Tensions flared when Zenit St. Petersburg took on Spartak Moscow
Six gamers had been despatched off because the Russian Cup recreation between bitter rivals Zenit St. Petersburg and Spartak Moscow descended into chaos on Sunday.
The violence erupted when Zenit’s Wilmar Barrios clashed with Spartak ahead Quincy Promes on the full-time whistle.
Brazilian Zenit defender Rodrigao then grew to become concerned, showing to lash out at Spartak ahead Shamar Nicholson, who responded by throwing a punch.
All hell broke free as referee Vladimir Moskalev struggled to include the 2 units of brawling gamers and members of the respective benches.
By the point the mud had settled, Moskalev had dished out crimson playing cards to Zenit’s Rodrigao, Barrios, and Malcom, and Spartak stars Nicholson, Aleksandr Sobolev, and substitute goalkeeper Aleksandr Selikhov.
Zenit received the match Four-2 on a penalty shootout after the scores had ended Zero-Zero at full-time on the Gazprom Area.
Regardless of the defeat, Spartak nonetheless completed high of Russian Cup Group B to achieve the playoffs, whereas Zenit ended third within the group and might want to negotiate a regional playoff path.
The sport, nevertheless, can be remembered way more for the ugly scenes of violence which can certainly be investigated additional by the Russian soccer authorities.