Brutal! Zenit Vs Spartak Turns INTO A Battle Involving 40 People, Six Red Cards Out Of The Referee Bag

JAKARTA - Two Russian clubs, Zenit St Petersburg and Spartak Moscow, are known to have ingrained rivals. In fact, it is not uncommon for the two meetings to end in chaos.

As happened at the Krestovsky Stadium on Sunday, November 27, yesterday. At that time, Zenit hosted Spartak who came as a guest. The match titled the Russian Cup was indeed burning.

A football match then exploded and turned into a fight for 40 people even the referee caught in the battle.

The total chaos in the final seconds of the match caused six red cards to be issued. At that time, the game was goalless and ready for a penalty shootout.

This incident started with a dispute between Spartak's player,tender Promes, and Wilmar Barrios, Zenit's defensive midfielder, bumping into each other and exchanging scathing words.

Zenit vs Spartak today got seriously out of hand… 😳pic.twitter.com/xSisfaSGq9

— SPORTbible (@sportbible) November 27, 2022

Suddenly, their teammates got involved. In fact, the players sitting on the bench appeared to join in heating up the situation.

The referee immediately navigated to try and calm things, but instead found himself pushed, pulled, and pushed here and there.

He also witnessed how Zenit Rodrigao Prado's players ran to start kicking the opponent right in front of him. Again, Prado even escaped without a red card, although many others were not that lucky.

The referee, who finally got out of the crowd, immediately chased the parties who were found guilty. He also issued a red card to the left, right and center.

At least 40 people got involved in the fight. However, the red cards were given to three players for each team.

The former Barcelona Malcom star is among them. Then there are Wilmar Barrios and Rodrigo from Zenit.

Meanwhile Aleksandr Sobolev, Shamar Nicholson, and Aleksandr Selikhov became Spartak's side who had to take a shower early.

Order was finally restored after a long delay. Zenit finally came out victorious 4-2 ahead in the penalty shootout.

The penalty shootout from the Gazprom Arena, enjoy! #ZenitSpartak #RussianCup pic.twitter.com/QCvDKwMZeg

— FC Zenit in English✨ (@fczenit_en) November 27, 2022