on the Eve of the main competitor of “blue-white-blue” in the battle for the championship “the locomotive” has lost points, having beaten on the home field Samara “wings of the Soviets” (1:1). This meant that in case of victory in Nizhny Novgorod, Zenit could increase the gap from “railroad” to 11 points. In five rounds before the end of the season.
In the first half, “Tambov” looked decent. The nominal owners could open the account, but in a couple of episodes they were unlucky. But “Zenit” your time used: 43 minutes with the transfer of Artem Dzuba scored Azmoun.
In the second half of “Tambov” has made several attempts to equalise. And, it should be noted, succeeded: in the 88th minute with a penalty scored by Valeriu Ciuperca. And still last word remains for “blue-white-blue”: the decisive goal in the stoppage time spent emiliano Rigoni.
In the next round Zenit will play away with the “Krasnodar” (July 5), and “the locomotive” the day before will Sochi.
