Alexander Medvedev, general manager of St. Petersburg “Zenith”, before the match of his team with “Spartak”, traditionally sent balls from the side to the middle circle. Before one of the blows, the attendant did not calculate his strength, slipped on the wet grass of the Spartak stadium and fell hard. Medvedev landed on his back and after a few seconds managed to get up on his own, then delivered another blow.
The reason for Medvedev’s fall was wet grass. On August 20, heavy rain fell in Moscow. Before the match with Zenit, Spartak caused a stampede in the lobby of the metro station. The match between the teams will start at 19:30 Moscow time.
Four weeks behind in the Russian Premier League (RPL), the red-whites are in fifth place on the scoreboard, collecting nine points. Petersburgers are in seventh place (seven points). Two teams are leading at once – Krasnodar and Ural (13 points each). Voronezh “Torch” closes the table (0 points).
Formerly at Spartak reacted For a possible exchange of Abaskal with Karpin.