Two unsuccessful tricks of Zidane, the victory of Zenit without Dzyuba and a thriller match in Rostov-on-Don: what did the 26th round of the RPL remember

"Gilded" victory in Krasnodar

The main event of the tour was the de facto completion of the championship race.

In the spring, Dynamo tried to compete with Zenit and tried not to let the opponent out of the lead by more than three points.

However, the defeat of the blue and white in the capital derby from CSKA gave a great chance to the St. Petersburgers, which they could not help but take advantage of.

Even in the first round, Krasnodar could have given battle to the wards of Sergei Semak, but at the moment the forces of the teams are too unequal.

At the same time, the southerners still did everything in their power and for most of the first half acted with an opponent superior in class on an equal footing.

But they did not realize their chances and shortly before the break they were punished for this.

First, Ivan Sergeev opened the scoring and scored the third goal for Zenit.

And six minutes later Malcom doubled the advantage of blue-white-blue.

The Brazilian scored 14th point in the “goal + pass” system (7 + 7) and now shares the fourth place in this indicator in the current RPL draw with Rifat Zhemaletdinov (Lokomotiv) and Sebastian Shimansky (Dynamo).

In the 73rd minute, Irakly Manelov closed the gap, but Magomed Ozdoev, who came on as a substitute, put an end to it shortly before the final whistle - 3:1.

Along the way, the Petersburgers beat Krasnodar for the fourth time in the last five meetings.

Incredible comeback in Sochi

But the struggle for bronze medals has escalated to the limit, because in addition to CSKA, Sochi and Lokomotiv won home victories.

Vladimir Fedotov's team managed to show character in the confrontation with Akhmat and, in fact, played two different halves.

In the first, she did not act in the best way and allowed Lecha Sadulaev to open an account.

But in the second, only the hosts reigned on the field.

Literally in five minutes they managed to distinguish themselves twice and turn the course of the unsuccessful meeting on its head.

First, Mateo Cassierra scored the tenth goal in the current RPL draw and took a clear fourth place in the scorers race.

And then Arthur Yusupov with the transfer of Sergei Terekhov brought his team forward.

However, Grozny quickly managed to recoup.

Moreover, Sochi defender Vanya Drkusich involuntarily helped them, who, on the corner feed, hit the post of his own goal with his head.

Shortly before that, Senin Sebay, who came on as a substitute, was the first on the rebound and realized the moment - 2:2.

But in the end, fortune still smiled at the owners.

After filing from the flank and a successful rebound, Terekhov rally sent the ball down into the far corner.

So the team from the Chechen Republic suffered a third defeat in a row.

In addition, the wards of Andrey Talalaev have not known victories in the national championship for seven rounds, and the specialist himself, after the final whistle, accused some of the wards of lack of motivation.

Amazing removal in Moscow

In turn, Lokomotiv again proved to be stronger than Nizhny Novgorod.

The daring debutant of the elite division ruffled the nerves of many favorites, but he failed to take a single point from the railroad workers, having suffered two defeats with the same score of 1:2.

The main character in the Muscovites was Rifat Zhemaletdinov.

Despite the leapfrog on the coaching bridge, the midfielder has a great season and scores or assists partners in almost every match.

This time he scored the second double in the current RPL draw.

At the end of the first half, the footballer scored a strong shot from outside the penalty area, and immediately after the break he closed the cross from Girano Kerk from the right flank - 2:0.

And in the 70th minute, the guests, on top of all the troubles, remained in the minority.

Moreover, Ilya Berkovsky managed to get a direct red card, performing Zidane's feint in midfield.

The midfielder accidentally stepped on the knee of Artyom Karpukas, and Evgeny Turbin, after meetings with colleagues at VAR, removed the offender.

And it was justified, because the victim was injured and was unable to continue the game.

It seemed that in the minority Nizhny Novgorod would crumble, but, on the contrary, they managed to reduce the gap to a minimum.

And if not for Marinato Guilherme, Lokomotiv could well have lost points.

Another unpleasant moment for the capital's team was the end of Wilson Isidore's streak in the national championship.

He did not leave the field without a goal in six rounds in a row, but Nizhny Novgorod could not disappoint.

Referee scandal in Khimki

The match between Khimki and Krylya Sovetov could not do without Zidane's unsuccessful feint.

However, if in Moscow a field player tried to perform it, then in the Moscow region - a goalkeeper.

Before that, Ivan Lomaev, who had repeatedly rescued partners, with a score of 1: 2 in the 88th minute, practically in the center of the field, tried to beat Ilya Sadygov in this way.

This did not work out, and the striker immediately sent the ball into an empty net.

And literally in the next attack, Alexander Soldatenkov scored an own goal and killed the last hopes of Samarans for salvation.

At the same time, the meeting for the guests began successfully.

In the middle of the first half, Maxim Glushenkov upset Ilya Lantratov after a set piece.

But the controversial decisions of the judge Alexei Matyunin seriously prevented the Samara residents.

Even before the break, he showed two "yellow cards" to Denis Yakuba, and the second - for a foul in the penalty area.

Denis Glushakov took advantage of the opportunity and converted a penalty.

And after an hour of the game, the referee removed Glenn Bale for a hard tackle in the foot of Reziuan Mirzov.

By this time, the injured midfielder managed to bring Khimki forward on the corner feed.

Finally, a little later, the referee did not appoint a penalty kick at the hosts' goal for Glushakov's kick on the shin Yuri Gorshkov.

The Wings promised to complain about Matyunin's work in the RFU ESC, and the governor of the Samara region Dmitry Azarov said that Igor Osinkin's team was forced to play with nine against 12 people.

And even the head of the RPL, Ashot Khachaturyants, admitted that the Matyunin team did not work in the best way and made many mistakes.

One way or another, Khimki won the fourth victory in the last five rounds of the RPL and now share 12th place with Nizhny Novgorod.

Replacing Igor Cherevchenko with Sergei Yuran immediately before the resumption of the season seemed controversial to many, but under the guidance of a new specialist, the red-blacks suffered only two defeats in eight matches with the same number of draws and four wins.

Bright football in Rostov-on-Don

The confrontation between Rostov and Spartak turned out to be overshadowed by a loud judicial scandal, however, the rivals also pleased the fans with a beautiful double-edged game and a large number of goals.

Thus, they confirmed the trend - in Rostov-on-Don, these teams always score a lot.

In the last eight matches, they have only scored less than three times here.

Muscovites, as expected, acted as the first number and owned the initiative, while the hosts carried out perfect counterattacks and broke into free zones in the opponent's half.

As a result, Roman Tugarev opened the scoring in the 14th minute.

The midfielder, having received a pass on the right corner of the penalty area, easily shifted to the center and shot low into the near corner.

Magnificent balls managed to score and red-white.

Alexander Sobolev, taking advantage of a partner's serve from the flank, threw the ball past the defender with his first touch, and sent it into the net with the second.

And substitute Ruslan Litvinov in the 91st minute struck a stunning shot from outside the penalty area into the far corner with a rebound from the bar.

But the yellow-blues showed character again and in the second round in a row pulled out a victory in the end, albeit from a penalty kick, which Ali Sow hardly realized.

And Valery Karpin, along with Yuran, can be called the best coach of the second part of the season, because Rostov has changed after his return.

The southerners gave out a four-match winning streak and took points from three metropolitan giants at once - Spartak, Dynamo and Lokomotiv, and the railroad workers were defeated - 4: 1.

In turn, the red-whites are seriously at risk of getting into the joints, because now they are separated from the 13th line by only three points.