The general director of “Zenith” explained what was not enough to defeat “Khimki”

St. PETERSBURG, July 16, Sergey Yaremenko. Football players of St. Petersburg «Zenith» “We started the match well against Khimki, but then we slowed down, said Alexander Medvedev, general director of the Blue-White-Blues. Zenit played a 1-1 draw with Khimki on Friday in the match of the first round of the Premier League . In the 17th minute, the midfielder of the «blue-white-blues» Vendel opened the scoring, in the 85th minute the football player of the Moscow Region club Reziuan Mirzov scored the return goal.Russian Premier League (RPL)15 July 2022 • start at 20:00FinishedKhimkiRussia1 : 1 more than once. Rudenko had at least three killer scoring chances. Odoevsky saved twice, once the ball hit the post. As Sergei Semak said — the result of the game. We started well, scored a beautiful goal, but then moved on, if not to the first, then to second gear. At such speeds, even with the ball, it is impossible to beat anyone. Khimki had a fighting mood. Sergey Yuran competently built the game in defense and on counterattacks,» Medvedev said.