St. St. Petersburg Zenit head coach Sergei Semak said after the match of the 17th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) against the capital Lokomotiv that the result of the game was affected by an unsuccessful start. His words were quoted by socialbites.ca.
“Of course, we are sorry about the result. We started the match unsuccessfully by conceding goals from set pieces. Later, we managed to equalize the score, but in the second half, we conceded from set pieces again and could not equalize. It’s a shame, there is nothing to do, the match is over, we will prepare for the next match.
We understood that the cost of a mistake is high in such a match, and that high passes and standards are at the forefront in such matches. “The course of the match was unsuccessful for us, we allowed the opponent to make counter-attacks, which Lokomotiv likes to do,” said Semak.
The match played between Lokomotiv and Zenit at the RZD Arena stadium in Moscow ended with a score of 3:1. “socialbites.ca” caused Online text broadcast of the event.
Lokomotiv, which collected 28 points after 17 rounds in the RPL, shares the fourth place with Dinamo and CSKA. Thanks to the victory over Orenburg, Krasnodar returned to first place. Zenit rose to second place. In third place is “Wings of the Soviets”.
Previously in Krasnodar Again RPL rose to the top of the chart.