Samara “Wings of the Soviets” head coach Igor Osinkin said that the club will be suspended in St. Petersburg due to lack of motivation in the Russian Cup RPL Road group stage match. Petersburg said it lost to “Zenith”. “Sports Express”.
“We probably weren’t motivated points-wise because we knew where we were going to place. But we prepared the guys for a good fight. “We tried to play the best way possible,” Osinkin said.
Zenit won with a score of 1:0.
In the 60th minute, Zenit’s striker Ivan Sergeev opened the scoring in the match, but the goal was canceled due to offensive handball. In the 87th minute, Sergeev scored without breaking the rules and determined the final score.
Thus, Zenit took first place in Group C with 14 points. Sergei Semak’s team secured participation in the play-offs of the tournament. Krylia Sovietov completed the qualification with three points. The team lost its chance to get out of the group.
Previously Kaliningrad “Baltika” crushed Grozny “Akhmat”.