St. Former St. Petersburg defender Zenit Konstantin Lepekhin called the successes of Krasnodar and Samara Krylya Sovetov in the Russian Premier League (RPL) a temporary phenomenon legal betting.
“I don’t know how long Krasnodar will stay at the top. As for “Wings”, no matter how sad it sounds, the better they play, the faster the players will run away,” said Lepekhin.
Krasnodar ranks first in the Russian Championship rankings with 28 points. Krylya Sovetov from Samara is in third place with 21 points. Zenit is in second place with 23 points.
In the last round, Zenit defeated Krylia Sovietov. The meeting ended with a score of 3:1. The spectators did not see the goal scored in the first half. Wendel scored at the beginning of the second half of the match. The Brazilian scored a double goal nine minutes before the final whistle. Andrei Mostovoy brought the score to a devastating point in extra time, but Roman Ezhov pulled a goal back in the final attack.
Krasnodar drew with Baltika Kaliningrad. John Cordoba and Eduard Spertsyan scored the goals for the Bulls. Maxim Kuzmin and Angelo Henriques scored the goals for Baltika.
Previously Zenit slipped “Wings of the Soviets” from second place in the RPL.