Top 10 foreigners of the weekend in the Russian Premier League: Matchday 22
1. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
The record-breaking and news-generating signing of Anzhi Makhachkala made his debut for the team as soon as it was possible, coming on as a subsitute in the 58th minute of the game against Rostov (1:1), and even managed scored the game’s equalizer ten minutes from time.
Substitution, goal, full match highlights.
2. Welliton (Brazil)
The Spartak Moscow striker became the controversial hero of the second day after he scored the opening goal of the fierce derby against CSKA Moscow (2:2) and sent the opponents’ goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to sick quarters for half a year.
Goal, collision, full match highlights.
3. Miguel Danny (Portugal)
Zenit St. Petersburg attacking midfielder made two wonderful assists for Alexander Kerzhakov and scored the last goal of the game, which ended in a 5:0 thrashing of FC Krasnodar.
Assist #1, assist #2, goal, full match highlights.
4. Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria)
The Spartak Moscow forward finally opened his goalscoring record in Russia with a superb volley against CSKA Moscow (2:2), which stunned their second goalkeeper of the evening Sergey Chepchugov and established the final score.
5. Nikola Mijailovic (Serbia)
The Amkar Perm defender failed to score or make an assist, but won the unofficial prize for best simulation of the day in the match against Tom Tomsk (0:0). The Serb pretended to be hit by the ball in the head, while the replay clearly shows it was a handball in front of his team’s penalty area.
Simulation, full match highlights.
6. Zoran Tosic (Serbia)
The CSKA midfielder sneaked through the Spartak Moscow defence and scored his team’s second goal against Spartak, which gave them the lead but didn’t become the winning one in the end (2:2). Still, he celebrated the goal so wildly that even managed to injure himself and had to be substituted.
7. Kevin Kuranyi (Germany)
The forward scored his seventh goal in the last nine games, which also came as the first one of the Dynamo Moscow’s two goals against Spartak Nalchik (2:0).
8. Seydou Doumbia (Cote D’Ivoire)
The CSKA striker scored his team’s first one and assisted the second, as the Army Club ended the most important Russian derby against Spartak Moscow in a draw (2:2).
9. Felipe Caicedo (Ecuador)
Lokomotiv Moscow summer signing scored his first goal for the team in the game against Kuban Krasnodar (1:0) eventually deciding the match with that.
Goal, full match highlights.
10. Balazs Dzsudzsak (Hungary)
One of Anzhi’s first sensational signings of the summer played only ten minutes of his only fourth game for the Dagestani club before injuring himself. An unlucky collision with an opponent resulted in a fractured collar bone, a surgery in Budapest, and at least six weeks on the sidelines. If it takes Dzsudzsak a bit longer to recover, he may well miss all the remaining games of this year in the RPL.