Barrios had to cover Sobolev’s mouth during a quarrel with the player of “Akhmat”
Sobolev arranged a quarrel with Sidib in the compensated time of the match. Forward Zenit tried to keep the players of both teams, and Barrios covered his mouth with his hand. As a result, Sobolev was given yellow for unsportsmanlike behavior
Zenit striker Alexander Sobolev arranged a skirmish with Akhmat midfielder Kalida Sidibé at the end of the match of the 11th round of the RPL.
“Zenit” won in St. Petersburg “Akhmat” with a score of 3: 2, scoring the decisive goal in the 90th minute.
In the compensated time of the meeting, Sidibé in a horse fight for the ball collided with the heads of Nuraly Alip, both fell on the lawn.
After that, Sobolev began to argue emotionally with Sidibé, whom the players of both teams tried to keep. Teammate forward Wilmar Barrios during a skirmish covered Sobolev mouth with his hand.
The arbiter of the meeting Rafael Shafeev showed Sobolev a yellow card for unsportsmanlike behavior.
Midfielder “Zenit” Alexander Yerokhin after the match explained the skirmish “tension, which accumulated during the match”, notes “Championship”.
According to the minutes of the meeting, a total of 11 warnings were issued to the players of the teams (including three for rough play and six for unsportsmanlike behavior) and one to the head coach of Akhmat Stanislav Cherchesov (for demonstrative disagreement with the decision of the referee).
