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·27 November 2022

Zenit vs Spartak: Six red cards shown in crazy 50-man brawl

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There was absolute carnage in the Russian Cup match between Zenit St Petersburg and Spartak Moscow on Sunday afternoon as six (yes, six!) players were sent off after a 50-man brawl.

The match was goalless and a penalty shoot-out loomed when Spartak prepared to take a free-kick from inside their own half.


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But all hell broke loose when Quincy Promes clashed with Wilmar Barrios.

Rodrigao Prado, number 55 for Zenit, got involved and launched a number of kicks at his opponents with the referee standing right next to him.

That escalated things as players and staff from both sides charged onto the pitch to join the brawl.

The referee tried to calm the players down but to no avail as tensions reached boiling point,

Multiple punches were thrown and it took some time for order to be restored.

In the end, six players were sent off.

Zenit trio Barrios, Rodrigao and ex-Barcelona man Malcom were all shown reds cards, as were Spartak trio Shamar Nicholson, Aleksandr Sobolev and Aleksandr Selikhov.

Promes was not sent off and may consider himself lucky not to be shown his marching orders for the role he played in the brawl starting.

In all honesty, more red cards could have been given out given the chaos that unfolded.

Zenit emerge victorious

The game was eventually able to continue and Zenit went on to win 4-2 on penalties.

Reflecting on the moment, Spartak’s match report read, per the Express: “The fight still happened. It all started with the junction of Promes with Barrios, as well as the exchange of blows by the same Rodrigao and Nicholson.

“And this time much more desperate. Everyone fought, including substitutes and staff. As a result, after a long pause, Moskalev removed this ‘couple’, as well as Sobolev, Malcolm, Barrios and Selikhov, who took a particularly active part in the events.”

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