Moscow Lokomotiv did not want to reckon with the status of a noteworthy outsider in the confrontation with Zenit. The guests from the capital in the first half gave the fans hope for a favorable outcome of the confrontation with the champion. After the break, it was not possible to keep the opponent. Maxim Nenakhov tried to stop the Brazilians who were playing out, but as a result he collapsed on the lawn.

The defender could not leave the field on his own.

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The central match of the third round, which took place with the participation of Zenit and Lokomotiv in St. Petersburg, was supposed to answer the question: are the railway workers in their current form capable of seriously imposing a fight on the main favorite of the season? Experts for the most part doubted the capabilities of the capital’s team, but still, it would be somewhat strange to give the next victory to the “blue-white-blue” in advance.

Lokomotiv certainly had chances – already in the fourth minute of the match, the counterattack of the guests almost led to a goal. Wendel saved Zenit from a missed goal. Before the break, Dmitry Zhivoglyadov scored a good shot from a distance, and at the beginning of the second half, Dmitry Barinov hit Daniil Odoevsky’s goal. Then the team of Josef Zinnbauer had a black streak. Brazilians from St. Petersburg – Wendel and Claudinho – hit the opponent’s gate twice, but this was only the beginning of failures.

Along the way, the guests lost Maxim Nenakhov due to injury, who acted quite well in defense as a whole. The defender of Lokomotiv tried to prevent the opponent’s attack, rushed at Wendel like a lion, however, without really getting to the Brazilian, he collapsed on the lawn. What is most annoying, the footballer stumbled virtually out of the blue. Maxim’s right leg was in an unnatural position, he could no longer rise on his own. The player left the field on a stretcher – he was very hurt. Suffering, Nenakhov covered his eyes with his hands and abandoned everything that remained on the field. And there, by the way, the Moscow team did not expect anything good in the remaining time.

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The misadventures of Lokomotiv continued – Ivan Sergeev, who came on as a substitute, did not even spend a minute on the field, as he managed to distinguish himself. After the third missed goal, the railroad workers remained in the minority – Dmitry Barinov received a red card for a foul of last hope. In addition, referee Sergei Karasev pointed to the point, Zelimkhan Bakaev converted the penalty already in stoppage time. The second ball performed by Ivan Sergeev, who took advantage of the transfer from Arsen Adamov, brought Loko fans into complete despondency. Zinnbauer’s team fails to compete with the champion today.