Zenit Dominates Orenburg with Mantuans Fifth Goal at 68 Minutes

At this moment, the match of the 6th round of the group stage in the RPL Path of the FONBET Russian Cup is underway, featuring «Zenit» and «Orenburg.» The game is being held at the Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg, with Yuri Karpov from Petrozavodsk serving as the main referee. Currently, the score stands at 5-0 in favor of the home team. «Championat» is providing a live text commentary of the match.

Gustavo Mantuan scored the fifth goal for Zenit in the 68th minute. Earlier, in the 6th minute, Orenburg’s Atsamaz Revazov was shown a red card. Yuri Gorshkov opened the scoring in the 27th minute, putting Zenit ahead. Just six minutes later, at the 33rd minute, Gerson doubled the hosts’ advantage. Vadim Shilov scored the third goal for Zenit in injury time at 45+1 minutes. In the 64th minute, Alexander Erokhin added the fourth goal for the blue-white-blue team.

The current holder of the Russian Cup is CSKA Moscow. In the final of the previous tournament edition, the army team triumphed over «Rostov.» The match concluded in a draw after regular time, finishing at 0-0. In the penalty shootout, the Moscow side edged out their opponent with a score of 4-3. CSKA also claimed the Supercup of the country by defeating «Krasnodar.»