Mikhail Kerzhakov explained the devastating defeat of Sochi from Zenit

С.-ПЕТЕРБУРГ, 24 Oct, Dmitry Yedigarev.The removal of Sochi defender Artem Meshchaninov in the match of the 14th round of the Russian Football Championship with Zenit broke the game, the goalkeeper of the St. Petersburg team Mikhail Kerzhakov believes. The meeting, which took place in St. Petersburg on Monday, ended with the victory of Zenit with a score of 7 :0. Meshchaninov received a red card in the middle of the first half.Russian Premier League (RPL)October 24, 2022 • Start at 20:00EndЗенитРоссия7 : 0SochiRussia»I did not expect that there would be a defeat. I think that the removal broke the game. If not for it, the result would have been different. At the moment, it does not feel that Sochi can fight for medals. It seems to me that last year Sochi «showed a more meaningful game. I'm glad that I have a hundredth match for the club, but it's just statistics. Of course, it pleases. If I had been told at the beginning of my career that such an event would happen to me, I would be glad. It's nice that I didn't miss «, — Kerzhakov told reporters. Striker «Zenith» Ivan Sergeev noted that his team succeeded in everything in the match. «Everything worked out for us today, we scored for every taste and brought the matter to a major victory. As for my goals, I go out and do «It's good that I score in two matches in a row. In the episode with the first goal, the ball hit the head after a cross. Sometimes you don't have to do anything, and the balls fly into the goal by themselves,» Sergeyev said. «Before the game, no one thought about the record on the biggest win, but at the end of the match it was discussed that score maybe 7 goals, but they could have 8. If we talk about a goal streak of 41 goals, we didn’t know what it was. Zenit is leading the Russian Premier League standings with 36 points, with 43 goals scored and 5 goals conceded.