Voronezh “Fakel” defeated Samara “Wings of the Soviets” in the 29th round match of the Russian Premier League (RPL).
The match played in Voronezh on 28 May ended with the home team’s 2-1 advantage.
Andrei Mendel in the 12th minute and Roman Akbashev in the 57th minute scored goals for the Voronezh team.
In the 75th minute, Nikolai Rasskazov saved the Samara guests from beating by a dry score.
After defeating Krylya Sovetov, Fakel scored 30 points and moved up from 14th to 12th place in the Russian Championship standings.
Samara team, which collected 29 points, regressed to 13th place.
In the 30th round, Fakel won the champion of the 2022/23 season, Zenit St. Krylya Sovetov will face Krylya Sovetov in Samara against Spartak, who will play away against St. Petersburg and continue their fight for the RPL silver medals.
Fakel, Krylya Sovetov and Paris Nizhny Novgorod are candidates for the playoffs for the right to play in the RPL next season. Recall that teams placed 13th and 14th in the final table of a higher division will participate in transition matches with Premier Division clubs.
Formerly, Ramil Izmailov, General Manager of the Russian Premier League (RPL) “Paris Nizhny Novgorod” club declarationThat the Nizhny Novgorod leadership maintains its confidence in the head coach of the team, Sergei Yuran.