the break, the young footballer, who, according to media reports, is interested in Barcelona, had to be replaced due to minor muscle problems.
Also among the Muscovites should be noted Igor Leshchuk.
The reserve goalkeeper replaced Anton Shunin, who received a chin cut, and coped with his duties brilliantly.
He has seven saves and zero play.
And the blue-and-white helmsman Sandro Schwartz emphasized that the goalkeeper "had a super match and became an important factor in the victory."
Glushakov's second youth
The current RPL draw is not yet very successful for Khimki.
They are content with the struggle for survival and do not even come close to showing the results shown in the previous draw of the national championship.
The team does not raise any questions only to Denis Glushakov.
The 34-year-old midfielder seems to be experiencing a second youth and demonstrates a high-class game.
Moreover, he scores in almost every match.
So in an away meeting with a direct competitor, Ufa, the veteran scored a double.
First, he put an end to the ideal counter-attack of the guests and opened the scoring, and in the end he converted a penalty kick.
Thus, the effective streak of an experienced football player in the championship has already four fights.
In total, he has six goals in the Premier League, and in the scorer race, the former Spartak captain is on a par with Fedor Smolov, and is second only to Hamid Agalarov.
Actually, the latter's double provided the Bashkortostanians with a strong-willed victory - 3: 2.
Also in the Moscow region team should be noted Artyom Sokolov.
Having transferred from Chertanovo, the 18-year-old midfielder for the first time in his career got into the base for an RPL match and became one of the best.
He not only assisted Glushakov and earned a penalty, but also gave five key passes at once.
Bad luck Kerzhakov
The confrontation between Nizhny Novgorod and Arsenal ended with a similar score.
The Tulyans also conceded first, but in the end they won the most important strong-willed victory - 3: 2.
And the main character was the Gunners' midfielder Goran Ceausic.
The Serbian midfielder scored a double and gave an assist to Evgeny Markov.
Surprisingly, before, the legionnaire did not differ twice in a match at the club level.
He could not even gain more than two points for performance.
The ending of the reporting meeting deserves special attention.
At the 85th minute, the wards of Alexander Kerzhakov, it seemed, managed to escape after a successful play of a standard position.
Experienced Alexey Kozlov scored the third goal in the current RPL season.
However, the last word remained with the guests.
20 seconds before the final whistle, Chaushich cleverly opened in someone else's penalty area and sent the shell into the far corner with his head - 3: 2.
After that, real madness began on the Tula bench.
Their emotions can be understood, because the team fighting for survival interrupted a four-game losing streak in the championship, and also won the first victory after the return of Miodrag Bozovic.
Pinyaev's transfer
In general, many teams in the eighth round showed character and ability to turn the tide of unsuccessful games.
So Wings of the Soviets had to be the first to miss at home in order to get angry and score three points.
The hosts allegedly did not notice the goal of Nikolai Komlichenko and crushed the opponent with high pressure, forcing the defenders to make mistakes.
As a result, even before the break, Bashtush sent the ball into his own goal.
And right after Samara scored twice more.
Silvie Begich and Maxim Glushenkov put their names on the scoreboard.
20 minutes before the final whistle, Danil Glebov cut the gap to a minimum, but in the end Vladislav Sarveli put an end to it - 4: 2.
Moreover, one of the most promising young talents of domestic football, Sergei Pinyaev, gave him an assist.
For the 16-year-old midfielder, this is the first effective action in the RPL.
So Krylya Sovetov won their third victory in the last four league games.
But for the Rostovites under the leadership of Yuri Semin, things are not going well so far: only one victory in six rounds.
It is also necessary to mention a funny episode that happened before the meeting began.
Referee Igor Panin allowed captains Alexander Soldatenkov and Maxim Osipenko to determine who will play the ball from the center of the field, using the famous game "rock, scissors, paper", which is a serious violation of the protocol.
Later, the head of the RFU Referee Committee Ashot Khachaturyants emphasized that this is unacceptable, although the referee will most likely avoid punishment.