Semak urged to pay tribute to “Orenburg”, despite a major defeat from “Zenith”

“Orenburg” did not change the pattern of the game in the match with “Zenith”, despite the status of the opponent, it deserves praise, said the head coach of the St. Petersburg club Sergei Semak.

On Sunday, Zenit defeated Orenburg at home in the match of the 9th round of the WORLD of the Russian Premier League with a score of 8:0.

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– Zenit joined from the first minutes. Have you worked on the bugs after the matches with Torpedo and Ural?

– I don’t think that’s the only thing, we always turn on, the question is whether there is space or not. It’s one thing to play on the whole field with teams that are active, want to play football themselves, and another thing is against a team that defends in a low block where there is no space. Such matches take place at very different speeds. We try all the time, I think we do it well, and all clubs have separate segments.

The free space was not a surprise. Orenburg always tries to play its own football, they have a fast attack group. It so happened that we looked good, created chances due to speed, intensity, but Orenburg also had some very dangerous moments, the crossbar. It is worth paying tribute to the team that wants to play, not to deviate from the pattern of the game. There is a struggle until the last minutes on each section of the field, in the 90th minute the guys creep in the tackle. It’s very nice for the fans,” Semak told Match TV.

According to him, Zenit had no doubt that Orenburg would play aggressively.

– In terms of balance or defensive play, there are certain opportunities for other teams to attack, and today we did a lot. I think the game was expected, but it was impossible to imagine that the score would be like that, ”the Zenit official website quotes Semak as saying.

Goalkeeper Daniil Odoevsky was not included in the application for the game with Orenburg, Mikhail Kerzhakov defended the gates of the Blue-White-Blues.

– It’s not so much an injury, but rather a slight muscle inflammation. There is no injury. Probably, it is connected just with a little ragged rhythm of work. I missed some time, started to train, loaded a little bit. Here and there it worries a little, you have to get involved. Nothing, thank God, serious no. We are waiting for him in the very near future in the general group, he will work and prepare, ”Semak explained.

Zenit is leading the WORLD RPL standings with 23 points, in the 10th round the St. Petersburg team will play away with Dynamo Moscow.