Spartak Moscow defeated Rostov in the match of the 25th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL), which took place on April 21 at the Rostov Arena stadium in Rostov-on-Don.
In the first half, the Rostovites seemed preferable to the red and white, but Spartak opened the scoring: Daniil Khlusevich scored in the 16th minute. Before the break, Rostov recovered thanks to an accurate header from Yegor Golenkov in the 37th minute (1: 1 at half-time).
The start of the second half was even, but everything changed with a blunder by Rostov goalkeeper Sergei Pesyakov: in the 54th minute, he kicked the ball right into the foot of Jesús Medina, who hit the empty goal and put the visitors ahead. . – 1:2.
In the 60th minute, Jesús Medina scored from a penalty; In the 76th minute, another blunder by the Rostov defense led to Christopher Martins’ goal. Theo Bongonda put an end to the match in the 94th minute. The final score was 1:5, an unexpectedly big victory for Spartak.
After this match, Spartak (38 points) occupies fourth place in the RPL. Rostov (34 points) is in eighth place. Zenit leads the championship with 50 points.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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