St. Petersburg “Zenith” midfielder Zelimkhan Bakaev shared his emotions from his first win in the blue-white-blues in the Russian Premier League (RPL).
“The emotions are great. Tough year, tough championship. All the opponents were valuable, so it’s doubly enjoyable to win this year.
I still don’t know how the championship is celebrated here. I’m just starting to get comfortable in the sense of celebration,” Bakaev says. “Sport every day”.
The football player is a graduate of the Moscow “Spartak”. He moved to Zenit as a free agent after his contract with the red-whites expired last season.
In the 2022/23 season, he appeared in 17 RPL games and mainly appeared as a substitute, scoring one goal and providing one assist.
Zenit secured victory in the Russian championship by beating Spartak with a score of 3: 2 in the 26th round of the RPL. Sergei Semak’s team scored 64 points and became inaccessible to the followers. After the 27th round match against Krasnodar on 13 May, Zenit will receive the championship trophy and RPL gold medals.
Former famous football commentator Gennady Orlov, after Zenit’s victory over Khimki in the 19th week of the Russian Premier League (RPL) (3:2) spoke About Zelemkhan Bakaev, midfielder of the St. Petersburg team.