“There was no other option.” Bubnov explained how Fakel snatched a draw in the match with Zenit

When Zenit draws, the first thought that comes to mind is: “Untuned”. However, this cannot be said in this case. With scoring chances, the St. Petersburg team was in full order today, they just didn’t manage to score enough.

Affected, for example, not the highest quality field. Many complain about the Voronezh lawn – and now Zenit has also suffered because of it. It is enough to look at least at Malcolm’s miss in the first half! In addition, it is difficult to speed up the game on such a field: the ball crushes, you have to lift it up. But Zenit is still used to combinational football.

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However, the “Torch” must be given credit. They closed well, had a bite to eat all the zones, saturated the penalty area. There was no other option – today you can only play against Zenit from defense, and this applies to any team. Also, the Voronezh team was lucky that they scored a quick goal – it gave them confidence. If Zenit had been killed earlier, the hosts would have had to open up, otherwise they would calmly sit behind the ball line and impose a fight on their opponents.

It cannot be said that Fakel played an outstanding match. Never before had I seen so many Voronezh defenders. The possession of Zenit has reached 80% of the playing time, and if the Petersburgers were happier, they would have scored at least three goals.