Akhmat Grozny goalkeeper Georgi Shelia recalled the clash with Spartak forward Alexander Soboelvym. His words are quoted Sports24.
“Sobolev did things I don’t understand. I said: “San, if you come to me, okay. But if you push my defender under me, I can’t understand it.” We talked and shook hands.
If I wanted to shoot Sasha, I would have shot him. On the one hand, it seemed difficult. But I felt something else: she wanted to step directly on me and I pushed her. I didn’t shoot. The effect might have looked different. I pushed him, I pushed him. I saw that he was going to step on me,” Shelia said.
Then Sobolev flew at Shelia and dropped her on the grass. The goalkeeper, who was lying on the ground, kicked a Spartak player in the shin. Both players received yellow cards.
Sobolev is periodically involved in similar incidents. In the match against CSKA, the striker provoked the opposing player Willian Rocha with an obscene gesture. The referee sent off both the red-dark blue defender and the Spartak forward.
Previously Spartak answered to reports of weight issues with Dzhikia and Sobolev.