This season, Alexander Sobolev has become the main striker in Spartak. Shamar Nicholson sits tight, and Keita Balde is just adapting to the new realities of her career. Guillermo Abascal trusts the Russian, and, apparently, for good reason.

Sobolev again entered the match against Zenit in the first team in the already traditional pairing with Quincy Promes and Mikhail Ignatov. As a result, it was in a meeting with the most principled opponent that Alexander interrupted his goalless streak. And he interrupted with an incredibly exquisite ball.

Sobolev humiliated the captain of “Zenith” with one touch!

“Spartacus” rebounds

The first half of the main match of the 8th round of the WORLD RPL was dictated by Zenit. The Petersburgers slightly more possession of the ball, but they hit on goal many times more often. In just 45 minutes, the teams scored 15 attempts – and 13 of them belonged to the guests. At the same time, Zenit missed many true opportunities. Sometimes the ball treacherously jumped just before the kick and flew into the sky, and sometimes Alexander Maksimenko showed himself superbly.

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In social networks, a rather offensive opinion for the “red-whites” dominated: “Spartak” is rebounding. The hosts really could have already lost with a devastating score if Zenit had realized their many points. The problem is, he didn’t. But Spartak punished the opponent for the only mistake in defense.

Lovren in the buffet

On 21 minutes, the Red-Whites managed a quick counterattack, which led to a goal. Roman Zobnin made a long diagonal on Sobolev, and he played with his head to the right flank on Martins Pereira. He made a dash and entered the penalty area at an angle. Douglas Santos was unable to stop the Luxembourger’s pass because one awkward move could result in a penalty. As a result, Pereira shot through – and then beauty itself descended from the Tushino sky onto the green lawn.

Alexander Sobolev sent Dejan Lovren to the buffet with a graceful touch. The captain of Zenith could only watch as the Russian shot Mikhail Kerzhakov. Who would have thought that Russian players are capable of this! With his goal, Alexander Sobolev even reminded a little of the ex-Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp, ​​who once scored against Newcastle with the help of a similar technique.

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Of course, Bergkamp created many masterpieces in his career, and Sobolev is still far from such a level. However, the good news is that he does not hesitate to do such things in important matches. This means that the player is as confident as possible in his technique, although before that the Spartak player had not scored in the previous four matches. And let’s not forget that a few years ago, Alexander was actively matched at Manchester United!