Meshkov's critical mistake, Lebedenko's unique achievement and Berdyev's successful debut: what did the 18th round of the RPL remember

Offensive misfire "Spartacus"

Referee scandals in the RPL sometimes overshadow football itself.

Unfortunately, they were not without them in the first round after the resumption of the season.

The bright high-scoring match Spartak - Ural after the final whistle was discussed exclusively through the prism of Vitaly Meshkov's mistakes in the end.

At the 86th minute, with an equal score, the Muscovites successfully filed a standard at the gates of others.

Ilya Pomazun played at the exit, but collided and fell to the lawn.

Alexander Sobolev was the first on the rebound and finished off the ball into an empty target.

However, the referee blew the whistle before the kick, believing that Christopher Martins Pereira broke the rules on the goalkeeper.

Colleagues at VAR could not intervene, since the goal was not counted and only checked the episode for the absence of offside.

It is not surprising that the red-whites, having lost the most important points, did not hide their negative emotions.

Sobolev was the toughest of all, congratulating the fans on the victory and assuring with irony that he had no complaints against the referee.

And the head of the press service, Dmitry Zelenov, explained the decision not to file a complaint with the FCC RFU with the obviousness of a blot.

And only Guillermo Abascal tactfully reminded that refereeing is not included in his area of ​​responsibility.

But if Meshkov's decision is left out of the equation, Spartak most likely did not win enough.

Moreover, Yekaterinburg twice took the lead.

The hosts again did not do without failures in defense.

First, Premier League debutant Alexis Duarte knocked down Alexei Kashtanov in the penalty area, and the referee, after watching the replay, appointed a penalty, converted by Ray Vlut.

Then, after the break, Eric Bikfalvi closed Alexander Yushin's cross with the full connivance of his guardian.

Fortunately for the hosts, an unexpected savior was found in their composition - Ruslan Litvinov.

The defensive midfielder, not famous for high performance, scored the first double in his career.

And both of his goals turned out spectacular.

In added time to the first half, he scored with a long-range shot, albeit with the help of a rebound, and in the 75th minute he put an end to the combination after Pereira's heel-off.

Nevertheless, the Abaskal team will still have an opportunity for revenge, because they will meet Ural twice in the semi-finals of the RPL path of the Russian Cup.

Effective joker "Dynamo"

Dynamo and Krylya Sovetov, on the contrary, have already played two meetings at the previous stage of the tournament, and Samara proved to be stronger (2:1, 1:1).

But the Muscovites won the most important, taking into account the misfires of Rostov, CSKA and Spartak, a home victory in the RPL.

The guests, probably, did not have enough at the heart of Vladimir Pisarsky.

Igor Osinkin explained the absence of a newcomer at the start with health problems.

This match also gave rise to discussion of the work of the refereeing team, because Ivan Sidenkov, with the help of his colleagues at VAR, canceled three goals at once.

However, his decisions did not raise questions.

In the first half, the team from the banks of the Volga suffered twice.

The ball of Amar Rakhmanovich was not counted due to an offside position from Glenn Bale, who assisted him.

And Benjamin Garre, before hitting someone else's gate, played along with his hand.

In the second half of the confrontation, Sidenkov already took the side of the Wings of the Soviets, when Fyodor Smolov completed the set piece with an accurate close-range shot.

After watching the replay, the referee determined that Roberto Fernandez, who made the discount, relied on his opponent.

But in the end, the blue and white still snatched three points thanks to the joker Konstantin Tyukavin.

Many fans have criticized Slavisa Jokanovic for keeping the young striker on the bench, but the young striker is useful in coming on and off the bench.

So this time, in the 91st minute, he hit the target, using a pass from Dmitry Skopintsev.

For a football player, this goal was the third in the RPL this season after coming on as a substitute, and he shares the lead in this indicator with seven more players, including teammate Yaroslav Gladyshev.

And Tyukavin hit the gates of Samarans for the second time in less than a month.

In the first cup match, he also got a chance in the end and managed to level the score.

Another defeat from Zenit

Before the resumption of the national championship, Spartak fans still entertained illusions about the fight for the championship with Zenit.

However, after the very first matches of 2023, the Petersburgers increased their lead over the Muscovites to eight points and got closer to winning the next title.

They entered the field immediately after the main pursuer and left Nizhny Novgorod no chance, having achieved the seventh defeat of the season.

The main character in the blue-white-blue was Malcom.

The Brazilian, after receiving a Russian passport, played an inspired game.

He not only scored a double, but scored debut goals in the RPL with both a direct hit from a standard and a head.

The first one turned out to be especially beautiful, when the attacker from a free-kick spun the projectile into the near nine around the wall.

Along the way, he caught up with tournament scorers Pisarsky and Quincy Promes in the race.

Three of them have 14 hits.

And after the final whistle, Malcolm even joked about the new citizenship, urging him to be called Malkin.

Marked on the scoreboard and the Russians.

Andrei Mostovoy twice assisted partners, and Alexander Erokhin scored the 50th anniversary goal in the Premier League in his career.

The only fly in the ointment can be called a penalty unrealized in the first half by Daler Kuzyaev.

The midfielder struck much higher than the target.

Amazing sensation from "Torpedo"

Not without a sensation in the 18th round.

Moreover, it was carried out by the team, on which everyone managed to put an end to it.

Torpedo closed the table with six points and, in addition, flew out of the National Cup, having been defeated by Akron, who plays in the First League.

Avtozavodtsy unexpectedly managed to stop Krasnodar on the road and scored their debut points in the championship from the beginning of October and under the leadership of Andrey Talalaev.

The southerners, on the contrary, extended the unsuccessful series: in the last eight meetings of the RPL, they were content with just one victory.

This time, the hosts have the right to complain about bad luck, because they had an overwhelming advantage.

Having conceded already in the ninth minute, Vladimir Ivic's wards unleashed a flurry of attacks on the outsider's goal and inflicted almost two dozen blows.

But the ball stubbornly did not go on target.

Twice the guests were saved by the stands, and the goal of Kadi Borges was canceled by the referee due to a violation of the rules.

In the second half, the favorite still broke through.

After an hour of confrontation, Sergei Petrov restored the balance after passing on the front and a neat pass performed by Ilzat Akhmetov.

And soon Eduard Spertsyan brought John Cordoba to a rendezvous with Alexander Dovbnya, and he did not miss his moment.

However, the last word remained with the "Torpedo".

In the 78th minute, the score was equalized by Igor Lebedenko, who had recently come on as a substitute.

The veteran's goal turned out to be historic, because he scored at the age of 39 years, 9 months and 6 days and became the oldest scorer in the Russian championships.

The football player broke the record of Sergei Natalushko, which had been holding for almost 23 years.

Third consecutive defeat of CSKA

Also on Sunday, the oldest RPL coach at the moment returned.

Kurban Berdyev, who headed Sochi in the winter, played the first match in the national championship in almost four years.

At the same time, he immediately had to meet with an uncomfortable opponent, because it was CSKA that the teams of the specialist were losing most often (18 times).

At the Fisht stadium, the teams were closer to a draw.

The guests had a slight advantage, but the players created an approximately equal number of chances and, in general, acted extremely carefully, especially since both coaches saturated the defense line, relying on schemes with three central defenders.

There were no canceled goals.

The balls of Georgy Melkadze and Moizes were not counted due to offside.

But in the end everything was decided by one competent castling from the master.

He threw Luka Djordjevic into battle instead of Melkadze, and he opened the scoring a minute later, responding to Artur Yusupov's magnificent throw.

The Montenegrin did not stop there and soon scored a brace, being the first to rebound in someone else's penalty area.

The successful replacement of the striker was a pleasant surprise, because before that this season he did not differ.

But the affairs of CSKA in the RPL continue to go not in the best way.

In the last seven rounds, Muscovites won only one victory and suffered a third defeat in a row, although they are still in the top 5.

In turn, Vladimir Fedotov lost to the former team for the first time.

Prior to that, only in the current season, he took over her three times both in the championship and in the Russian Cup.