The new Russian football championship started with a very fast strike from Moscow's "Spartak" player Emmanuel Emenike. In the first matches of the 2012/2013 season, the Nigerian scored a goal in a duel with Vladikavkaz's "Alania" in the 10th second.
"Alania," where Lithuanian Deividas Šemberas also plays, suffered a painful defeat with a score of 1-2.
Lithuanian player was substituted in the 70th minute by Mikhail Bakayev.
Vladikavkaz "Alania" 1 – 2 Moscow "Spartak"
1' [0 – 1] E. Emenike 10' [1 – 1] T. Priskinas 86' [1 – 2] A. Grigoriev (own goal)
Another Lithuanian team started the 2012-2013 season of the sixteen-team Russian football championship unsuccessfully.
"Rostov," with Edgar Česnauskis, lost 0:1 (0:0) away to Moscow's CSKA team on Saturday and became the outsider of the championship.
In this match, the Lithuanian played from the 69th minute, replacing Bosnian Dragan Blatniak, and the author of the winning goal was Seydou Doumbia (55 min.).
Moscow CSKA [1 – 0] "Rostov"
55' [1 – 0] S. Doumbia
"Mordovia" 2:3 Moscow "Lokomotiv"
16' [1 – 0] K. Panchenko 29' [1 – 1] D. Torbinskis 33' [1 – 2] M. Ozdoev 38' [1 – 3] V. Ćorluka 62' [2 – 3] Y. Osipov