Controversial penalty on Isidor and Smolov's successful substitution: Dynamo and Lokomotiv won the Russian Cup

The long-awaited revival of Lokomotiv

Lokomotiv played the second match after the departure of the German coach Josef Zinnbauer.

In the first team, under the leadership of acting head coach Andrei Fedorov, they managed to beat Torpedo in the RPL.

And just a few days later, Dmitry Loskov and Oleg Pashinin returned to the headquarters.

Having fallen into a protracted crisis after the departure of Sergei Yuran, Khimki seemed to find it difficult to oppose something to an utterly motivated opponent.

Moreover, Spartak Gogniev left some leaders in reserve: Ilya Lantratov, Denis Glushakov, Alexander Lomovitsky and others.

Fedorov again found something to surprise the fans.

So, Dmitry Barinov formed a duet with Tin Yedvay in the center of defense.

And Stanislav Magkeev, on the contrary, is located in the support zone.

And the fourth number was one of the best on the field.

He not only managed to competently act in destruction, but he himself regularly connected to attacks.

But Maxim Nenakhov, who closed the right edge of the defense, almost let the team down in the very debut.

Just a couple of weeks ago, he received a direct red card in the confrontation with the Urals and again almost earned a suspension.

The defender in a hard tackle in his own half was the first to get to the ball, but with spikes he crashed into the shin of Nemanja Glavcic.

The Serb screamed loudly in pain and clutched his leg in horror.

However, Alexei Amelin, after watching the replay, showed only a yellow card.

It is not surprising that the team near Moscow was dissatisfied with his decision.

Midfielder Reziuan Mirzov said that his partner had a hole in his shin as a result of a rough joint.

And Gogniev expressed confidence that the referee will receive a deuce for his work.

As a result, the team of referees remained in the spotlight until the final whistle.

Muscovites scored the only goal at the beginning of the second half from a rather controversial penalty kick.

Wilson Isidor competently substituted himself for a push from Alexei Nikitin in someone else's penalty area, and Amelin instantly pointed to the “point”.

The penalty kick was confidently converted by Anton Miranchuk, who came on as a substitute.

At the same time, two goals of the railroad workers were canceled due to various violations of the rules.

Even before the break, a goal by Isidore was not counted due to an obvious offside.

And shortly before the final whistle, the Frenchman finished off the ball into the net after Vitaly Gudiev let go of it.

However, the referee ruled that the goalkeeper managed to fix it, and the opponent fouled.

Thus, Lokomotiv not only achieved success, but won two victories in a row for the first time since August.

At the same time, the railway workers perform much more successfully in the cup than in the RPL.

They won the third match in a row within the tournament and moved up to the first place in Group A. Khimki are in the last place and count on getting into the playoffs of the Path of Regions as much as possible.

Black stripe "Rostov"

Another team from the capital managed to score three points on the reporting game day.

Dynamo, like Lokomotiv, broke a long losing streak in the national championship over the weekend, and a few days later celebrated success in the National Cup.

Along the way, the blue and white took revenge on the opponent for the away defeat in the first round.

Starting 45 minutes completely remained with the hosts.

They had an overwhelming advantage and carried out one dangerous attack after another, easily penetrating into someone else's penalty area.

Denis Makarov was especially active, leaving no chance for Nikita Poyarkov on the right flank.

However, Sergei Pesyakov, who made a number of spectacular saves, acted beyond praise.

For example, in the opening, he miraculously parried a shot from Konstantin Tyukavin with his head at point-blank range, and a little later he did not allow Makarov to convert one-on-one.

But in the 44th minute, the goalkeeper turned out to be powerless when the defense of the southerners failed again, and Makarov, taking advantage of Daniil Fomin's excellent cutting pass, hit the far one in touch.

During the break, Karpin went for broke and threw three leaders into battle at once, whom he initially decided to give rest: Maxim Osipenko, Nikolai Komlichenko and Roman Tugarev.

And castling almost immediately bore fruit.

Fresh Komlichenko fell in someone else's penalty area after Roberto Fernandez grabbed him by the T-shirt.

Initially, referee Artyom Lyubimov did not record the foul, but after watching the replay, he changed his mind.

So the yellow-blue have already earned the 13th penalty this season.

And Dmitry Poloz converted the sixth out of six.

But Jokanovic also had something to answer his counterpart.

And his substitutions, as in the match with Orenburg, completely worked.

Vyacheslav Grulev again entered the game from the bench and a few minutes later scored the winning goal.

Fedor Smolov, who also remained in reserve, showed himself even brighter.

First, he made an assist to a partner, beautifully turning around in the penalty area.

And in the end, the forward, having received a pass from Arsen Zakharyan, put an end to a neat low blow under the support Pesyakova.

The most important victory allowed the Muscovites not only to overtake Rostov in the Quartet C standings, but also to rise to the first line.

However, on Wednesday, Akhmat can regain the lead if it turns out to be stronger than Orenburg.

But the southerners clearly fell into a crisis, because in the last five matches in the Cup and RPL they won only one victory with four defeats.