Moscow City Court upheld the preventive punishment of Zenit striker Alexander Kokorin - the football player will be in a pre-trial detention center until December 8. This was announced by the telegram channel LIFE SHOT. Earlier, Zenit head coach Sergei Semak said that he was counting on Alexander Kokorin’s return to the team. At the same time, he stressed that a football player should be punished according to the law.. "For those events, no one can protect. This is absolutely an act that cannot be described in words.. I am glad that this event did not cause more serious consequences, no one crippled anyone. Adequate punishment is needed, "quotes Semak sports. ru. According to the coach, he would like the punishment to be for the players a signal to “take brooms and sweep something inside”. On Friday, October 19, the Moscow City Court is considering Kokorin's appeal - the athlete asked to cancel the decision of the court of first instance and release him from custody.

“I didn’t have a desire to disturb public order, I acted like this because of a conflict with specific people,” the Daily Storm telegram channel quoted Kokorin as saying. He added that he was aware of his mistake and hoped for a fair verdict of the judge.. Earlier, the court left the second person involved in the case, midfielder "Krasnodar" Pavel Mamaev. On October 8, Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev staged two fights in the center of Moscow; on October 11, the athletes were arrested for 2 months.