The triumph of the students of Krasnodar, Zhigot's farewell to the fans and the departure of Arsenal to the FNL: what did the 29th round of the RPL remember

Downfall of Arsenal

A round before the end of the Russian championship, one of the two teams was determined, which will start the next season in the second division of the country.

In the confrontation between the two main outsiders of the championship, Arsenal was defeated by Ufa and lost even the theoretical chances of maintaining RPL registration.

Wards of Miodrag Bozovic lost 1-2 away and failed to take three points in the 12th match in a row.

The last time this happened to them in the RPL at the end of 2016.

Then the losing streak of Tula was 14 meetings.

"Ufa" looked stronger, but was able to secure the victory only in the very end.

Partners summed up Evans Kangwa, who received a second yellow card for an unreasonable foul in someone else's penalty area.

And three minutes later, the hosts scored the second goal - the top scorer of the tournament, Hamid Agalarov, chalked up the 19th goal.

Over the past seven seasons, only Artyom Dzyuba and Fedor Smolov scored more than him (both - 20 each).

Wards of Alexei Stukalov scored 27 points, four points clear of Arsenal and continued to fight for survival.

With a successful outcome, they can even take the 12th line and avoid the need to participate in transition games.

Another failure of "Ruby"

In the final round, Ufa will meet with one of the main competitors in the battle for a place in the Premier League.

We are talking about Rubin, which is going through one of the most difficult periods since its debut in the RPL in 2003.

In three matches, the wards of Leonid Slutsky were defeated with a total score of 0:10 and dropped to 14th position.

At the same time, even in case of a victory over the “citizens”, they will be able to score only 32 points, which is the worst result in the history of Kazan.

In 2004 and 2016, they finished the season with 33 points, but both times they got into the top ten.

Now it is no longer necessary to dream about it.

In an ideal scenario, two-time national champions could become 11th.

This time, the offender of Rubin was Ural, which, thanks to its success, left the relegation zone.

Yekaterinburgers hit the gates of Yuri Dupin three times, and Eric Bikfalvi and Oleg Shatov again showed leadership qualities.

The first scored a double, and the second not only scored himself, but also gave an accurate pass to a partner.

Now both have five points on the “goal + pass” system in four meetings.

The only difference is that the Romanian acts exclusively as a finisher (5 + 0), while the Russian mainly assists (1 + 4).

As for the "bumblebees", their fate depends on the outcome of the confrontation with Arsenal.

And at first glance, everything looks more than rosy for them.

Tula not only lack motivation, but have not been able to beat Yekaterinburg since October 2020.

In the last two meetings, they were beaten with a total score of 0:4.

Farewell to the fan favorite

In turn, Spartak failed to interrupt an even longer losing streak in the confrontation with the eternal rival.

Wards of Paolo Vanoli had a great time for most of the second half: already at the beginning they took the lead thanks to a goal from Alexander Sobolev, and then they could score on counterattacks.

However, the hosts did not take advantage of their chances, and conceded in stoppage time.

Pavel Kukuyan made an ambiguous decision and appointed a 11-meter kick to Alexander Selikhov's goal for a foul on Alexander Erokhin, while Andrey Mostovoy did not miss from the spot.

The red-whites missed the victory and failed to get the better of Zenit in ten matches in a row in all competitions.

But if the derby of the two capitals itself turned out to be quite fierce, then after the final whistle it was time for touching moments.

So, one of the leaders of the team Samuel Gigot said goodbye to the Moscow fans.

The Frenchman spent four years at Spartak and helped him win the silver medals of the Russian Championship, but the next season will start as part of Marseille.

“Tough game, tough moment.

This is my last home game with Spartak.

Thanks to the fans, a very emotional moment for me.

But football life goes on, on the way to the stadium I thought about all this.

Thank you all, our fans are the best!”

- said the player on the air "Match TV".

Incredible comeback of Lokomotiv

Failed to keep the advantage and the future opponent of "Spartak" in the final of the Cup of Russia.

Unlike the red-and-whites, Dynamo gave it their all in the first half and by the 38th minute was leading with a score of 3:1.

Daniil Fomin strengthened his status as one of the best penalty takers in the league and converted a 11-meter penalty for the 14th time in a row, Arsen Zakharyan scored a masterpiece goal, and Fedor Smolov scored the 94th goal and came third in the list of top scorers in the history of the RPL.

Roman Pavlyuchenko upset the rivals the same number of times, more often only Alexander Kerzhakov and Artyom Dzyuba.

In the second half, Marvin Compper's substitutions changed everything.

At the end of an hour of playing time, Jan Kukhta and Wilson Isidore appeared on the field, which “woke up” the railway workers and helped them restore parity as soon as possible.

With a difference of seven minutes, they took Anton Shunin by surprise twice and did not allow Dynamo to interrupt an unsuccessful series in the championship.

In the last four meetings, the wards of Sandro Schwartz scored only one point and suffered three defeats.

Only the misfire of Sochi could cheer up the blue and white.

The southerners were unable to open the gates of "Nizhny Novgorod" and put themselves in an extremely difficult position.

To win silver medals, they need to beat Dynamo in the final round.

Courage of Krasnodar

The tour ended with some kind of sensation.

Although CSKA messed up during the final segment of the championship, it was still considered the favorite in the match with Krasnodar, which in the spring lost not only its head coach, but also almost all foreign players.

However, the team led by Alexander Storozhuk did not swim, but continued to fight for getting into the top 4.

And this is despite the fact that often the "bulls" had to rely exclusively on academy graduates who did not have experience of performing at a high level.

However, this time the hosts exceeded their wildest expectations and for the first time in their history, they released 11 pupils on the field at the same time.

Of course, the difference in class affected.

CSKA, even in the absence of the injured Yusuf Yazici, looked stronger and created almost twice as many chances.

According to the expected goals, the wards of Alexei Berezutsky significantly outperformed their opponents (1.32 - 0.7), but neither Chidera Ejuke nor Jorge Carrascal managed to break through Matvey Safonov.

But luck smiled on the young talent of Krasnodar.

In the end, 19-year-old Nikita Krivtsov powerfully kissed the ball from 25 meters and left Igor Akinfeev out of work.

Thus, CSKA not only lost for the third time in a row, but was again left without medals.

The last time the red and blue became the winners of the Russian championship in 2018.

Then they were only two points behind Lokomotiv.

It is all the more surprising that the head coach of the guests Alexei Berezutsky was pleased with both the game and the dedication of the players.