In honor of the St. Petersburg club, the lights on the Rostral Columns were lit today.

Zenit ahead of schedule became the champion of the Russian Premier League

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On April 30, Zenit defeated Lokomotiv Moscow at the Gazprom Arena with a score of 3: 1 in the match of the 27th round of the Russian Premier League. And thus, he secured victory in the championship ahead of schedule – three rounds before the finish line of the RPL.

In second place in the Dynamo standings. Today the club lost to Ural. And after the victory of Zenit, the gap between the leaders provided the St. Petersburg team with an early title.

In honor of the victory of the St. Petersburg club, lights were lit on the Rostral columns, the Smolny press service reports. In addition, on the occasion of the victory of Zenit, the Palace Bridge received blue-white-blue illumination, and the cast-iron supports on the Bolshoy Prospekt of the Petrograd side were also painted blue.

“Congratulations to Zenit and all its fans on the early and well-deserved championship! It is very important that in the golden match our team showed a real Leningrad-Petersburg character. Thanks to Zenit for the will to win and signature attacking football!” – said the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov.

This is the fourth championship in a row and the eighth in modern history for Zenit St. Petersburg.