Zenit’s motivation for the match with Dynamo will be high, says Mashkarin

Former Zenit defender Denis Mashkarin believes that St. Petersburg will have high motivation in the match against Dynamo in the 24th round of the WORLD RPL.

Dynamo knocked out Zenit from the FONBET Cup of Russia on March 15 at the second stage of the quarterfinals of the Path of Regions. On April 22, the teams will play each other in the Russian Championship. Petersburgers lead the standings with 55 points, 9 points ahead of the nearest competitor. The Moscow club is in 5th place with 39 points.

– Zenit had two misfires – with CSKA and Rostov, – Mashkarin says to RB Sport. – So the motivation for the match against Dynamo will be high. And we must take into account that the “white and blue” knocked them out of the Cup. I think Zenit will make every effort to win this game. This is also important in terms of self-esteem, and they do not want to let competitors in.

– Don’t you think that Zenit is not showing a championship game this year? Gaining points, but without shine.

– Well, I think Sergei Semak will figure it out. In the same place, a number of new players appeared in the team – a defender from Sochi, a striker from Sochi, and a defender from Brazil. Any new person must adapt in the team, find a common language with partners. Barrios was out for some time due to injury. This also affected the game “Zenith”.

– Probably, the match in terms of refereeing will not be easy. There was a scandal in the cup match due to the fact that the referee Kukulyak did not assign a penalty to the Zenit goal. Since then, he has not judged.

– Now there are some new rules, and not all experts, and even more so fans, know how to interpret them. Only the judges know this. I cannot comment on this topic, because due to innovations, I don’t know where the arbitrators are wrong and where they are not.

The beginning of the match “Zenith” – “Dynamo” – at 19:00. Watch the live broadcast from 18:30 on the Match TV channel and from 18:55 on the MATCH PREMIER channel, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.