Zenit - Ural
Stadium:"Krestovsky"
Match start: 14:00
Arbitrator: Alexey Eskov
St. Petersburg "Zenith" will finally hold the first match at its new stadium, the construction of which began ten years ago, and the deadlines have been shifted several times. Also, its cost has been constantly increasing. The honor to open the stadium was given to the finalist of the Cup of Russia "Ural", which takes 10th place in the standings, but has not lost since March 10, having won five meetings in a row (twice against Rubin, as well as against Anzhi, Orenburg and "Tomi"). Head coach of "Zenith" Mircea Lucescu has already said that the team is waiting for a difficult match. The Petersburgers are not in the best shape now, in the last round they lost to Spartak in Moscow and actually dropped out of the championship race, also earlier Zenit was defeated in the game with Amkar and lost points with Anji in the last match on "Petrovsky". Despite this, the team is obliged to beat Ural, because the fight against CSKA for silver medals and a place in the Champions League is not over yet. CSKA won yesterday against “Ufa” and entrenched in second place in the standings. Zenit is currently 4 points behind, with Krasnodar supporting the team from behind.
"Ural" is unlikely to give all the best before the historic final, risk the health of the players, especially since the lawn at the new stadium "Zenith" leaves much to be desired. Thanks to victories over the representatives of the lower part of the standings, Tarkhanov's team broke away from the play-off zone by 9 points and can now safely prepare for the Russian Cup final, which will be held on May 2.
Interesting facts of the confrontation "Zenith" and "Ural":
"Zenith" in the championships of Russia met with "Ural" 11 times, winning ten meetings and drawing once in 1992.
"Ural" scored only 7 goals against "Zenith".
The most popular score in the confrontation is 2:1 in favor of Zenit (3 games in the championship and one in the Cup).
The match of the first round ended with the victory of "Zenith" with a score of 0:2. The goals were scored by Shatov and Yusupov.
Approximate compositions:
"Zenith": Lunev, Smolnikov, Nope, Krishito, Zhirkov, Garcia, Yusupov, Kokorin, Juliano, Danny, Dziuba.
"Ural": Zabolotny, Kulakov, Dinga, Balazhits, Dantsev, Emelyanov, Dimitrov, Korobov, Lungu, Bikfalvi, Ilyin.
Forecast for the match "Zenith" - "Ural":
“Zenith” is the clear favorite of the confrontation, “Ural” has never won against the club from St. Petersburg, and is unlikely to take points in the reporting match.
Bookmakers offer odds of 1.20 for a home win, 7.00 for a draw, and 18.10 for Ural.
Vyacheslav Gorbachev
Football club "Zenith" holds the first match at the stadium "St. Petersburg". The team from St. Petersburg on Saturday, April 22, meets with the club "Ural".
Context
"The stadium has been put into operation, there is a certificate, the stadium has received a safety passport, a certificate of the Russian Football Union, nothing prevents the matches from being held," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko told the Interfax news agency. He said that the appearance of the stadium "is not final yet", and only 20,000 spectators were allowed to the first match.
The well-known actor Mikhail Boyarsky acted as the stadium announcer. The fans who came critically assess the state of the stadium. "The match hasn't started yet and the roof is already leaking," they wrote on Twitter.
Meanwhile, the construction of the stadium is not completed, despite the start of operation. "According to available information, many works will require rework, which means that there will be new government contracts," said Petr Yakovlev, deputy head of the St. Petersburg Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service.
Construction of the stadium began in 2007. His budget has increased several times. The total cost of the facility exceeds 42 billion rubles. In 2018, it will host matches of the World Cup.
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10 years and no stadium
It is not for nothing that the construction site of Krestovsky was called long-suffering. For 10 years, the project has changed 3 times, and the budget has grown 6.5 times - from 6.7 to 43.8 billion rubles. The stadium in 2018 should host matches of the World Cup, and in 2017 - the Confederations Cup. The authorities promised to hold a surrender and a test match in September 2016, but in June an audit by the Chamber of Control and Accounts revealed "lack of readiness for a number of works."
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
Instead of Kirovsky - "Krestovsky"
The history of construction began in 2005, when on the site of the stadium. Kirov on Krestovsky Island, the mayor's office of St. Petersburg decided to build a modern arena. The photo from space in 2000 shows "Kirovskiy" - an architectural monument of federal significance, built before the Second World War. He stood on a bulk 16-meter hill. The Krestovsky field is now located within the boundaries of the old football field.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
2006 Dismantling and starting a new project
In 2006, despite the protests of St. Petersburg residents, the dismantling of the Kirovsky stands began. The idea of the Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, who proposed the image of the stadium - a spaceship with antenna masts, won at the design competition. A roll-out pitch structure with a retractable roof that was blown with hot air to melt the snow was supposed to provide natural football turf with sunlight.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
2007 Ahead of schedule
In 2006, the construction of a football arena on Krestovsky Island was entrusted to the St. Petersburg company Sintez-Sui LLC. She determined the cost of her services at 6.7 billion rubles in the prices of that time. In 2007, the St. Petersburg mayor's office reported that the work is ahead of schedule, the stadium will be commissioned by the beginning of 2009, and in March the local Zenit team should play the first matches of the season there.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
year 2009. Non-compliance with FIFA requirements
In 2008, Krestovsky's budget increased to 13 billion rubles due to an increase in the number of seats for spectators to 62,000 and an increase in the cost of building materials and work on difficult ground. The commissioning of the project has been postponed to 2010. But at the end of 2009, it turned out that the stadium, according to the project approved by the expert examination, does not meet the FIFA requirements for capacity, comfortable visibility and fire safety of the premises.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
2011. Deadlines postponed again
Fulfillment of FIFA standards has shifted the delivery of "Krestovsky" to 2011, and then to 2013. The number of seats has been increased to 68,000. The new general contractor "Inzhtransstroy-SPb" had to redo part of the work, dismantle and rebuild the roof in order to close not only the stands, but also the field. The estimate increased from 13 to 22.5 billion rubles. By the fall of 2013, 15 billion had been spent, but the readiness of construction was 35 percent.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
year 2013. Another adjustment
In 2013, a criminal case was initiated against Sintez-Sui, the first general contractor of Krestovsky, which overstated the cost of ground work at the facility by 0.5 billion rubles. "Inzhtransstroy-SPb" was forced not only to install the most complex structures of the stadium, but to additionally strengthen the ground - the weight of the stadium bowl is more than 1 million tons. The construction budget increased again - from 22.5 to 24.3 billion rubles.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
year 2014. Far from completion
By the end of 2014, Inzhtransstroy-SPb completed the construction of the Krestovsky bowl. The installation of the fixed part of the roof, the installation of a retractable roof, a roll-out field, engineering systems, finishing, adjustment of equipment, landscaping and infrastructure were to be installed. Its delivery was again postponed - to June 2016. The new cost of the project was approved - 34.9 billion rubles, "and not a penny more."
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
2015 New embankment
By January 2015, the readiness of Krestovsky was 70 percent. The picture from space shows the work on the creation of alluvium - an artificial piece of land of 16 hectares in the west of Krestovsky Island. Transport infrastructure is planned on the new embankment - parking lots, roads, driveways, a recreational area and the Novokrestovskaya metro station. An additional 2.39 billion rubles were allocated for this.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
Summer 2016. Object readiness 85%
By the spring of 2016, 486,000 cubic meters of gas had been used at the Krestovsky construction site in St. Petersburg. m of concrete - 5.5 times more than for the construction of the Wembley Stadium in London. The total weight of all metal structures was 26 thousand tons, which is comparable to 4 Eiffel Towers. The roof area of the stadium is 71 thousand square meters, which is approximately equal to 3 Red Squares. In July, the readiness of the facility was 85 percent.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
Scandal with "missing billions"
In July 2016, 11 months before the Confederations Cup, the mayor's office of St. Petersburg accused Inzhtransstroy-SPb of failing to meet construction deadlines, overestimating the estimate, and terminated the contract, transferring the functions of the general contractor to Metrostroy. "Inzhtransstroy-SPb" announced a delay in the issuance of design decisions and an attempt to raiderly capture "Krestovsky", where the main work has been completed. The media began to search for the "missing billions."
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
One of the most expensive
In August 2016, part of the roof was demolished at Krestovsky, basements were flooded, and the premises were covered with mold. But the authorities promise to hand over the object on December 30, and to hold the first match in the spring of 2017. The "Construction of the Century" in St. Petersburg ranked 4th in the world in terms of price - $ 1.1 billion at the rate of 2013, when the estimate was made up. More expensive cost only “Wembley” in England, “Olympic” in Canada and “Cowboys Stadium” in the United States.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
First tests
On February 11, 2017, the first spectators were allowed into the stadium - about 10,000 people took part in the test event, who, after it, as one complained about dusty and worn seats. The first football match at the "Krestovsky" should take place on April 23, when "Zenith" will host the Yekaterinburg "Ural". And in the summer, the arena will host games of the Confederations Cup, including the opening match and the final of the tournament.
Stadium "Zenith" in St. Petersburg - long-term construction of 10 years
Name it if you can
With the name of this object, everything is complicated. Often it is called the "Zenith Arena", but in the "Zenith" they say that this is an incorrect option. In April 2016, the toponymic commission of the city gave the stadium the geographical designation "Krestovskiy". At the same time, during the Confederations Cup and the World Cup, the arena will be officially called the St. Petersburg Stadium. And after major tournaments, he can be given a new name.
00:25 - REGNUM Football club "Zenith" today, April 22, will play its first match at the stadium "St. Petersburg Arena", built on the Krestovsky island of the northern capital. In the 24th round of the Russian Football Championship, Zenit will host Ural from Yekaterinburg.
This game will be the first official football match at the new stadium, which during the construction period was conditionally called the Zenit Arena. The match starts at 14:00 Moscow time.
According to the website of the Russian Football Premier League, 20,500 spectators will be allowed to the match against Ural, and the number of seats for spectators at the St. Petersburg Arena will gradually increase for the next two games. After three "test" matches, the stadium will wait for the start of the Confederations Cup. The matches of this international tournament will be held in St. Petersburg on June 17, 22, 24 and July 2.
Zenith head coach Mircea Lucescu, who tested the new stadium with his players during training, noted that the stadium is "impressive immediately when you enter it." “If the field eventually matches the stadium, everything in the complex will be simply incredible,” the official website of Zenit quotes the coach.
Lucescu also said that the closing roof of the stadium "allows you to play at any time of the year, regardless of the weather conditions that happen in St. Petersburg."
The first match at the St. Petersburg Arena will be a test not only for the stadium, but also for the transport service scheme, which will then be applied during the Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup. So far, this scheme will do without the Novokrestovskaya metro station, which is still being built on the alluvial area next to the stadium.
According to the Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure of St. Petersburg, visitors to the match "Zenith" - "Ural" will be able to get to the stadium "St. Petersburg Arena" in several ways:
- Arriving at the Krestovsky Ostrov metro station, then walk to the stadium through the main alley (Battery Road) of the Primorsky Victory Park.
- using the free bus from the Petrogradskaya metro station (S3 shuttle), which will proceed without intermediate stops to the Krestovsky Ostrov bus station, then walk along the South Alley, then along the Battery Road. The place of boarding the bus will be located near the house number 89 on Maly Ave. PS (Shevchenko Square).
“The use of personal vehicles to get to the stadium is not recommended. Access to the stadium and nearby parking lots will be prohibited. On the road network of Krestovsky Island, traffic will be limited and stopping will be prohibited. Vehicles that violate these rules will be evacuated,” the CTTI warned.
Disabled drivers will be able to park their cars (with appropriate identification marks) in the parking lot on Petrovsky Square (Petrovsky Island), and a specially equipped bus will take them to the stadium.
At the end of the match, spectators will be able to use the same modes of transport.
However, one must keep in mind that at the end of the match, the entrance to the Krestovsky Ostrov metro station will be limited. As an alternative, it is proposed to use a bus going to the Chkalovskaya metro station without intermediate stops (S6 shuttle). Travel on it will be free. The place of boarding the bus will be located on Sportivnaya street, between Morskoy and Krestovsky prospects.
And on the evening of April 22, at 21:30, the third "Festival of Light" will begin at the new stadium. The show will consist of four blocks, accompanied by musical performances and an interactive program. In addition to laser illumination at the St. Petersburg Arena stadium and the Western High-Speed Diameter, guests will enjoy fireworks and fireworks every half an hour.
Recall that the stadium on Krestovsky Island was put into operation at the end of December 2016. Approximately 43 billion rubles from the budget of St. Petersburg were spent on its construction over 10 years, and this figure is not final. Works at the stadium and the adjacent territory are ongoing, they are promised to be completed in May of this year.
Currently, the stadium is in the free use of the St. Petersburg State Autonomous Institution "Directorate for the Management of Sports Facilities". It is assumed that in the near future the arena will be transferred to FC Zenit on a concession basis.
Background
The Zenit Arena stadium (Gazprom Arena) was built in 2016 on Krestovsky Island in St. Petersburg on the site of the demolished Kirov Stadium. The stadium hosted matches of the 2017 Confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The author of the project is the Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa. CJSC Inzhtransstroy acted as the general contractor. The stadium has a capacity of 68,000 seats for football matches and 80,000 for other events such as concerts, etc. The stadium has a retractable roof. A unique feature of the stadium is the retractable retractable football field.
The stadium is known for the fact that its construction cost a record amount for Russia. Initially, the cost of construction was estimated at 6.7 billion rubles, but as a result, according to various estimates, it amounted to 43 to 50.8 billion rubles. Funds for the construction were allocated from the city budget of St. Petersburg.
The terms of delivery of the stadium were repeatedly extended and exceeded all conceivable limits. Construction began in 2006, and in 2009 the first football match was to be held at the stadium. However, the opening of the stadium took place only in 2016.
During the operation of the stadium, the poor quality of the lawn and significant vibrations of the retractable football field were revealed.
The corner impact zone looked like a green-painted door mat.© Social network photo.
In August 2007, the then governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, announced that Zenit would play the first match at the new stadium in March 2009. That is eight years ago.
Over the years, the construction of the Zenith Arena has become, perhaps, one of the most shameful construction stories. And the match within the framework of the Russian Football Championship, which was timed to coincide with the opening of a monument to Russian corruption in a new stadium on Krestovsky Island, also did not go well.
The first official match at the new stadium "Zenith" held on Saturday, April 22, with the team "Ural". The event showed that the stadium, which cost, according to various estimates, from 40 to 50 billion rubles, is not ready for regular season games.
But that's half the trouble... The new Zenith arena is still better than the old one, but the match itself mystically illustrated the statement that it would be extremely difficult to clean the stadium's karma.
In order to somehow streamline emotions and impressions, “I collected the 10 most frequently discussed episodes of Saturday evening.
10. Transport to the stadium.
The episode with the first and second deletion is, of course, bright, but this may well be.
The first removal is controversial.
It can be seen that the Ural player first hits the ball, and then into the opponent's leg. In general, if a football player plays with the ball, then he does not violate the rules. However, he then hits the leg. And then the judge must decide: it happened on purpose, or the player simply did not have time to remove his leg.
The referee considered this a violation and gave a warning - a yellow card, and this was already the second yellow card from the Urals, which means a red card - removal from the field. Perhaps if there was only one such episode in the game, it would hardly have caused heated debate.
The second removal - for "talks".
The above episode outraged the Ural player Roman Pavlyuchenko. Even in the video without sound, it is clear that there is something to remove the attacker for. He is clearly aggressive and, most likely, in an extremely offensive way, “presses” the judge. As a result, it turned out that the referee removed two players from the opposing team at once. And this is already from the category of football exotics.
3. The episode with the Zenit player Artem Dzyuba.
Both participants in the conflict in these frames were given a yellow card. Separately - an ordinary episode. But… For the Ural player, it turned out to be the second yellow card - another removal. And this was already the third removal in the game - this rarely happens at all. And when this happens within a short time, and in favor of the hosts, who also play the first game at the new stadium...
In general, the Internet began ...
2. We will not cite the opinions of fans of other clubs and residents of other Russian cities. We publish only the comments of Petersburgers. At least by birth...
1. A certain result of all this was summed up by the famous Zenit fan Mikhail Shats ...
Petersburg "Zenith" won the first match at the new stadium, beating the Yekaterinburg "Ural" in a match with three removals from the opponent
Photo: Zenit official website
Petersburg "Zenith" in the first match at the new stadium defeated Yekaterinburg "Ural" with a score of 2:0. In the course of the match, the chief referee Alexei Yeskov removed three players from the guests.
The place of the announcer at the match was taken by the People's Artist of Russia Mikhail Boyarsky. He announced the line-ups and goalscorers.
In the middle of the second half, the Moscow referee Alexei Yeskov showed the Ural players two red cards in one episode. First, Eric Bikfalvi knocked down Igor Smolnikov, hitting him in the leg. The Romanian midfielder received a second yellow card and was sent off. The players of the Yekaterinburg club surrounded the referee, trying to explain to him that Bikfalvi was playing catch. Forward guests Roman Pavlyuchenko pushed his teammate, who crashed into the referee and also received a red card.
Having gained an advantage in two players, Zenit constantly attacked and took the lead in the 86th minute. Domenico Krishito crossed from a free-kick from the right side, and Branislav Ivanovic, pushing through the guests' goalkeeper Nikolai Zabolotny, sent the ball into the goal with his head rebounding from the post.
In the episode with a goal scored, Zenit striker Artem Dzyuba and Ural midfielder Roman Yemelyanov staged a brawl in the penalty area of the guests. The referee showed both players a yellow card. For Yemelyanov, this warning was the second, and he left the field.
In stoppage time, playing against eight rivals, Zenit scored the second goal. Dziuba, Juliano and Yoan Mollo jumped out three of them on one goalkeeper. Giuliano gave a pass to Mollo, and the Frenchman doubled the advantage of the St. Petersburg club.
By the 24th round, Ural scored the most points in the spring part of the Russian Championship (15), having won five victories in six matches. Premier League leader Spartak Moscow scored 14 points in the same period, Zenit only eight. Also, Ural reached the final of the Russian Cup, where on May 2 in Sochi they will play with Moscow Lokomotiv.
Last week, the RFU Stadium Certification Commission found serious flaws in the new Zenith arena. This was reported by "Sport-Express" with reference to a source in the RFU, familiar with the situation. Nevertheless, the commission granted Zenit's application for a certificate for holding official football matches under the auspices of the RFU at the St. Petersburg arena.
Earlier, the general director of Zenit, Maxim Mitrofanov, said that the team would not like to play matches in the new arena in the near future. Footballers, including not satisfied with the quality of the lawn. Due to obligations to the organizing committee of the 2018 World Cup, Zenit was supposed to play at the St. Petersburg stadium on April 22. At the same time, the club would prefer to postpone the debut until a later time.
“To be honest, we would not play our matches at this stadium now. But there are certain obligations for the host of the 2018 World Cup, which in this case is St. Petersburg. It is obliged to hold three events at the stadium before the Confederations Cup, it is not indicated, by the way, which ones, so de jure these are not necessarily football matches. Formally, the city can present two events to FIFA - a bike show and a concert. But what can FIFA say to that? You didn’t use the field, you didn’t use the stadium’s lighting systems, but we want to see how the matches are held in the arena, ”Fontanka quotes Mitrofanov.
"Zenith" is not satisfied with the quality of the lawn laid on the "Krestovsky". In early April, there were reports that the turf prepared during construction had fallen into disrepair. The organizers of the World Cup denied this information, but Mitrofanov confirmed that the field was damaged.