Zenit Deputy General Manager, former football player Andrei Arshavin, played against St. Petersburg in the 17th round match of the Russian Premier League (RPL). He explained the reason why the St. Petersburg team was defeated by Moscow Lokomotiv and said that the field was in Moscow. It was well prepared. His words guide the way TASS.
“Overall, Zenit controlled the first half, even though it was 1:1. But in the second half, unfortunately, good execution of the standard – and after that it seems to me that Zenit broke a little psychologically and posed little danger of equality,” said Arshavin.
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”.
Previous match between Lokomotiv and Zenit in the name The best of the season.