Zenith Spartak October 2 what tour. Zenit - Spartak

Date of: 01.12.2019

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"ZENITH" - "SPARTAK" Mstart of the match: 19-00.

10 players made doubles - five Spartak players (midfielders Viktor Bulatov and Andrey Tikhonov, forwards Vladimir Beschastnykh, Mikhailo Pyanovich and Roman Pavlyuchenko) and five Petersburgers (forwards Vladislav Kulik, Alexander Kerzhakov (twice) and Portuguese midfielders Danny, Belgian Witsel and Faizulin). At the same time, Kulik became the first player in the history of the Russian championships, who managed to hit the gates of Spartak twice in one meeting.

In three championships in a row, Spartak's Roman Pavlyuchenko (2005, 2006 and 2007, 4 goals in total) and Pavel Pogrebnyak from Zenit (2007, 2008 and 2009) scored against the opponent's goal

Zenit Kerzhakov scored in four games in a row in 2011/12. In four matches Dziuba - Judas.

Vladimir Bystrov scored both for Zenit (September 19, 2003 - 2:1 and August 11, 2012 in St. Petersburg) and for Spartak (October 14, 2006 - 1:0 in Moscow and March 31, 2007 - 3:1 in St. Petersburg) and Artem Dzyuba for Spartak (April 4, 2007 - 2:1 (cup), March 31, 2012 1:2 and November 30, 2012 2:4), and for Zenit (September 26 2015 2:2, April 16, 2016 5:2, October 2, 2016 4:2, April 16, 2017 1:2).

The head coach of Spartak Valery Karpin played 2 matches against Zenit as a player in the Russian championships (in 1992: 0:2 - May 14 in St. Petersburg and 4:0 - July 29 in Moscow) and 11 - at the head club. In addition, in the Intertoto Cup on August 8, 2000, his Celta from Vigo defeated the St. Petersburg team at home with a score of 2: 1 (Karpin equalized), and on August 22, in the second leg for the right to participate in the UEFA Cup, he also turned the tide of an unsuccessful meeting (at 0:2), having recaptured the first ball in the 83rd minute (in the end - 2:2).

An own goal in the history of the confrontation turned out to be the liability of the Moldavian midfielder of "Spartak" Sergei Kovalchuk, who on April 30, 2006 opened the scoring in the guest match. However, this did not prevent the red-whites from winning a strong-willed victory with a big score (4:1). The second own goal happened on October 2, 2012, scored by Zenit player Anyukov. The third own goal was scored by Spartak goalkeeper Artyom Rebrov on August 6, 2017!

Serbian defender Dusan Petkovic, who on May 1, 2004 (0:3 away) in the 86th minute of the meeting, could not beat Zenit goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev and thus score at least a prestige goal, has two unrealized penalties. And midfielder Bilyaletdinov on August 11, 2012, and also the defeat of Spartak 5:0!

Referees sent players off the field 17 times: 11 red cards were received by Spartak (defenders Dmitry Khlestov, Yuri Kovtun, Evgeny Makeev and Argentineans Pareja, Insaurralde, forward Alexander Shirko, midfielders Alexei Rebko, Vladimir Bystrov and Irishman Makgeady, forward Emenike (not fair), Brazilian Luis Andriano), 6 - St. Petersburg (defender Sargis Hovsepyan, forward Pavel Pogrebnyak, goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev and midfielder Sabolch Khusti. Once the coach of the Zenit Spalletti team was sent off (during the break), Igor Smolnikov). Moreover, on March 31 and July 21, 2007, the players of both teams earned removals, and both matches brought victories for red and white with the same score of 3: 1. Players of both teams earned removals and on August 6, 2017 Zenit defeated Spartak 5-1!

The least number of spectators (2426) gathered the meeting in Luzhniki on July 29, 1992 (4:0 in favor of the hosts), and the most (61,500) was the match of the first round in 2018 in St. Petersburg (0:0).

Zenit - Spartak: From St. Petersburg to Moscow - the history of confrontations

Zenit and Spartak played the first game between themselves in the fourth draw of the USSR championship on October 10, 1938 in Leningrad. The game ended with the score 0:1 in favor of the guests. The first victory of the Leningraders took place a few days before the start of the Great Patriotic War - on June 17, 1941, Moscow Spartak was beaten with a score of 1: 0 at the Lenin Stadium in Leningrad. The return game in Moscow was never played. The last match in the framework of the USSR championships was held in Leningrad on July 6, 1989, and Spartak won again - the last match, the last outing, the last 5-1 defeat.

Before the collapse of the USSR, the teams played 94 matches, of which 42 victories were won by Muscovites, 28 draws and 24 victories by Leningraders. On goals, the red-whites are also ahead: 155-101.

At the end of the century, 54 years after the first match, Zenit and Spartak again played the first game in history - this time in the history of the Russian championships. The match took place in the 9th round of the Russian Football Championship on May 14, 1992, where the St. Petersburg team again played at home, but this time they won a landslide victory 2:0. Then the championship of Russia was not the premier league, but the highest, which was divided into two preliminary stages: group "A" and group "B", where they met.

Over the last 12 games, Zenit has scored 35 goals (23 at home) and conceded 18 (7 at home). The red-and-whites won twice during this period, the last victory was at the end of the 2016/17 season, the Petersburgers won 6 matches.

Interesting Facts:

1. The biggest victory over Zenit was won by Muscovites in the USSR Championship with a score of 6:0 on the road in Leningrad. In the championship of Russia, the biggest victory ended in a clean sheet with 4 goals scored.

2. St. Petersburg in both championships finished the game with a score of 5:0, which is their biggest victory over Spartak Moscow.

3. Most scoring match in the USSR championships ended with a score of 6:2 in favor of the red-whites. In Russia, both of them have victories with the most productive score for them - 4:3 and 2:5.

4. There were many draws between the clubs, but more than 4 goals were not scored in them - 2:2 is the most productive draw.

6. Until 1957, Spartak played at the Dynamo stadium, after central stadium them. Lenin, now Luzhniki. He also played games in Moscow at the stadiums: Stalinets, the predecessor of Lokomotiv; LFC "CSKA"; sports complex "Olympic" and Spartak stadium "Opening".

7 . Zenit played at the stadiums: named after V.I. Lenin, now "Petrovsky"; Dynamo on Krestovsky Island; named after S.M. Kirov, now "Sibur Arena", which is near the expensive and grandiose and in the super arena "St. Petersburg"

8. Over the last seven home games, Zenit has never lost, and only drew twice when the teams failed to open the gate. For 5 victories won, the hosts scored 23 goals, and conceded only 7: twice the score became 4:2 and once 5:2 and 5-1. Also, the biggest victory over the capital "Spartak" with a score of 5:0 was obtained.

9. Muscovites three times in the history of the championship of Russia were able to score more than two goals against St. Petersburg on their field. In total, they scored 4 goals 5 times, and 3 goals 4 times. Zenit also scored 4 times 3 goals for Muscovites, scored 4 goals 3 times and scored as many as 5 goals three times, and the last such scoring breakthrough happened in August 2017 in St. Petersburg.

The first meeting of these teams took place in the summer of 1936 in the 1/8 finals of the USSR Cup. The Leningrad team, which then bore the name "Stalinets", played in Group B, and therefore it is not surprising that the Spartak team, who were already one of the leaders of Soviet football at that time, won at the stadium. Lenin (the future "Petrovsky") a confident victory 3:0. Two years later, Stalinets made his debut in Group A, but still could not compete with Spartak. In three seasons in a row (1938-1940), he invariably lost to him, and in half of the meetings with a big score. He also lost his first cup final in 1939.

In general, Zenit lost the first 7 matches of this confrontation, scoring only 5 goals, and conceding 24.

The Zenit troops managed to interrupt this series only in June 1941, but just a few days later the Great Patriotic War, the USSR championship was interrupted, and the results of the matches played were canceled. As a result, the first ever victory of Zenit over Spartak from official reports on long years fell out. However, all serious football statistics and historians certainly take into account the matches of that unfinished championship in their calculations.

After the war, Spartak lost its leading position for some time, and therefore Zenit managed to slightly close the gap. In a dramatic two-day match of the triumphant cup cycle in 1944, the Zenit team managed to defeat the Spartak team (2:2, 1:0), and the following year they confidently beat them twice in the championship, extending their unbeaten streak to 5 games. The hero of these meetings was the striker of "Zenith", a pupil of "Spartak" Sergei Salnikov, who scored 3 goals for his native team. The following year, he returned to Spartak, after which he scored against the Leningraders with the same punctuality.

Subsequently, this rivalry continued with a noticeable advantage of Spartak, and therefore Zenit did not get such unbeaten streaks until the second half of the 1970s. True, he never lost to Spartak in 7 matches in a row. Moreover, in 1948, Zenit defeated Spartak for the first time with a big score, and even away - 4:0. The first hat-trick in the history of team meetings was scored by the then future member of Club 50, Friedrich Maryutin. The following year, a rout followed already at home, at the Leningrad Dynamo stadium, and with an indecent score of 5: 0, and again, not without the help of a “hat trick”, which this time was performed by Alexander Orlov.

It was the biggest victory of Zenit over Spartak. More than 60 years later, in 2012, Luciano Spalletti's Zenit only managed to repeat this success.

By the way, the first Spartak hat-trick took place only in 1957, in one of the most exciting and intriguing matches in the history of confrontation between teams. On that summer day, Spartak star Nikita Simonyan led his team forward three times, but Zenit forward Valentin Tsaritsyn equalized the score three times. The denouement came in the last minutes, when Leningrader Vadim Khrapovitsky scored the fourth goal, which brought his team a strong-willed victory. By the way, with this victory, the Zenit team interrupted the 7-match losing streak, not allowing the Muscovites to improve their pre-war achievement.

This Spartak record - a 7-match unbeaten streak in meetings with Zenit - lasted until 2008, when Dick Advocaat's team "with a margin" managed to block it - 9 matches against Spartak without victories. To be fair, 3 of them (2 draws and a defeat) took place under the previous coach, Vlastimil Petrzhel. But the same Petrzhela can record in his asset a record 8-match unbeaten streak with Spartak, which took place in the period 2003 - 2005.

Another historic meeting of the teams took place in Moscow in the summer of 1984. For the future main competitors in the fight for the gold of that championship, this face-to-face meeting was of great and, as it turned out later, almost decisive importance. Two handsome goals from Yuri Zheludkov’s free kicks against the goalkeeper of the USSR national team Rinat Dasaev, a penalty kick saved by Mikhail Biryukov, the removal of Vladimir Klementyev and, despite this - winning goal Zenit players... 3:2 - and it was from this match, in fact, that the ascent to the top began, it was these 2 points that became decisive - the very 2 points by which Zenit was ahead of the second-placed player in the final table " Spartacus".

In the same year, Leningraders for the first time beat Muscovites in the Cup, and also away - 3:0.

It is noteworthy that in general, in the 1980s, Zenit did not play very convincingly against Spartak: only 4 wins in 22 matches. On the other hand, half of these meetings ended in a draw, so the advantage of Spartacus in terms of victories was not too big. In total, during the union period, Zenit played 99 matches with Spartak, scoring 25 victories and suffering 46 defeats. In terms of the percentage of points scored (39.4%), only Dynamo Moscow (35.6%) and CSKA (35.0%) were more “uncomfortable” rivals for Zenit at that time.

In Russian history, Zenit played much more successfully against Spartak. Despite the unconditional leadership of the Spartacists in Russian football The 1990s, modest in those years, the Zenit team regularly, almost every year, beat them, and not only in their own field. For example, in 1996, Spartak suffered the only home defeat just from them (and this allowed Zenit to even get ahead of Muscovites in terms of the number of victories in the Czech Republic, 2/1. True, not for long, before the second round match).

And in 1997, Zenit, again, in a guest match, knocked Spartak out of the cup.

As a result, in the 1990s, Spartak in meetings with Zenit achieved only a minimal advantage in victories - 5/4. What, considering weight categories» teams and experience of previous years may seem strange. But it was during these years that the principles of the meetings of these rivals became very aggravated. At least from the Zenit side. Therefore, nothing surprising.

A real turning point in the relationship between Zenit and Spartak occurred after the appearance of Vlastimil Petrzhela in St. Petersburg. During 3.5 years of leadership of the team, he lost to Spartak only once, in a memorable match in April 2006, when the fate of the Czech was already decided. And the already mentioned 8-match unbeaten streak of Petrzhela led to the fact that Zenit for the first time in the Russian period not only caught up with Spartak in terms of the number of victories in all matches, but also got ahead of it.

True, the subsequent failure that occurred under Dick Advocaat, who managed to defeat Spartak only once in 8 meetings, greatly spoiled this blissful picture.

It took as many as 7 years and the efforts of three coaches, Anatoly Davydov, Luciano Spalletti and Andre Villas-Boas, to return the "status quo" left after Petrzhela.

Vitaly Meshkov will judge the battle of the two capitals

Arbitrators, inspectors and delegates appointed for the matches of the 18th round Russian Premier League.

"Wings of the Soviets" - "Ufa": referee - Stanislav Vasiliev (Izhevsk); assistant referees - Andrey Bolotenkov (Moscow), Ilya Eleferenko (Moscow); reserve referee - Artem Lyubimov (St. Petersburg); inspector - Igor Siner (Omsk); RFPL delegate - Anton Zakharov (Moscow).

"Rostov" - "Ural": referee - Alexei Sukhoi (Lyubertsy); assistant referees - Alexey Lunev (Novosibirsk), Rustam Mukhtarov (Petrozavodsk); reserve judge - Ivan Sidenkov (St. Petersburg); inspector - Sergey Martynov (Moscow); RFPL delegate - Yuri Kuznetsov (Moscow).

"Akhmat" - "Rubin": referee - Igor Panin (Dmitrov); assistant judges - Igor Demeshko (Khimki), Andrey Vereteshkin (St. Petersburg); reserve referee - Kirill Levnikov (St. Petersburg); inspector - Alexander Gvardis (Kaliningrad); RFPL delegate - Yuri Grebenyuk (Perm).

Sochi - Orenburg: referee - Sergey Ivanov (Rostov-on-Don); assistant judges - Roman Usachev (Rostov-on-Don), Nail Seyfetdinov (Kazan); reserve referee - Evgeny Kukulyak (Kaluga); VAR - Vasily Kazartsev (St. Petersburg), VAR assistant - Vladislav Bezborodov (St. Petersburg); inspector - Feyzudin Erzimanov (Moscow region); RFPL delegate - Vladislav Baranovsky (Moscow).

Lokomotiv - Dynamo: referee - Sergey Karasev (Moscow); referee assistants - Dmitry Mosyakin (Moscow), Nikolai Eremin (Moscow); reserve judge - Alexey Eskov (Moscow); inspector - Sergey Lapochkin (St. Petersburg); RFPL delegate - Boris Larin (Moscow).

Zenit - Spartak: referee - (Dmitrov); referee assistants - Maxim Gavrilin (Vladimir), Alexey Stipidi (Krasnodar); reserve referee - Pavel Kukuyan (Sochi); VAR - (Nizhny Novgorod), VAR assistant - Evgeny Turbin (Dmitrov); inspector - Alexander Kolobaev (Moscow); RFPL delegate - Alexander Safonov (Moscow).

Krasnodar - Tambov: referee - Sergey Lapochkin (St. Petersburg); assistant judges - Dmitry Safyan (Moscow), Roman Milyuchenko (St. Petersburg); reserve referee - Anatoly Zhabchenko (Krasnodar); VAR - Alexei Sukhoi (Lyubertsy), VAR assistant - Alexei Matyunin (Moscow); inspector - Garyafy Zhafyarov (Moscow); RFPL delegate - Radik Akhmadullin (Kazan).

PFC CSKA - Arsenal: referee - Nikolai Voloshin (Smolensk); assistant judges - Egor Bolkhovitin (Leningrad region), Andrey Gurbanov (Krasnodar); reserve referee - Pavel Shadykhanov (Moscow); inspector - Sergey Frantsuzov (Moscow); RFPL delegate - Alexander Razinsky (Moscow).

suspended from work in the RPL. How was he appointed to the match "Zenith" - "Spartak"?

Let's remember how this paradoxical situation came about. After the match "Zenith" - CSKA (1:1, 15th round), a wave of criticism hit the judge Mikhail Vilkov in connection with controversial decisions, primarily the failure to remove Azmun. However, the head of the department of refereeing and inspection of the RFU, Alexander Egorov, said: "Vilkov undoubtedly had a good match."

In turn, RFU President Dyukov said that he did not agree with Yegorov's assessment, and said that Vilkov had been suspended from work in the RPL for three rounds: 17th, 18th and 19th. Despite this, the referee was appointed to the match of the 18th round of Zenit - Spartak. Vilkov will be responsible for the work of VAR. The question arises: how did this appointment become possible?

The answer is basically clear. And it's not that Vilkov lived for about eight years at the training camp together with the head of the current department of refereeing and inspection of the RFU. The situation turned out to be simply uncontested.

The number of referees who can manage the VAR system at RPL matches is limited. And from them you still need to cross out the judges who represent the same cities as the teams. That is, Kazartsev (St. Petersburg) and Karasev (Moscow). Plus, it is necessary to leave out the brackets and Meshkov, who works as the main arbiter in the field. Sukhoi (Lyubertsy) will serve the match in Rostov-on-Don (although, probably, another referee could have been sent to Rostov-Ural, and Sukhoi could have been delegated to St. Petersburg). And that is all. No one else was responsible for VAR in the RPL this season. Although Yegorov mentioned that we have six arbitrators with a license to work with VAR, Leonid Kaloshin, the head of the VAR implementation project in Russia, confirmed to the correspondent of the "Championship" Maxim Pakhomov that there are only five of them today.

And so it turns out that there is no replacement for Vilkov, but VAR is needed. Now mistakes are becoming scandalous even in the match of outsiders. And on Sunday, the two most popular teams in Russia will meet. Such a game causes a resonance, and if it is possible to avoid some mistakes of the judges due to video replays, then this should be used.

The question arises whether we have enough referees for RPL matches. We asked him right before the start of the season.

- How many chief judges are in the RPL now?
- So far 19.

- Are you satisfied with this number?
- It's normal. We can make 30 referees in the RPL, but the real load will still fall on 12 people. The situation here is like football teams: there are leaders who play more. We have the same thing: there are arbitrators who are really stronger in all aspects, and they will receive more appointments.

Perhaps, if Egorov answered this question now, he would clarify that in connection with VAR, it makes sense to expand the circle of arbitrators. Or, more likely, just expand the list of judges with a license to work with VAR.

The program of TV broadcasts of matches of the 18th round of the Russian Premier League (Moscow time is indicated).

Wings of the Soviets - Ufa

Petersburg "Zenith" defeated Moscow "Spartak" in the home meeting of the ninth round of the RFPL championship.

Zenit (St. Petersburg) - Spartak (Moscow) - 4:2
Goals: Krishito, 20 (1:0, pen); Bocchetti, 28 (1:1); Dziuba, 33 (2:1); Ze Luis, 37 (2:2); Witsel, 61 (3:2); Juliano, 87 (4:2, pen).
Warnings: Krishito, 31; Dzyuba, 34; No, 90 - Ze Luis, 31; Glushakov, 49; Bocchetti, 54; Yeshchenko, 86.

Zenit under the leadership of Mircea Lucescu looks really impressive today. In European competitions, the blue-white-blues score five goals per match against the opponents, and in the domestic championship, the Petersburgers were prevented from climbing to the top only by the instability of the goalkeeper's position and the rare mistakes of their own defenders. However, today at the Petrovsky stadium, Lucescu's wards got a chance to beat their principal opponent and take away his sole leadership in the RFPL championship. Zenit was in a wonderful mood for this - a few days earlier, the Dutch AZ had been destroyed by the blue-white-blue footballers in the Europa League. The fans expected that the fate of the guests from the land of tulips would befall the team of Massimo Carrera.

For Spartak, today was the main chance to show their championship ambitions. The team needed a powerful impetus like air in the fight for the coveted trophy, given that in two recent matches Carrera's wards could not score a single goal to provincial teams, simultaneously flying out of the Russian Cup.

Goalkeeper Artem Rebrov appeared in the red-and-whites for the crucial match from the first minutes. Ilya Kutepov, Andrey Yeshchenko, Mauricio and Salvatore Bocchetti helped their goalkeeper in defense. Denis Glushakov, Quincy Promes, Fernando, Ivelin Popov and Roman Zobnin came out in the center of the field. Ze Luis worked in the attack.

Mircea Lucescu included goalkeeper Yuri Lodygin, defenders Igor Smolnikov, Luis Neto, Domenico Criscito and Yuri Zhirkov in the starting lineup. Javi Garcia, Giuliano, Axel Witsel and Robert Mak appeared in midfield. The roles of the forwards went to Artem Dziuba and Alexander Kokorin. Oleg Shatov, the author of one of the goals against AZ, did not get into the application due to injury.

By pair

At the beginning of the meeting wards Carrera looked more cheerful. Red and white managed to press the home team to their own penalty area and strike. First, Glushakov fired past from a good position, and then Promes hung in the center of the penalty area on Popov, only the midfielder hit his head higher.

After the first 15 minutes, Zenit woke up and created a really dangerous moment. Witsel, who did not go to Juventus last summer, burst into the penalty area of ​​Spartak and did everything, but the ball hit the post and flew off the field. A few moments later, the blue-white-blue managed to earn a penalty. After Dzyuba's cross on Giuliano, Yeshchenko picked up the ball in a tackle with his hand, and the referee pointed to the spot. The 11-meter shot was performed by Krishito, who converted the standard from the bar.

Spartak responded fairly quickly. Promes punched a free kick from 35 meters and it seemed that this did not pose a real threat if it were not for Lodygin at the Zenit goal. The goalkeeper clumsily beat off the projectile in front of him, and Bocchetti was the first to finish.

The blue-white-blues were able to take the lead again in the 34th minute. Mack broke through the flank and shot, and in the confusion Dziuba pushed the projectile into the net. It seemed that now Zenit would be more careful to the advantage, but Spartak had a different opinion. Zé Luis responded to a riding pass and dropped the ball into a corner.

Twice Yeshchenko

Immediately after the break, Dzyuba could have scored, but Bocchetti knocked the ball out in time, preventing another goal from taking place. In the 56th minute, Zenit came up with a third goal against Rebrov, but did it from offside - Witsel scored. However, it was the Belgian who managed to celebrate the winning goal. After Giuliano's masterful pass in the 61st minute, the midfielder put the projectile into the near corner, disappointing the red-and-whites, who were rushing to win.

In the future, Lucescu decided to rebuild his team's tactics and released Artur Yusupov instead of Mack. The Russian midfielder had a great moment almost immediately after the release, but for some reason he decided not to hit the target.

The replacement of Carrera could also work - he let Jano into battle, removing Popov from the field. The Georgian footballer skillfully twisted Lodygin's goal into the frame in the 83rd minute. It seemed that the goalkeeper would not pull, but this time the first issue of Zenit managed to help out.

Closer to the end of the match, Yeshchenko earned another penalty from his own net. The defender cut down Kokorin in the penalty area and deprived his team of the chances of a draw. The 11-meter was famously performed by Giuliano, showing an outstanding performance for his new club.

Zenit scored 19 points in nine rounds and caught up in this indicator with Spartak, the leader to this day. CSKA, which plays later with Rostov, can overtake its principal rivals today.

Solution Mircea Lucescu release Domenico Criscito to the center of defense did not become revolutionary, but gave a clear signal about the nature of the match: the Zenit coach even sent players to the defense with a good pass. In the very first attack of the hosts, it became clear where Spartak could have problems: with positional possession, Krishito went to the left-back position, Zhirkov went deep into the opponent's half, making Mack the second striker, and Juliano- free zone hunter. The first 15 minutes "Spartak" did not give the ball to the St. Petersburg team and looked impressive - there were three passes against the two defensive players, pressure and penetrations were successful Zobnin And Promesa between the lines, and the most dangerous moment arose after the standard. bocchetti remained alone on the goalkeeper's line, but he did not expect this, forgetting to break through.

After this episode, "Spartak" gave the ball, and for Mauricio a difficult, long day began. Poppy And Zhirkov overloaded the left flank, Giuliano waited for the ball exactly in the square near the left edge of the penalty area, where it is most productive, pierced it into the penalty area, where Witsel struck past Rebrova, but hit the post. After a couple of minutes Dzyuba won the riding fight after a cool first pass from Krishito, Giuliano immediately noticed a free zone between the central and wing back - Dziuba made a pass to this zone, and a remake of the AZ goal could well happen when Giuliano missed the ball on an empty Kokorin.

But opposed this Yeshchenko, interrupting the movement of the ball with his hand. Krishito's penalty hit so accurately that the ball bounced off the post mockingly behind Rebrov, who had fallen into the other corner - 1:0! In the next attack, Zenit could double the advantage, but Giuliano's pass to the exit "two to zero" stopped the offside.

Illogically transferred to the "Zenith" initiative just as illogically returned to the guests scored a goal. Promes struck from a free kick almost from the center circle, the ball hit Lodygin in the chest, and the only one who was ready for this was Salva Bocchetti, who had already learned how to navigate in such situations during the game - 1:1!

Spartak again felt confident in his abilities, but scored against Zenit. Criscito's new chic first pass again found Zhirkov, who had gone deep into someone else's penalty area, he sent him in touch to Mack, who again tore the zone between the right and right central defender of the guests and rolled the ball along the front - Dziuba and Giuliano pushed him into the goal for a couple, and the former the Spartak player marked the goal with a lifted jersey and yellow card. From the point of view of tactics, Zenit looked more convincing, but, as often happens in Spartak matches, emotions turned out to be more important - that is why the biography of the match turned into head coloring with letters, and any goal turned the game exactly 180 degrees. That is why Spartak visually looked stronger and did not go to the break as losers: after a corner Ze Luis jumped above all Garcia lost again, and Lodygin could not or did not have time to take an extra step - 2:2! The final chord of the worst half of the Witsel-Garcia pair in the Russian career was played to the whistle: the Spaniard threw the ball into nowhere, and the Belgian did not have time for not the fastest Bocchetti and was forced to foul not quite beautifully.

For the authenticity of the match, substitutions were not needed - after the break, the game continued to make shavings from the midfielders of both teams with a large grater. Defenders suffered the most from this: fouls disrupting attacks changed Glushakov And Smolnikov, Bocchetti and Witsel. Carrera moved Zobnin to the right, to the zone of the greatest activity of Zenit, because to exchange best player Promes' team to return back was not very correct, but this did not save Spartak. Giuliano nevertheless found his zone in the semi-flank, held the ball and waited for Witsel to run, and then from his favorite point he gave back to the Belgian - a goal that was made by an assistant by 70%. Before the match, I analyzed the actions of Giuliano in detail and dwelled separately on the Brazilian's play in the square in front of the left corner of the penalty area. Conclusion: one of two things - either in Spartak they poorly analyzed the actions of the leader of the rivals, or Giuliano is strong enough to cope with guardianship.

And now, after the goal, which was due to the statistics and logic of the game, emotions won the game completely. Lucescu, in response to Carrera's move, exchanged Mack for Promes, releasing closer to the Dutchman Yusupov, but tactics were no longer important here. Zenit, which played in the middle of the week, got hooked and, out of rage at the weakened itself, began to beat outs, and Spartak collectively took over from Giuliano his main weapon - counter-passes. Popov, Promes and Zé Luis open with passes the still unthinking from the times André Villas-Boas the line of defense of the hosts, but first Lodygin reaches the ball with his fingertips and saves it, passing it between his legs like a basketball player, and then he rushes across Glushakov and finally rehabilitates himself for the mistakes of the first half, depriving Spartak of a goal.

Three moments turned into the final random result of the game. First: Lodygin flies across again - now to Ze Luis - and touches his legs. The African staggers, but does not fall, bypasses the goalkeeper and hits - Netu saves Zenit on the goal line. If Zé Luis had fallen, there would have been a penalty and the score would have been equal.

The second moment: Krishito disrupts the attack of Promes left by Yusupov, but the referee does not see a foul in this, although even, I'm afraid, Alexey Borisovich Miller would give a foul here. For Criscito it would be the second yellow card but he stayed on the field. And then the third moment: in the next attack, Zenit scored, forcing the guests' players to fall into an understandable hysteria. For lovers of logic, the match still looped: in the 85th minute, Salva Bocchetti stalled in the penalty area when submitting a standard, as in the debut, and a few minutes later there was a penalty. And Yeshchenko earned it again.

Spartak lost and will again talk about refereeing, although we should rather think about organizing defense. The refereeing factor only adds to the game of randomization, which Spartak still has in abundance.

How can you miss this game???

* Fans of "Spartak" redeemed all the tickets for guest seats for the match against "Zenith". "The quota of tickets allocated to the club has been fully implemented. There are no plans to sell tickets on the day of the match. The guest ticket offices of the Petrovsky stadium will be closed," the press service of the red-and-whites reports.

Zenit (St. Petersburg) – Spartak (Moscow) – 4:2 (2:2)

Goals: Criscito, 20 - from the penalty spot (1:0). Bocchetti, 28 (1:1). Dziuba, 33 (2:1). Ze Luis, 37 - corner (2:2). Witsel, 61 (3:2). Julian, 87 - from the penalty spot (4:2).

Zenit: Lodygin, Smolnikov, Krishito, Neto, Zhirkov (Lomberts, 88), Kokorin, Javi Garcia (Mauricio, 83), Witsel, Julianu, Mac (Yusupov, 76), Dziuba.

"Spartacus": Rebrov, Mauricio, Kutepov, Bocchetti, Yeshchenko, Promes, Glushakov, Fernando, Popov (Ananidze, 70), Zobnin, Ze Luis.

Warnings: Criscito, 31. Ze Luis, 31. Dzyuba, 34. Glushakov, 49. Bocchetti, 54. Yeshchenko, 86. No, 90.
Judges: IVANOV. Usachev (all Rostov-on-Don), Sukhoverkhov (Voronezh).
2 October. Saint Petersburg. Stadium "Petrovsky".
In the match of the 9th round of the championship of Russia "Spartak" on the road lost to "Zenith" - 2:4. Artem Dzyuba and Axel Witsel scored for the hosts, two other goals were scored by Artem Rebrov after a penalty. Both penalty kicks were awarded for Andrey Yeshchenko's fouls, converted by Domenico Criscito and Julian.

Salvatore Bocchetti and Ze Luis scored goals for the red-and-whites. For the wards of Massimo Carrera, this defeat was the second of the season. Despite this, they retained their lead in the championship, bypassing Zenit, who now also have 19 points, in additional indicators. However, both clubs can today oust CSKA if they beat Rostov.

It's a pity when matches of this level are spoiled by inexplicable errors. Mistakes that no one needs, even the winner.

Russian referees like to say: everyone is not without sin - teams, players, coaches. That's just for these blunders of the team, the players and coaches are responsible. As a result and subsequent personnel decisions. What is the responsibility of the referee? "Deuce" from the boss? Suspension from refereeing? But something does not seem to be common practice here. Premier League matches are served by the same people.

In this match, referee Ivanov's mistakes will be remembered no less than Lodygin's blunder or two brought penalties from Yeshchenko. But then again - Lodygin and Yeshchenko risk the result and a place in the composition, but what does Ivanov risk?

The referee made a mistake – “Zenith” earned a penalty.

The whistling gentleman raised questions throughout the game, but for a long time it seemed that he simply lacked the qualifications. But what happened before the fourth goal of “Zenith” crossed all boundaries.

Last ten minutes of the match. “Zenith” leads 3:2 and is generally on the case, but at some point, “Spartacus” catches the courage and presses. At the gates of Lodygin there is one moment, the second. The goalkeeper corrects himself for the mistake, then he takes out the ball from the ribbon to Net, the tension increases. Another red-and-white attack, on the right flank, Promes throws the ball past Criscito, who already had a warning, and the Italian grabs the Dutchman by the body with his hands. You don't have to be an expert in refereeing to understand: this is a 100% foul and a 90% yellow card. Which would automatically turn red. But Ivanov's whistle is silent, "Zenith" carries out a return attack, and Kokorin earns a penalty. There are no questions about the 11-meter, Ivanov worked well here. But the devil is in the details. For Spartak, the man in black turned out to be the devil at that moment.

Until this episode, I was ready to say that Spartak suffered a well-deserved defeat in St. Petersburg. That the team as a whole looked good, but individually in different parts of the field, the red-whites were weaker. That Promes traditionally stood out (more active than useful), that Zé Luis played the match at a good level, that Bocchetti played bravely, but all this is not enough. I would argue that the leaders of Zenit turned out to be stronger and more numerous, that Dziuba got into excellent shape and that Julian looks the brightest in the championship now. In general, it is.

But the outrageous decision of the man with the whistle makes us talk about something else. To hell with shamefaced etiquette and etiquette - why, when refereeing is bad, should we, like coaches, be silent? I am sure that “Zenith” does not need such favor – he is quite capable of coping on his own. But the shadow falls on the club and the championship as a whole. It is no coincidence that Valery Karpin on television immediately after the final whistle said that in Europe they are judged in a completely different way.

Whatever it was, “Spartacus” suffered a third defeat in a row and the second in the championship. The advantage is lost – with the “Zenith” is now an equal number of points, and is about to step over the red and white CSKA.

Fans of "Spartacus" in this situation can only be consoled by the fact that Carrera, unlike many, tries not to shift the responsibility to others. He has a lot of work to do on the mistakes - in the end, they were allowed not only by Ivanov's team, but also by the players of Spartak. It would be nice if the judiciary did some work. Otherwise, colleague Rabiner will have to write the third part of the book "How Spartak was killed."

The general director of Spartak, Sergei Rodionov, criticized the work of the referee for the match of the 9th round of the Russian championship Zenit - Spartak (4: 2) Sergei Ivanov, reports SE correspondent Tatyana KOPYLOVA from St. Petersburg. According to Rodionov, he has not seen worse refereeing.

- I liked the game, there are no complaints about dedication to the guys, - Rodionov emphasized. - Yes, there were mistakes, as in any match, but I want to understand one thing - why help the Zenit team, interfere with the normal game of the referee? It seems to me that Zenith is complete good footballers, strong. Why break the course of the game, I do not understand. I don't remember a worse refereeing. Yes, we were wrong, we could lose. But the fact that the effective errors of the referee affect the result is very disappointing. The panel of judges should think about this problem. This team does not need help. And so I liked the game. It's a shame that the third defeat in a row in St. Petersburg, but, I repeat, refereeing is completely unskilled. I don't remember this!

- Have you reviewed the moments?

- What for? Everything was visible. And the video will show you in detail.

- Valentin Ivanov, the head of our refereeing corps, was at the match...

Yes, and I was sitting next to him! He did not express any emotions. Probably, again refereeing is recognized as wonderful, wonderful, which is how it should be. I don't know how else to say.

Oleg Romantsev: "With such refereeing, Zenit can win the Champions League"

We summed up the meeting in St. Petersburg with the most titled coach in the history of Spartak

With whom, if not with the architect of the nine victories of Spartak in the championships of Russia, it was possible to discuss the match of the tour. Moreover, he has already ventured to predict the return of the title to his native club this season. Despite the recent misfires of the red-whites in the Cup and the championship, Oleg Ivanovich continues to remain optimistic. And although the meeting in St. Petersburg ended in the defeat of the Muscovites, Romantsev continues to believe in a bright Spartak tomorrow. That's the kind of person he is.

- After failures, coaches usually shake up the squad, but with the exception of replacing Ananidze with Popov, Carrera did not make any special changes. Does this mean that he believes precisely in those who have been released on the Petrovsky field from the first minutes?

“And believe me, it didn’t surprise me at all. Even at the training camp, I myself determined the backbone of the foundation and tried to make changes to it only if someone dropped out due to injuries. Because he always gave preference to the strongest.

- Some were quick to blame Rebrov for the failure in the meeting with Ufa. And yet he again took his place at the gate. Not surprised?

- Not at all. Goalkeepers make mistakes from time to time - that's fate. And if you change them after each miss, then this will definitely not lead to anything good. Let skeptics better remember how many times Rebrov rescued in other matches. In my practice, Filimonov's mistake cost the team to go to final tournament Euro. But before that, he also brilliantly played in a victorious match with the French world champions. This time, none of the four goals conceded is Rebrov's fault.

- Did the hosts have only two days of respite before the match with Spartak, did the red-and-whites have an advantage?

– Especially in the first half, when Zenit turned out to be a bit heavy and put little pressure. I think the talk about a short pause after the game with AZ was some kind of safety net for Lucescu in case unsuccessful outcome. And after the break, the St. Petersburg team even stepped up their pace. Although I always believed that even such an interval should not give players a reason to indulge themselves on the field and justify a possible failure.

- Did you expect an abundance of goals?

– Fans are always waiting goals scored. I will note that in the first 45-five-minute period they might not have been, since all of them were the result of obvious mistakes. About the first penalty against Spartak, I can say that at that moment the referee acted, as they say, "at his own discretion." And then a gift to the guests was made by Lodygin, a rebound from which, after hitting Promes from thirty-five meters, Bocchetti lay in wait. As for the goal scored by Ze Luis, here the striker has to say thanks to Javi Garcia and Witsel. Those were not supposed to keep him in the penalty area, but the area from which the striker struck with his head.

- Agree. Artem, being in a tight ring of Mauricio and Kutepov, was able to push the ball into the net.

– What can you say about the third goal of “Zenith”?

- It turned out to be the only one scored according to all the laws of real football. First, a perfect pass to Julian followed, to which Witsel responded to the center with a jerk from the right flank - and the Belgian's shot came out flawless. This is real class!

- Is replacing Popov with Ananidze justified?

- I'm generally surprised why Jano did not come out from the first minutes. After all, this season he is in order: he scores and plays for partners. It would be possible to find a place for him in the composition, and for Popov.

- Instead of whom?

- Here everything depends on the imagination and intuition of the coach. At one time, Mostovoy, Tsymbalar, Tikhonov, Titov claimed one place for me. I had to rack my brains and move someone to another position. I remember, somehow the same Tsymbalar was transferred to the position "under the attackers" and he did not spoil the mass at all.

- Who made the biggest impression on you in this match?

- Referee (Sergey Ivanov. - Approx. "SE"). With such refereeing, “Zenith” can win the Champions League.

- Who do you remember from the players?

- Perhaps, Dzyuba, who scored a wonderful goal. Although, I am sure that Artem is able to act brighter, stronger.

- In "Spartacus" who will you mark?

- The whole team. Which was created by Alenichev.

Anxious in anticipation of the Russian Clasico that will attract millions of eyes on Sunday, Soccer.ru plunges into nostalgia principled opposition Zenit and Spartak, remembering the top ten best matches new century.

October 27, 2001. Spartak - Zenit (Romantsev vsMorozov) – 3:1
goals: Titov, 25; Baranov, 27; Parfenov, 53 (penalty) - Arshavin, 3.

In the last three seasons, Spartak and Zenit always held one of their meetings in September, and the Red-Whites have never managed to win, but in October the Muscovites have not lost to St. Petersburg for 45 years. An important victory came in 2001, when Zenit was Spartak's main rival for the championship and had to win at Luzhniki to keep hopes of the title alive. The guests started strong, and Andrei Arshavin scored already in the 3rd minute, but in the middle of the half, Titov and Baranov scored a goal, and after the break, Parfyonov converted a penalty. Having beaten the pursuer a round before the end of the championship, Spartak became inaccessible and marked the sixth championship in a row after the match with Zenit.

July 10, 2002. Spartak - Zenit (Romantsev vs Biryukov) - 4:3
goals: Beschastnykh, 51, 58; Kebe, 64; Sychev, 69 - Kerzhakov, 5, 60; Arshavin, 47.

The following season, Spartak left Olympus, as it turned out - for a very long time, and Zenit dropped to 10th place in standings, but the full-time meeting of irreconcilable opponents became the decoration of the entire championship. It is curious that Mikhail Biryukov led the St. Petersburg team in that meeting, five days before the game in Moscow, he became acting after the resignation of Yuri Morozov. Zenit led with a two-goal lead, Beschastnykh equalized, but Kerzhakov put his team ahead again, but goals from Kebe and young Sychev tipped the scales in favor of the Red-Whites. This match remained the richest in goals in the Russian era of confrontation between the two capitals until the April meeting, in which Zenit won 5: 2, and the record of goals was repeated.

May 1, 2004. Spartak - Zenit (Skala vs Petrzhela) - 0:3
goals: Kerzhakov, 37; Spivak, 49; Arshavin, 60.

Recently Zenit got used to the status of the favorite in matches with Spartak, but a dozen years ago the victory over the red-whites became a big event for all fans of the blue-white-blues. The team of Vlastimil Petrzhela not only won against the Muscovites, but achieved a crushing victory, and even on the road. A welcome gift to all of St. Petersburg on May Day!

April 30, 2006. Zenit - Spartak (Petrjela vs Fedotov) - 1:4
goals: Kovalchuk, 3 (own goal) - Pavlyuchenko, 35; Pyanovich, 46, 73; Bazhenov, 75.

It's funny that in 2004 Spartak gave a holiday to Peter, and two years later spoiled the mood on the eve of May Day. Three days before the match with Zenit, the coach in the Moscow club changed: Vladimir Fedotov became acting after the departure of Alexander Starkov. And in the very first match under the leadership of Vladimir Grigorievich, the Red-Whites played with inspiration! But they were the first to concede in the opening, moreover, due to an own goal by Sergei Kovalchuk, but then the Spartak team scored exclusively at the right goal, bringing it to a rout.

July 21, 2007. Spartak - Zenit (Cherchesov vsLawyer) – 3:1
goals: Pavlyuchenko, 28, 61 (penalty); Bazhenov, 83 - Arshavin, 45.

From August 21, 2004 to November 22, 2008, Zenit could not get the better of Spartak. The series stretched for more than four years, but the "blue-white-blues", despite two defeats with the same score of 1:3 in the 2007 season, still took the championship, for which they fought with Spartak. The Moscow match, full of events, turned out to be memorable. There are not only four goals, one of which Bazhenov scored with his hand, but also 12 mustard plasters, as well as the removal of Vyacheslav Malafeev for a foul of last hope against the former and future Zenit player Bystrov. And in this match, Sergey Parshivlyuk made his debut for Spartak.

May 6, 2012 Zenit - Spartak (Spalletti vs Karpin) - 2:3
goals: Kerzhakov, 23; Semak, 82 (penalty) - Bilyaletdinov, 70; Emenike, 84; Carioca, 89.

Surely, Zenit fans liked the first meeting of the long transitional championship with Spartak, when the Muscovites were destroyed at Petrovsky with a score of 3: 0, but from the point of view of dramaturgy, the date in the penultimate round is more valuable. The Blue-White-Blues have already secured the title, while Valery Karpin's team fought for second place, qualifying for the Champions League, and eventually achieved their goal largely thanks to a strong-willed victory over the champion. It was hard to believe in such an outcome when Sergei Semak put Zenit ahead ten minutes before the final whistle, converting a penalty. True, Emenike immediately equalized and saw a red card in front of him - the referee recognized his gesture as insulting and provocative. All the more epic is the victory of the Red-Whites, pulled out in the minority and thanks to the goal of Rafael Carioca, who had flatly refused to score in Russia before.

August 11, 2012. Zenit - Spartak (Spalletti vs Emery) – 5:0
goals: Kanunnikov, 15; Bystrov, 52; Shirokov, 61; Fayzulin, 67, 88.

Literally three months after that victory, Spartak again came to Petrovsky, already with a new coach - Unai Emery, under whose leadership the Muscovites started the season confidently. Nothing foreshadowed such a catastrophe, so the defeat of the "red-whites" in five goals was really shocking, and if not for the brilliant actions of Dikan (when else can you say that about a goalkeeper who conceded half a dozen goals?), everything could have ended even sadder. However, with the score 2:0, Spartak had a chance to return to the game, but Diniyar Bilyaletdinov did not convert a penalty, and Zenit ran into the attack and scored the third goal. The guest song was sung, and the rough game of Aiden McGeady, who was awarded a direct red card, was a confirmation of the impotence of the Emery team, which lost on all counts.

September 28, 2013. Zenit - Spartak (Spalletti vs Karpin) – 4:2
goals: Kerzhakov, 20; Hulk, 69; Shatov, 81; Danny, 85 - Chelstrom, 29; Movsisyan, 70.

One of the most beautiful and high-quality matches of the Russian Championship in my memory. The game turned out to be so exciting that after the game, the impressed fans of Spartak and Zenit, instead of the traditional squabble, congratulated each other on beautiful football. Pitertsy went ahead twice, but the Spartacists had counterarguments, but the goals of Shatov and Danny in the end remained unanswered.

November 10, 2013. Spartak - Zenit (Karpin vsSpalletti) – 4:2
goals: Movsisyan, 33, 44, 48; Glushakov, 83 - Kerzhakov, 6; Hulk, 64.

A month and a half later, Spartak responded symmetrically to Zenit, winning at home with that score 4:2, but in what the Moscow match was exactly inferior to the St. Petersburg one, it was in the entourage. The game was played in empty stands, the fans could only enjoy this spectacle on TV. And there was something to see! The guests quickly opened the scoring and could have easily scored two or three more goals in the opening, and Artem Rebrov parried the Hulk's penalty. But then Yura Movsisyan took the floor, scoring a hat-trick. Karpin's team was not even embarrassed by the Brazilian's deadly free-kick, because in the end Denis Glushakov, having circled half the opponents' team on the way to the goal, set the final score.

April 16, 2016. Zenit - Spartak (Villas-Boas vs Alenichev) - 5:2
goals: Witsel, 15; Hulk, 46; Dzyuba, 65; Mauricio, 73; Garcia, 87 - Popov, 10; Glushakov, 21.

Finally, about the most recent meeting between Spartak and Zenit, which ended in the defeat of the Muscovites and pushed Dmitry Alenichev into a series of organizational conclusions. In particular, after this game, Parshivlyuk and Granat were expelled from the main team, that is, Sergey's career in his native club passed between two significant matches for him against Zenit. The Red-Whites started briskly, took the lead twice in the first half, but Hulk's goal broke the guests right after the break. After that, only the "blue-white-blue" scored, which inflicted a uniform defeat on the principled opponent. Did not forget to score and Dzyuba, who hit the gate in both matches former club. Almost three years have passed since the last victory of Spartak over Zenit. big role in latest results played by Hulk, who scored in six out of seven meetings against the "red-whites" (the seventh ended in a goalless draw). It is also curious that in both matches at Petrovsky, where the Muscovites conceded five goals, Dmitry Kombarov did not take part, who is on the field tomorrow due to muscle damage rear surface hips. Compared to the previous meeting, both clubs have new coaches, who will be lucky in the first Russian Clasico for both - Lucescu or Carrera?