On Saturday, August 26, four games of the sixth day of the RPL were played. That day both Zenit and Spartak played. The story of the main events of the past encounters is in our review.
Zenit beat Ural, who were higher up the table
A lot was expected from the match between Zenit and Ural, because Viktor Goncharenko’s team had a great start, never losing in the first five rounds and being three points ahead of the champion. However, in St. Petersburg, the “bumblebees” seemed shy. The hosts dismantled the guests for the time being.
Sergeev scored a quick goal for Zenit as early as the 8th minute. The hero of the match against Spartak, Wendel, broke up the attack, and Sergeyev developed it and completed it himself at the far post. The typical goal from a striker who, as always, was in the right place and at the right time.
Subsequently, another Zenit striker, Cassierra, took charge of the matter. The Colombian scored the second goal at the end of the half hour of the game thanks to individual actions. He ran almost from the center of the field, passed Pomazun and put the ball into the goal.
The third goal of “Zenith” gave Pomazun a nightmare mistake. Ural passed the ball through the goalkeeper, who took it and gave the pass to Claudinho. The Brazilian could only throw the ball over Ilya, and he did so.
In the second half, Cassierra scored a brace, making the final score 4:0. “Ural” again presented the ball to “Zenith” under pressure, and Mateo received a pass in the box, again beat Pomazun and shot accurately. The amazing transformation of the Colombian: During the entire last season of the RPL he scored just two goals, and this year he leads the league scoring race with six goals.
“We played football that suits Zenit, we lost the ball a lot in midfield. Because of this, they did not put any pressure on the opponent. They acted very badly at the start of the attack”, admitted Goncharenko after the RPL’s first loss of the season.
The story of the home victory of the champion.
Zenit crushed one of the RPL season leaders. It was painful to watch Goncharenko’s team.
Dinamo turned the game around with ten men, but disappointingly missed out on victory.
Dynamo applied to enter the championship race with three wins in a row. Marcel Lichka’s team also came close to taking all three points in Kazan, despite trailing down to ten men. But the blue and whites lacked a few seconds to win.
At first everything was going badly for Dynamo. Before the break, the Rubin Daku striker converted a penalty awarded for a foul by Marichal, and on 56 minutes, the anti-hero of the match, Marichal, was sent off for a second yellow card.
However, remaining in the minority, Lichka’s team managed to turn the game around. Dynamo scored two goals in 15 minutes! The first phenomenal goal was created by Makarov. The winger volleyed a shot from outside the area and goalkeeper Dupin failed to save Rubin. The goalkeeper, of course, is sorry. But it would be a shame if salvation destroyed such a masterpiece.
Then the Dynamo defender Skopintsev stepped forward. Dmitry also got a nice goal. He made an impressive pass and shot into the top nine with his “alien” right foot. What a surprise!
Rubin blazed in the majority, but escaped defeat in the last attack. He happened after a corner kick at minute 90 + 5. Dynamo seemed to fight back, but Kazan returned the ball into the box and Fameye scored with a header.
“In soccer sometimes points are lost and sometimes they are won. With Zenit we also scored in added time, today the opponent did the same… There were 20 or 30 seconds left, we could have scored three points, but we must pay tribute to the opponent, ”Lichka commented philosophically at the end. of the party
Details of the crazy match in Kazan
Dynamo suddenly made the game a minority. But a few seconds were not enough before victory.
Spartak extended the losing streak to three games
Spartak suddenly began a crisis. Guillermo Abascal’s team looked very good at the start of the Championship, they got three victories. But then they lost to Ural (2-3) and at home to Zenit (1-3). Now the rojiblancos interrupted the losing streak that had begun and for the first time in the RPL season they did not fail, but extended their unbeaten streak. A goalless draw at home with Akhmat is emotionally perceived as a defeat.
The team of the former Spartak player Miroslav Romashchenko, perhaps, was closer to victory. The best moment was missed by the Akhmat Ilyin striker, who hit the post. Here Spartak was just lucky:
After the game, Abascal once again made it clear that he was unhappy with the referees.
“In the first half, there were 13 fouls from the opponent, nobody interfered in this, and this interferes with the game… Did Akhmat’s players lie down a lot on the field? Why talk about it if nothing changes? I don’t want to waste energy on those who don’t change. But since you ask this question, it means that the whole world saw it, ”said the Spanish Spartak coach.
How Akhmat took points from Abaskal’s team
“Spartak” finally did not fail! But Abascal’s team has no matches
Karpin’s team gave another terrible game away from home
“Rostov” Valery Karpin again failed the game away from home. True, in Nizhny Novgorod they did not lose as much as in the previous Championship away matches against Krylya Sovetov (1-5) and Sochi (0-4). But why rejoice if the team has not shot on goal in an hour and a half and the same result?
The result of the match between Pari NN and Rostov was decided by a penalty kick set in the 60th minute for Melekhin’s foul on Sevikyan. Edgar once again showed a brilliant and effective dribble. And although goalkeeper Pesyakov fired an 11-meter shot from Suleymanov, Nizhny Novgorod midfielder Kalinsky managed to finish off.
After the game, Karpin spoke with a journalist about the possible resignation of the coach:
Do you see your mistake in the results? – Who else is to blame? The coach is always to blame, he loses. The result is in the face. Or there, whatever.
Worried about getting fired? – You can shout anything, you can worry. But what’s the point?
