
In the match of the first round of the Zenit football championship in St. Petersburg at the Petrovsky stadium, the Moscow Dynamo outplayed.
The guests were the first to succeed: in the 28th minute, Alexander Kokorin completed the quick counterattack of the capital's club - 0: 1.
The hosts of the field restored the equality before the break: Tomash Gubochan focused in the penalty area on Artem Dziuba, received a second yellow card for this and left his team in the minority, and Hulk (44 ') realized the assigned 11 -meter - 1: 1.
In the second half, Zenit already had a territorial advantage, which was embodied in the goal: Oleg Shatov (67 '), taking advantage of the transfer of the Hulk, sent the ball to the upper corner of the Dynamo gate - 2: 1.
“I think the first half was under our dictation,” said Andrei Kobelev, head coach of Dynamo, “planned to play from defense with a quick exit on the attack, had several points, scored several points, scored that we got a few minutes before the break,” the Red Card and the Penalty, “affected the whole game as a whole,” said.
In another Sunday match, "Mordovia" in its field lost to Lokomotiv with a score of 0: 1.