On May 25, in a tense match of the 30th round of the RPL at the Gazprom Arena stadium in St. Petersburg, Zenit won a strong-willed victory over Rostov with a score of 2:1, thereby becoming the Russian football champion for the sixth time in a row, reports championat.com.
Ronaldo scored for Rostov (54th minute), Gustavo Mantuan (65 – from the penalty spot) and Arthur (85) scored for Zenit.
Zenit led the standings throughout the season, ahead of its pursuers.
For the St. Petersburg team, this is already the 10th championship title in history, including victory in the 1984 USSR Championship.
In another key match of the tour, Krasnodar, beating Dynamo with a score of 1:0, became the silver medalist of the RPL, thereby achieving the best result in its history, and Dynamo Moscow finished the season with bronze medals.
