Desde 2007 se
ha convertido en el gran dominador con seis entorchados.
Rusia ya tiene
campeón. La victoria sobre el Krasnodar (2-4) permite al Zenit entonar el
alirón. El cuadro de San Petersburgo necesitaba que el Lokomotiv no ganara
y se cumplió: empató con el Sochi (0-0) después de ver cómo le anulaban dos
goles y cómo Aleksey Miranchuk fallaba un penalti en el 98'.
Debía, además,
ganar. También lo hizo. Azmoun aprovechó una mala entrega de Gazinskiy en
salida para 'abrir la lata' a los 5'. El Krasnodar, sin embargo, reaccionó
bien. Utkin aprovechó una gran internada de Petrov por derecha, hasta línea de
fondo, para poner el 1-1 en el 29'. En el 39' pudo llegar el 2-1 tras un
penalti de Lunev sobre Berg, pero el meta del Zenit se redimió parando la pena
máxima y el posterior rechace a Wanderson.
Dzyuba, en
cambio, no perdonó. Forzó un penallti por manos de Vilhena y anotó el 1-2 desde
los 11 metros justo antes del descanso. Un tanto, su 16º en Liga, que le
permite distanciarse de Lutsenko (13) como Pichichi. Tras el paso por
vestuarios siguió la 'montaña rusa'. Utkin puso las tablas en el 50' con un
disparo al palo largo desde fuera del área. Golazo.
Azmoun,
nuevamente, volvió a desequilibrar el partido en el 52'. Tuvo suerte
también. El iraní aprovechó un balón rechazado tras un tiro de Kuzyaev
-previamente había peinado Dzyuba- para anotar. El definitivo 4-2 llevó la
firma de Sutormin en el 72'. Peinó Dzyuba al espacio y el ex del Orenburg
no perdonó ante Safonov.
El título del
Zenit del español Javier Ribalta, director deportivo, no admite discusión. Ha
sido líder destacado en 18 de las 26 jornadas disputadas hasta la fecha. De ahí
que se haza alzado con el título cuando aún restan cuatro jornadas por
jugar. Aventaja en 12 puntos -más 'golaverage'- al Lokomotiv Moscú y en 17
al Krasnodar.
Es, además, el
equipo más goleador con 56 tantos a favor y el menos goleado con sólo 14 dianas
en contra. Una superioridad que se hizo especialmente notoria desde que en
el mercado invernal de la temporada pasada incorporara de una tacada a
Azmoun, Rakitskiy y Wilmar Barrios. Este verano dio un nuevo paso al
frente con las llegadas de Malcom y Douglas Santos. Le queda la espina, sin
embargo, de haber caído eliminado en la última jornada de la fase de grupos de
la Champions.
La séptima Liga
del Zenit, la segunda consecutiva, evidencia su dominio en Rusia en los últimos
años. Desde que en 2007, con Arshavin a los manos, conquistara su primer
entorchado bajo el 'formato Premier' -en 1984 ganó se proclamó campeón de la
URSS- nadie le ha hecho sombra. Ganó en 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019 y, ahora,
en 2020. En este mismo periodo, el CSKA Moscú ha ganado tres, el Rubin
Kazan suma dos, el Spartak Moscú ha levantado una y el Lokomotiv Moscú, otra.
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