MOSCOW, September 24 Forward of the Moscow football club «Lokomotiv» Artem Dzyuba in his Telegram channel after the victory over Zenit St. Petersburg in the Russian Championship match said that he was happy.
On Sunday, Lokomotiv defeated Zenit on the road with a score of 2:1. The railway workers beat the St. Petersburg team for the first time since 2019.
Russian Premier League (RPL)24 September 2023 • start at 16:30Finished
ZenitRussia1 : 2
LokomotivRussia
22' • Mateo Cassierra (Vyacheslav Karavaev)
60' • Maxim Glushenkov (Nair Tiknizyan)
90 ' • Nair Tiknizyan (Maxim Glushenkov)
«»I know that Loko has not beaten Zenit in St. Petersburg for a long time, so I am doubly glad that we pleased the fans. They showed character and team spirit! We will keep working! I’m happy,” wrote 35-year-old Dzyuba.
Dziuba joined Lokomotiv in February. At the end of May, the club signed a new contract with the player under the “1+1” scheme. He played for Zenit from 2015 to 2022.