S.-PETERSBURG, September 27, Sergey Yaremenko. Petersburg “Zenith” in the 9th round of the Russian football championship defeated Samara “Krylia Sovetov” thanks to the effective actions of Artem Dziuba and kept the lead in the standings. “(2: 1). “Blue-white-blue” from the first minutes took possession of the territorial advantage, but missed a counterattack after which Anton Zinkovskiy opened the scoring. Sergei Semak's team fought back before the break – Dzyuba took advantage of Claudinho's serve from a corner. However, Zenit managed to score the decisive goal only at the end of the second half – referee Vitaly Meshkov appointed a penalty for a foul on Dziuba, and the 11-meter kick was realized by Alexey Sutormin.
