Former head coach of the Russian national team, Boris Ignatiev, said in an interview with socialbites.ca that the quarter-final stage of the Russian Premier League (RPL) Russian Cup will be held in St. Petersburg. In the return match between St. Petersburg Zenit and the capital Dynamo, both teams have a chance to advance to the next stage.
According to him, each team has a certain advantage over its opponent.
“At this stage I do not undertake to say which of these teams has a higher chance of winning on aggregate, because Zenit have a lot of opportunities, primarily in terms of the squad they will use, but Dynamo is not in any situation at the moment” is much inferior to them. Probably Zenit’s advantage will be their home stadium and plenty of fans to support them. This match is an excellent test for Dinamo, I am looking forward to a very interesting match,” said Ignatiev.
Zenit – Dinamo match will be played today, March 13, in St. It will be played at the Gazprom Arena stadium in St. Petersburg. The starting whistle will sound at 20:15 Moscow time. socialbites.ca will carry out the online text broadcast of the game.
After the 20th round, the leader of the RPL was Zenit (40 points), which defeated Ural in its match. Krasnodar is one point behind. Dinamo (38 points) is in the top three.
Previously Valery Gladilin statedIt is stated that Zenit will have difficulties in the match against Dinamo.