Maxim Demenko, former football player of the Russian national team, met with CSKA Moscow in the seventh round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) in St. Petersburg Zenit Pavel Kukuyan said that the referee missed the moment when the referee scored at the end of the match. Players started a fight on the field. Words lead the way “Euro-Football.Ru”.
“As for Kukuyan, I want to say that he is already in such a dangerous moment. It was there that Zenit began to press and there was the first clash with CSKA players. This moment had to be stopped immediately, but it gave the excitement even more and so the fight broke out. Because of the confusion from the standard and a few more minutes,” Demenko said.
The match 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’ goal brought Zenit a draw. At the end of the match, the incident occurred when CSKA defender Milan Gaich fell inside Zenit’s penalty area and there was a mass brawl on the field.
Kukuyan showed a total of six yellow cards: CSKA players Zabolotny, Victor Mendez, Willian Roche and Zenit players Nuraly Alip, Claudinho and dos Santos. At the end of the match, they were all given a clash warning.
Zenit is second in the Russian Premier League standings 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 announcedAt the end of Kukuyan’s match with Zenit, it was revealed why the penalty decision was not given.