Defender of St. Petersburg “Zenith” Douglas Santos report The club’s press service described the brawl at the end of the match against CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League (RPL).
“Once the army team took the lead, it started prolonging the game. We wanted to win at any cost. At the end of the meeting, I lost my head a little, got into an argument with Zabolotny. The conflict started, he misunderstood me,” Santos said.
The fight started after army defender Milan Gajic fell in the blue-white-dark blue penalty area.
The referee of the match, Pavel Kukuyan, did not give the players a yellow card after the incident.
The meeting ended with a score of 1:1. Anton Zabolotny opened the score in the 4th minute of the match. Two minutes before the end of regular time, Douglas dos Santos hit Zenit to a draw.
In the Russian Premier League (RPL) ranking, Zenit is second with 14 points. CSKA is in seventh place with 11 points. Krasnodar is in the lead in the championship with 17 points.
Former CSKA veteran appreciated in the words of the army rookie “not some kind of firefighter”.