Nikolai Naumov, the former president of Lokomotiv Moscow, said that the railway workers will be playing against Zenit St. Petersburg in the 17th round match of the Russian Premier League (RPL). He did not describe the victory over St. Petersburg as unexpected. His words are quoted by the publication vprognoze.ru.
“All Lokomotiv fans were waiting for this victory. Galaktionov’s disqualification is a loss, but not that fatal. Yes, the squad is weakened due to Barinov’s absence. But look how Miranchuk looked great today, and Dzyuba looked so precious! It seems to me that Lokomotiv played its best game in the first half of the season,” said Naumov.
Railways won the match with a score of 3:1. The meeting was supposed to start at 16.30 Moscow time, but due to heavy snowfall in the capital, the match started at 17.00. Unlike the CSKA-Rostov match played during the day, Russian Railways Arena employees managed to clear the area from snow.
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”.
Former Lokomotiv player stated about the necessity of playing in bad weather.