The first half of today’s match was scoreless. In the 53rd minute, Anton Zabolotny gave the Army team the lead. There was a pass in the Zenit penalty area, Chalov made a pass into the goalkeeper zone – Zabolotny put his body down, turned and pushed the ball into the lower corner of the opponent’s goal.
In the 84th minute, Alexander Erokhin equalized the score. Artur crossed the corner into the goalkeeper’s box, Erokhin beat Rocha and headed the ball into the net.
The return match will take place in Saint Petersburg on May 15. It is the result that will decide who reaches the Russian Cup final. The second finalist of the tournament will be the winner of the Spartak – Baltika pair. Zenit fans reacted to today’s draw. They left their comments in the official community of the St. Petersburg club on VKontakte.
Lyosha Fedorov:
– In fact, we have no game. There are simply no chances in the last 3 matches… Unfortunately, Zenit’s worst season. If we become champions with such a game, then we can say with confidence that our championship has sunk to the lowest level).
Vsevolod Semyonov:
– Sashka Erokhin, our hidden talent, the best player. Good match, good atmosphere in the stadium. A draw away is a very good result.
Sergei Bizenkov:
– Semak, as a coach, brought everything out of himself in Zenit, there is a degradation, if we cannot beat the middle team, which Baltika destroys, this has not happened since very long time, we need an update, but knowledgeable management knows better, the contract is already written!
James Belushi:
– It’s even funny that in a match of half-dead teams, it was Erokhin who scored.
Evgeny Naberezhnykh:
– The guys just vomited a draw, well, it’s very bad, very bad, something has to be done.
Oleg Grishin:
– Another vague game. Claudinho and company should be ashamed that the outcome of the match is decided by Erokhin, not them.
Arthur Khvatov:
– Everything will be decided on May 15, but of course Zenit has no match, we are leaving in the spring.
Yaroslav Piatykh, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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