Youth Team Crushed Zenit
Lokomotiv youth team beat Zenit by a high goal margin in Gameweek 29 of Russian Football Championship.
The match of Zenit vs Lokomotiv was the opening fixture of Gameweek 29. The squad from Saint Petersburg will hardly move very much up from their midtable placing while the Railwaymen are chasing glory along with Dynamo, CSKA and Rubin. Any stumble in the title-quest may have a devastating effect on the team’s prospects.
So the spirit ahead of Zenit was at its highest. The score was opened by Lokomotiv early on, eight minutes after the kick-off, when Galanin went on a run from the middle of the park to place a shot into the far corner. Barely half an hour passed before the Red-Greens doubled through Makhatadze from a penalty kick.
In the second half the Railwaymen increased the pressure on the home goal and halfway through the score-line looked humiliating. First Galanin bagged a brace, pouncing on a rebound off the keeper. A little on, Lysov found himself free with only the keeper to beat and shot home. Zenit did get their consolation goal closer to the end of the match but nothing more. Lokomotiv win for the third time in a row and continue their title race.
ROSGOSSTRAKH Youth Championship of Russia. Gameweek 29
Zenit - Lokomotiv - 1:4 (0:2)
Goals scored: Galanin, 8 (0:1). Makhatadze, 36 (from penalty) (0:2). Galanin, 59 (0:3). Lysov, 69 (0:4). Kubyshkin, 80 (1:4)
Zenit: Kizeyev, Slashchyov (Kubyshkin, 74), Nikitin, Vyatkin, Maykov (Vodyannikov, 74), Gorulyov, Zuyev (Pletnyov, 72), Ivanov, Kozlov (Krapukhin, 72), Denisov (Nazimov, 51), Yashchuk (Yaroshenko, 89)
Lokomotiv: Kochenkov, Lapshov, Vulfov, Nikitin, Rakhmonov, Makhatadze, Galanin (Dorofeev, 81), Anisimov, Tugarev (Chikanchi, 46), Rubtsov Kulikov, 64), Lysov (Rybchinskiy, 87)
Bookings: Makhatadze, 64. Dorofeev, 89
14 May. Saint Petersburg, Petrovsky Stadium MSA