Zenit Chairman Alexander Medvedev spoke about the exclusion of defender Mario Fernandez from the team’s season application. His words are quoted “Championship”.
“Mario Fernandez’s withdrawal from Zenit’s application for RPL matches is completely official,” Medvedev said.
On July 7, 2023, Zenit introduced Mario Fernandez as a team player. The parties signed a contract with the 1+1 system. The Brazilian player was injured in the match against Orenburg on September 30. Fernandez could not score in 10 matches in total this season.
Fernandez spent most of his career at CSKA, which he left after the end of the 2021/22 season.
Krasnodar, which lasted 18 weeks in the Russian Premier League (RPL), entered the winter break as the leader by collecting 38 points. Zenit is in second place with two points missing. Dinamo (32 points) completed the top three.
In the first match after the restart of the season in RPL, Zenit will host Spartak Moscow and Krasnodar will host Rubin Kazan, which is in seventh place, at home.
Previously reportedIt was learned that the former player of the Russian national team and Zenit moved to Ural.