The fiasco of Lokomotiv and Sochi, the goals-masterpieces of Spartak and Chalov's double: what did the 11th round of the RPL remember

New priorities of "Orenburg"

Until recently, Orenburg was considered to be a team that plays extremely unsuccessfully with the giants, but scores points in confrontations with direct competitors and, due to this, is located in the middle of the table.

However, the past week has refuted this claim.

First, the wards of Marcel Lichka defeated Dynamo in the cup match in a penalty shootout, although by the 82nd minute they were losing 0:2, and a few days later they defeated Sochi - 4:1. 

The current RPL silver medalist was not even enough for a half.

But this is entirely the merit of the owners.

Having opened an account in the third minute, over and over again they caught the opponent forced to open up on the counterattacks and created dangerous moments at his gate.

Orenburg more than doubled the opponent both in terms of the number of shots (19 vs. 9) and the number of shots on target (11 vs. 4) and could well score more than four times.

Often, the defenders of the southerners were forced to break the rules in their own penalty area, which led to the appointment of two penalties.

And defender Moussa Sissako, shortly before the break, went to rest ahead of schedule, seeing a red card in front of him for “a foul of the last hope” on Vladimir Sychev.

In general, Orenburgers demonstrate quite bright football and deservedly occupy the ninth position.

The team that has returned to the elite division tries to put pressure on the opponent's half and, at the first opportunity, organizes dangerous counterattacks at speed.

Not bad look and individual performers collected in the attacking line.

Sychevoi has scored eight goals in 11 matches in all competitions this season.

Newcomers-legionnaires completely fell to the court.

Himmi Marin, Gabriel Florentin, Lukas Vera and Ivan Bašić scored 12 points against four players in a goal + pass system (5 + 7).

Another embarrassment of Lokomotiv

Few could have imagined that after the first third of the RPL season, Lokomotiv would be lower than Orenburg in the standings.

The railway workers, who became champions four years ago, are six points behind the newcomer to the Premier League.

After a successful match in the Russian Cup with Khimki, it seemed that Muscovites would come to their senses and then beat another outsider, Ural.

But in Cherkizovo another fiasco awaited them - 2:4.

In many ways, the course of the confrontation predetermined the failure in the opening.

First, the hosts allowed Alexei Kashtanov to open an account, and then referee Sergei Ivanov, after watching the replay, showed a direct red card to Maxim Nenakhov.

By the way, this removal for Loko was the fourth in the current draw of the national championship.

After that, Yekaterinburgers reigned on the field.

They calmly carried out one dangerous attack after another, easily passing the center of the field.

Even the replacement of the defensive midfielder Dmitry Barinov did not help, instead of Anton Miranchuk.

As a result, the hosts conceded four goals, and could have more, if not for the saves of Daniil Khudyakov and the bad luck of the guests.

In two episodes, the wards of Josef Zinnbauer saved the crossbar from a goal.

Only in stoppage time by the referee did they manage to close the gap thanks to the accurate strikes of Barinov and Ivan Ignatiev and avoid defeat.

This hardly consoled the fans much, because after 11 rounds Lokomotiv has only nine points in its asset and is located in the joint zone.

And the defeat from the "Ural" was for him the fourth in a row.

At the same time, the club's management, according to media reports, continues to support the mentor and is not going to dismiss him.

Tashuev's quick start in Akhmat

Not in the best way in the fall, things are going well for another metropolitan team, Dynamo.

Since August 27, the blue and white have played eight matches in different tournaments and won only two victories in them, and lost three times in a row in the championship.

Another misfire took place in the away match with Akhmat.

With regard to Grozny, the well-known rule still fully works, according to which a change of coach helps to shake up the players in a short period.

The resignation of Andrey Talalaev raised big questions, because he successfully worked with the team for several years.

And even though the southerners did not start the current season in the best way, there was no talk of failure, they were patrolling in the middle of the table.

Sergei Tashuev managed to reset the players and they won two victories within four days.

First, in the Cup of Russia, they were stronger than Rostov, scoring three goals in the end, and now they have taken over Dynamo.

Fans, for sure, are especially pleased that the main character in the team has become a local pupil Lechi Sadulaev.

The 21-year-old native of Tsentaroy has long been carefully allowed to join the starting lineup, and this season he has become the main performer.

The meeting with the Muscovites is the best in his career so far for him.

The midfielder was first marked by an assist from a corner, and shortly before the break he delivered an accurate blow into the far corner.

But a serious fly in the ointment was the removal after an hour of the match for the second yellow card.

Fortunately for Sadulaev, in the minority, the partners kept the score that suited them, although in stoppage time they allowed the opponent to close the gap - 2:1. 

The inflexible character of Spartak

Spartak also had an extremely difficult away match.

It was difficult for the red-whites to pull themselves together after the devastating victory over Zenit and take over Pari Nizhny Novgorod.

In addition, the wards of Mikhail Galaktionov regularly take points from the giants and have already upset Lokomotiv, Dynamo and CSKA.

Almost got into this list another metropolitan team.

The guests, although they had an overwhelming advantage, conceded in the 37th minute, allowing the hosts to carry out a rare positional attack.

This was unsettling to the fans, considering how the team regularly lost non-mandatory points in previous years.

However, under Guillermo Abascal, Spartak learned to put pressure on opponents who were inferior in the class.

And as in Voronezh at the end of August, after the break, he achieved a strong-willed victory.

Legionnaires played a decisive role in the success.

Shamar Nicholson, once again in the starting lineup, equalized with a rally kick, taking advantage of Quincy Promes' nifty heel discount after Anton Zinkovsky's parachute.

For the Jamaican, this goal was the first in the Muscovites since May.

And in the 75th minute, the Dutchman mockingly converted the penalty with a panenka kick.

This allowed him to reach a clear first place both in the RPL scorer race (9) and in the list of the best in the goal + pass system (13).

The winger also took another step towards the milestone of 100 goals for Spartak.

At the moment, the asset of a foreigner is 93 and he is in seventh position in the history of the club - above all legends.    

Chalov's unrecorded double

This season is more than successful for Fedor Chalov.

With the arrival of Vladimir Fedotov to CSKA, he felt confident in his abilities, completely fit into the specialist’s tactical pattern and began to score regularly again.

That is why the call to the Russian national team for a friendly match with Kyrgyzstan turned out to be completely deserved.

However, the trip to Bishkek hardly left positive emotions for the football player, because he became one of two outfield players, along with defender Stanislav Magkeev, who did not get a minute of time.

One gets the impression that this only further angered and motivated the striker.

Returning from the location of the national team, he, having come on as a substitute in the cup confrontation with Sochi, scored the winning goal.

And a few days later, Fedor became the main character of the RPL match with Khimki.

At the 13th minute, he opened the scoring, but the official website of the league recorded an own goal by Brian Idovu, who tried to knock the projectile off the line and corrected it into the net.

Shortly before the break, the striker scored on his own, being the first to finish.

Thus, Chalov in the race of scorers of the tournament is second only to Malcolm (7), Christian Noboa (8), Eduard Spertsyan (8) and Quincy Promes (9).

And taking into account the effective strike in the Cup, he has seven goals in his asset - the same number as at the end of last season.