Athletistic/Football. Today, October 31, the sixth final stage of the group stage of the RPL Fonbet Russian Football Cup began. The fate of the teams in Group C was being decided. One of the matches took place in St. Petersburg. Zenit welcomed Krylia Sovetov. If the Samara club had already lost its chances of third place in the group, then Zenit had to win to defend the first place in the quartet.
The first half passed without any goals scored. There was no goal in the second half either. In the 60th minute, Zenit sent the ball into Krylia Sovetov’s goal. However, Ivan Sergeev’s goal was not counted due to a handball by Alexander Kovalenko. However, in the 87th minute, the St. Petersburg club scored the winning goal. Its author was Ivan Sergeev. After Lomaev’s goal was cleared, Erokhin won a mounted duel in the center circle and headed the ball towards Sergeev. Ivan ran away from Barach and Evgeniev, broke into the penalty area and passed the ball past the goalkeeper of the Samara team.
Thus, Zenit scored 14 points. This result allowed the St. Petersburg club to take the lead in Group C and reach the quarter-finals of the RPL Russian Cup. “Krylya Sovetov” took fourth place with three points. Thus, they are eliminated from the competition for the trophy.
Zenit fans reacted to their team’s important victory. They left comments in the official community on VKontakte.
Mikhail Kolipov:
– Semak, apparently, receives bribes from agents. Otherwise, I don’t understand why constantly publish zeros like Erokhin, Queiroz, Renan, Sutormin ?! Do they really not have their own youth team guys at their position? A strong coach must be able to work with young people, like in other clubs. Why, even in a cup match, especially one in which little is decided, should the boys not be allowed to play?
Nina Pisareva:
– Ivan Sergeev – respect, the best.
The Verkin:
– “Zenith”, congratulations on our victory! The Wings were great, they played well. But there is only one Champion.
Denis Yakovlev:
– Slow game, lots of imprecise passes, mistakes, back passes, but always with a victory!
Stanislav Nekronov:
– Vanya Sergeev, in my opinion, is very underestimated, and so on with our victory!
Dmitry Volchenkov:
– The second half was not ideal, but we deserved the victory. Sergeev is handsome. Congratulations to Krugovoy.
Yaroslav Piatykh, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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