“I was struck by Renan, who showed Brazilian self-confidence” – Rapoport

Former Zenit coach and Dynamo Leningrad goalkeeper Boris Rapoport told RB Sport that he was surprised by the Brazilian Robert Renan with his confidence in the penalty shootout of the OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup match with CSKA.

Zenit beat CSKA on Saturday and won the Russian Super Cup for a record eighth time in history. The main time of the meeting in Kazan ended with the score 0:0. In the penalty shootout, the players of the team from St. Petersburg turned out to be more accurate – 5:4. The decisive 11-meter shot was realized by 19-year-old Renan.

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– The game was not bright, but kept everyone in suspense from the first to the last minute. It was evident that the teams were well prepared tactically. First of all, CSKA. They blocked everything and pressed in time so much that they had an advantage during the match. “Zenith” was hard. But the players endured. We endured and made it to the penalty shootout. The nature of the struggle in this match exceeded the quality of football. It happens. Especially at the beginning of the season.

As for the 11-meter, the goalkeepers took what they could. I am happy for Misha Kerzhakov, a pupil of our Zenit school. He became the hero of the match. The players of both teams were beating so that it was almost impossible to repel the blows. I was struck, of course, by Renan. He showed Brazilian self-confidence, even self-importance. And this outplayed Akinfeev. Because the CSKA goalkeeper could hardly have expected that the young Brazilian would hit with a panenka. But he succeeded, and the winners, as they say, are not judged,” Rapoport said.

The new season of the MIR RPL starts on July 21 with the Dynamo-Krasnodar match. Match TV will show live three matches of the first round: Lokomotiv – Rubin (July 22, 17:15), Akhmat – Wings of the Soviets (July 22, 19:45) and Sochi – “Baltika” (July 23, 19:45).