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Russian Football Championship: Zenit wins hard-fought victory and returns to first place in the league table
22.09.2024 07:53
On Saturday, September 21, the first matches of the 9th round of the Russian Football Championship took place.
First, Krasnodar won against Tolyatti's Akron with a score of 5:2 and temporarily took the lead in the tournament table.
However, later, St. Petersburg's Zenit won against Voronezh's Fakel and regained its leadership in the current season of the Russian football championship.
It is worth emphasizing that during the match the footballers of the club from St. Petersburg were losing. But then they managed not only to equalize the score, but also to take the lead, Internet sources report.
The progress of the match "Zenit" - "Fakel"
The game took place yesterday at the Gazprom Arena stadium in St. Petersburg.
The first goal was scored less than eight minutes after the starting whistle: Fakel forward Evgeny Markov converted a penalty.
Zenit failed to equalize the score until the end of the first half.
However, after the break the situation changed. In the 52nd minute the forward of the St. Petersburg team Mateo Cassierra distinguished himself.
And a quarter of an hour later, Luciano Gonda managed to put Zenit ahead.
A few minutes before the final whistle, midfielder Alexander Erokhin scored a goal and removed all questions about the winner of the game: Zenit beat Fakel with a score of 3:1.
Tournament standings in the Russian Championship
A strong-willed victory over the club from Voronezh allowed Zenit to return to the first line in the RPL standings.
In 9 matches, the St. Petersburg club has scored 23 points. Krasnodar, which is in second place, is 2 points behind.
Lokomotiv is in third place with 18 points. However, the Moscow team will be able to catch up with Krasnodar if they play successfully in today's match against Pari NN.
