Former CSKA Moscow football player Valery Masalitin is a referee in the Russian Premier League (RPL) and Zenit St. He shared his thoughts on the work of the referees in St. Petersburg matches.
“A lot of mistakes were made in favor of Zenit in the championship. If you raise almost the entire championship, then something goes wrong for Zenit, then the judges start inventing something. Well, we saw in Samara when the same foul was committed against Kuzyaev, the same foul was given to Tyukavina, the same violation to Balda … Here he hit a little differently than in general. He had to give a punishment for that, he had to be.
It was difficult to watch the referee when Zenit was awarded a penalty (the 25th round match of the RPL between Zenit and Spartak was judged by Pavel Kukuyan – approx. socialbites.ca). He had such a responsibility that I don’t know how he got over it. But we must congratulate Zenit, they are great, they built everything, they succeeded, we must strive for it, ”Masalitin said in a comment to socialbites.ca.
Four rounds before the end of the season, Zenit secured victory in the Russian championship by beating Moscow Spartak with a score of 3: 2 in the 26th round match of the RPL. In the wards, Semak scored 64 points and became inaccessible to the followers. CSKA Moscow, which is second in the standings, has 51 points.
For Zenit, the victory in the national championship became the fifth in a row and the tenth in history, thanks to which he received a second star in the club’s emblem.
Earlier it was reported that the head coach of “Zenith” is Sergei Semak. answered To the question about his future as a mentor of the St. Petersburg club.