
“Zenit” team was planning to start the new season of the Russian Premier League successfully. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
However, in the last three matches, the team led by Sergey Semak has only accumulated five points. The "Blue-White-Blues" initially defeated "Rostov" with a score of two to one.
After that, they drew two to two with "Rubin" and one to one with CSKA. Currently, “Zenit” is four points behind the championship leader.
At the top of the tournament table is the “Lokomotiv” team, which has not lost or dropped any points so far. Last season, “Zenit” finished in second place in the championship.
Nevertheless, the team has been the continuous champion of the Russian Premier League for the past six years. In the next round, “Zenit” will face “Akhmat” at home.
The match will take place on Saturday, August 9.