Eduard Spertsyan, the attacking midfielder of Krasnodar team, matched the record for scoring from free kicks in the Russian Premier League. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
The 25-year-old footballer scored a free kick goal in the fifth round of the Russian championship against the Sochi team. This goal was Spertsyan's second goal in that match.
According to Opta Sports data, this is his seventh free kick goal during his career in the Russian Premier League. With this figure, he equaled the former Zenit striker Hulk.
According to statistics maintained since 2009, no one in the national championship has scored more than seven goals from free kicks. All events of the match between Krasnodar and Sochi can be followed via text broadcast on the LiveResult portal.
