CSKA beat Zenit for the first time since 2018 in the match of the championship of Russia
MOSCOW, 19 Mar – CSKA beat Zenit Petersburg in the match of the 20th round of the Russian Football Championship.
The meeting, held in Moscow, ended with the score 1:0 in favor of the hosts. Fedor Chalov scored in the 72nd minute.
Damage on the 34th minute was received by the defender of the capital’s team, Igor Diveev. He was replaced by Kirill Nababkin. Diveev for the first time since September 17 got into the starting lineup of the army. Then in the match of the national championship with the Moscow “Torpedo” he received a fracture of the tibia.
Russian Premier League (RPL)
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ZenithRussiaCSKA interrupted a series of defeats in the matches of the Russian Premier League (RPL) against Zenit, which consisted of six matches. The last time the army team beat the Blue-White-Blues was in November 2018.
The army team, who scored 35 points, is in fifth place in the RPL standings. “Zenith” with 48 points is on the first line and is ahead of the second “Rostov” by seven points.
In the next round, the team of Vladimir Fedotov on April 2 will play on the road with the Voronezh “Torch”, and “Zenith” the day before will take Yekaterinburg “Ural”.
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