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During the weekend, the 15th round matches took place in the Russian championship, where favorites "CSKA" and "Spartak" both won with equal results. Another failure was experienced by the debutant Nalchik "Spartak", who recently led the league, and even the goal by R. Poškus, who returned to the main lineup of "Zenit", was not enough for victory against "Tom". Other Lithuanians also had a decent round - all those who are registered for matches played from the beginning of the game.
In the match in Tomsk, where St. Petersburg "Zenit" could not play without the attack leader Aleksandr Kerzhakov, the team's coach Dick Advocaat decided to slightly push back Andrei Arshavin and send the team's newcomer Fatih Tekke and the recovered R. Poškus to the attacking line. Although the match against "Tom" away started unsuccessfully for the "Zenit" footballers, as the hosts took the lead already in the 11th minute after Valery Klimov's goal, soon both "Piter" forwards started working.
In the 14th minute, the result was equalized by Turkish F. Tekke, and five minutes later, the guests broke ahead when R. Poškus scored his second goal of the season with a strong shot from 10 meters. In the halftime, "Tom" forward Pavel Pogrebnyak hit the crossbar, but at the very end of the match, he headed in a corner kick and equalized for the hosts.
For the fourth time in a row, Ramenskoye's "Saturn" defender Edgar Česnauskis was awarded a penalty kick - his club was trailing at home in the match against "Moscow" after Dimitri Polovinchuk scored in the 55th minute, but in the 70th minute, the Lithuanian defender brought the equalizer from the penalty spot and allowed the hosts to secure a draw with Aleksei Yaryomenko.
After a series of six wins, the Nalchik "Spartak" club has failed to win for the third consecutive match, recognizing the superiority of "Luch-Energia" in Vladivostok. This allowed Moscow's "Spartak" and "CSKA" clubs to secure the first and second positions, respectively, having won over "Krylya Sovetov" and "Dynamo" in beautiful and eventful matches.
Moscow's "Lokomotiv" climbed to the fourth place, which, just like the matches of the two leaders, was decided in the last minutes after the goals of the legionnaires in away games against the "Rostov" club. "Tom" and "Krylya Sovetov" did not take advantage of their stumbles without goals against Perm's "Amkar", and the match between Moscow's "Torpedo" and Yaroslavl's "Shinnik" ended in a draw.
Results of the 15th round:
2 - 2
11' [1 - 0] Valery Klimov
14' [1 - 1] Fatih Tekke
19' [1 - 2] Robertas Poškus
90' [2 - 2] Pavel Pogrebnyak
A.Skerla ("Tom") and R. Poškus ("Zenit") played the full match, E.Majus ("Zenit") was not registered for the match
1 - 1
55' [0 - 1] Dmitri Polovinchuk (own goal)
71' [1 - 1] Aleksei Eremenko
R.Džiaukštas played the full match, E.Česnauskis (both "Saturn") until the 80th minute
1 - 0
86' [1 - 0] Beslan Adjindjal (pen.)
67' Ruslan Mostovoy ("Spartak") was sent off the field
2 - 3
40' [0 - 1] Vagner Love
49' [0 - 2] Ivica Olic
62' [1 - 2] Derlei
68' [1 - 3] Vagner Love
75' [2 - 3] Derlei
Ž.Karčemarskas ("Dinamo") and D.Šemberas ("CSKA") played the full match
0 - 0
1 - 1
11' [0 - 1] Evgeni Lutsenko
82' [1 - 1] Anton Khazov
3 - 2
3' [1 - 0] Mozart
42' [1 - 1] David Mudjiri
46' [2 - 1] Fernando Cavenaghi
69' [2 - 2] Aleksey Skvernyuk
70' [3 - 2] Radoslav Kovac
I.Dedura ("Spartak") and E.Raziulis ("Krylya Sovetov") were not registered for the match
1 - 2
4' [1 - 0] Spartak Gogniev
73' [1 - 1] Dramane Traore
84' [1 - 2] Celsinho
League table:
