Zenit CEO Alexander Medvedev summed up the match “blue-white-blue” against “Fakel” in the Cup of Russia “(2: 0).
The most important thing is that the first three points of the group stage were scored: the team played with a solid lead. Everyone who entered the field acted very elegantly. At the same time, it should be noted that Ivan had to make two saves, this shows that in the person of him we have a good goalkeeper. Our boys are ready to play both as a starter and as a substitute, so today Wendel and Malcolm took the field off the bench. And those who came out at the beginning did their work in the “Zenith” style.
We have no match division in first and second grade. The opening matches of the Russian Cup are very important, because a lot depends on how you start the tournament. We have a good playing experience in the Champions League and we know what the first game means. Sure, they could have scored more, but they couldn’t or didn’t – you can rate it in several ways. I think there was no doubt about this victory from the very first minutes. The normally aggressive Torch created nothing but two dangerous attacks. Probably, the team was impressed by the Gazprom Arena, where they played for the first time.
