The Spartak fiasco, the 1000th goal of CSKA and Zakharyan's hat-trick from the programs: what will be remembered for the 12th round of the RPL

Dynamo's young enthusiasm

The latest results of "Dynamo" gave rise to doubts among the fans of the team that their favorites are able to compete for the championship. At first, they unexpectedly lost at home to Krylia Sovetov, and then missed the victory in the derby with Spartak and did not take the opportunity to reduce the gap to Zenit to a minimum. However, the blue and white had no right to misfire in the confrontation with Khimki on Lev Yashin's birthday.

And this time everything came to the young team very easily - 4: 1.

The main hero of the confrontation can be safely called Arsen Zakharyan, who scored an assistant hat-trick.

The 18-year-old midfielder for the first time in his career gave such a number of assists in one match, and also came out on top in the current RPL season in this indicator with five passes.

Konstantin Tyukavin returned to the starting lineup and distinguished himself in the second round in a row.

And Vyacheslav Grulev did twice hit the opponent's goal.

Only Anton Shunin remained upset in the hosts' squad, having conceded an optional goal in the end.

So Dynamo won an important victory on the eve of a face-to-face meeting with Zenit.

And the mentor of the Moscow Region team Igor Cherevchenko, the defeat led to his resignation.

In the current Premier League draw, Khimki are struggling to score points and are content with the struggle for survival.

The overwhelming advantage of Krasnodar

The 12th round as a whole turned out to be rich in devastating victories.

For example, the match between Nizhny Novgorod and Krasnodar ended with the same score as in Moscow.

The wards of Alexander Kerzhakov have beaten Sochi, Spartak, Dynamo and Rubin this season and earned the title of “the storm of authority”.

But they failed to cope with the southerners.

Throughout the meeting, the guests had an overwhelming advantage and struck 23 shots on the goal.

Only the skill of Artur Anisimov saved the opponent from a complete fiasco.

As a result, Viktor Goncharenko's team scored six times, but the referee's team canceled two goals due to various violations of the rules.

Grzegorz Krychowiak and Eduard Spertsyan scored two points each according to the goal + pass system.

The Pole scored four times in the last five meetings for the team in all tournaments and assisted his partners twice.

21-year-old pupil of the club Alexander Chernikov scored his debut goal in the RPL, and Vladimir Ilyin scored with the heel, barely appearing on the field.

But John Cordoba was unlucky that day.

The forward, although he opened the scoring, missed a number of favorable moments and missed the penalty kick, breaking wide of the target.

Surprisingly, the southerners have not taken advantage of four penalty kicks out of seven this season.

And in the second case, the Colombian misfired.

Successful substitutions of CSKA

In the summer, most fans and experts were perplexed by the resignation of Ivica Olic and the appointment of Alexei Berezutsky in his place.

The decision seemed hasty, and Berezutsky's complete lack of experience raised serious questions.

As a result, the start of the season turned out to be difficult for CSKA, but in the fall the team picked up speed.

In the last six rounds of the RPL, she has four wins and two draws.

And in the standings, CSKA share the second place with Dynamo.

On Saturday, the red and blue also showed the presence of character.

The match with Wings of the Soviets began for them with a goal missed already in the 11th minute by Ivan Sergeev.

But the Muscovites did not give up and turned the tide of the unsuccessfully emerging confrontation.

After the break, Chidera Ejuke restored the status quo.

The competent substitutions of Berezutsky helped to finish off the opponent.

The duet of Fedor Chalov and Alan Dzagoev scored the winning goal in the 85th minute.

After that, the Russian forward also managed to assist Anton Zabolotny, who had not scored a month.

Moreover, this goal was special for CSKA - 1000th in the history of the team in the Premier League.

Outstanding Zenit Match

Zenit came up to the central match of the tour with Spartak not in the best condition.

The team suffered two defeats in a row in the RPL and allowed the pursuers to get closer to themselves, and also lost to Juventus in the Champions League, conceding in the last minutes.

The third consecutive misfire in the national championship could be a really alarming symptom.

However, the derby showed that local failures should not be taken seriously. Petersburgers at their home stadium literally destroyed their principal rival - 7: 1. And if the red and white lost for the first time in the Premier League with such a score, then Sergei Semak's wards won one of the biggest victories in the RPL in their history. They also increased their unbeaten run up to eight meetings in the confrontation with the tenfold champion of Russia.

Moreover, all the players of the attacking line of the hosts showed themselves brightly.

Serdar Azmun, who has not scored since August and who was in reserve, scored twice.

Andrey Mostovoy scored his first double in his career in the elite division.

Claudinho scored the most beautiful goal.

And Artyom Dzyuba converted a penalty, coming on as a substitute.

Now he has seven accurate shots in fights with the former team.

He also extended his streak in the Premier League to five rounds.

Finally, Zenit won their seventh home win in a row over the Moscow team.

Previously, the same Spartak was beaten in the Cup of the country (2: 1), as well as CSKA (2: 1), Dynamo (3: 1), Spartak (3: 1), Lokomotiv (6: 1) and CSKA (1: 0) - in the championship.

On Friday, the leader will receive the blue and white.

Lokomotiv's pragmatic play

The tour was closed on Monday in Moscow, where Lokomotiv, which had played its third match in ten days, took on the second-placed Sochi.

It seemed that it would be hard for the railroad workers to please the fans and interrupt the drawn-out losing streak in all tournaments.

Moreover, Fedor Smolov, who received muscle damage, did not get into the application.

In the attack line, he was unexpectedly replaced not by profile strikers Vitaly Lisakovich or Faustino Angiorin, but by winger Girano Kerk.

If in the two previous meetings under Marcus Gisdole the red-greens were actively pressing and leaving free space in their half, this time they played as pragmatically as possible.

The hosts practically did not allow the opponent to create anything at their goal.

As a result, the southerners struck only one shot on target.

I also remember the hit of Sergei Terekhov in the post.

The metropolitan team twice competently used the standard provisions.

And in both cases, the focus was on one of the newcomers, Tin Jedvai.

First, he imposed a fight on Igor Yurganov and forced his opponent to cut the ball into his own goal, and then distinguished himself on his own after serving a corner.

Sochi managed to close the gap only in the 94th minute thanks to Joaozinho's magnificent free-kick shot, but this goal did not decide anything.

The 12th round was the most productive in the current RPL season.

In total, the teams scored 32 goals.

Prior to that, the leader in this indicator was held by the seventh, when the players distinguished themselves 27 times.