MOSCOW, 24 Apr. Moscow «Spartak» in the last minutes of the match 26- of the first round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) lost on the road to Rostov. The meeting ended in victory for the hosts with a score of 3: 2. A video review of the match has been published on the Match TV YouTube channel: webkitAllowFullScreen» mozallowfullscreen=»mozallowfullscreen» allowfullscreen=»allowFullScreen» frameborder=»0″>Rostov took the lead already in the debut of the first half thanks to the efforts of Roman Tugarev, who scored in the 14th minute. However, Spartak quickly bounced back thanks to a goal by Alexander Sobolev (17). Before the break, the score on the scoreboard has not changed — 1:1. At the beginning of the second half, the guests took the lead. However, referee Vitaly Meshkov canceled Mikhail Ignatov's goal after watching the video replay. The midfielder played up his hand. The referee had to turn to VAR again in the 75th minute. As a result of the procedure, a penalty was awarded to Spartak, which was converted by Dmitry Poloz. Already in stoppage time for the second half, Ruslan Litvinov equalized the score with a beautiful shot from outside the penalty area. However, this was not enough for “Spartacus” to take away at least one point. At the very end of the game, Samuel Gigot cut down an opponent on the penalty line. The second penalty was converted by Ali Sow (90 + 5). Rostov scored 34 points and climbed to eighth place in the RPL table. «Spartak» with 31 points is on the 10th line.
