The Petersburgers want to repeat Arsenal’s record.
Probably, “Zenith” settled in the first place RPL until the end of the season. You need to figure out what to do with yourself as they are preparing a festive concert in honor of the fifth consecutive title on stage. In August Semak was asked about looking for more motivation for soccer players:
Undefeated Golden Season? We are far from Wenger. You have to start with your game.
It’s funny that Sergei Bogdanovich said he was away from Wenger and not from Arsenal. He spoke on behalf of him, the thought of repeating Arsene’s record – a season without a defeat in the league – slipped away. He’s been close a couple of times. We had to push a goal against Lokomotiv and Ufa, it didn’t work. Dynamo and Rubin interfered further.
In the spring, they made Pari NN happy in the last round, and before that they were inferior to Sochi and Arsenal. After the defeats in the Samara Cup and Moscow, the fate of the season without major setbacks RPL it depends on the quality of the reserve and who plays less frequently. The base with Wendel, Barrios, Malcolm and Lovren is objectively the strongest in the league.
Matteo Cassierra
It is now clear why the boy was not brought to Benfica or Porto. We have seen what the Zenit and Semak scouts did not understand. Fedotov knew how to get the most out of the Colombian’s game, but now the team’s main striker, Sergeyev, has moved on to the start after Mateo’s failures, in poor condition. But if he successfully arrives as a substitute in Voronezh, he can return. For the attackers it is easier, Zenit has many opponents who are cut and dry. In the meantime, the attacker is weak: he assisted, but without a goal RPL after 16 shots.
Zelimkhan Bakaev
Kavazashvili said Bakaev would be the principal at Zenit in a year. If the key Brazilians leave, of course. But with the competition, the Spartak defector is of no use to the team. As a winger, he is weaker than Malcolm, Mostovoy, Claudinho and even Mantova, because Bakaev is not a very fast player. Since the sender does not fit, there are no pure “tens” in Semak’s schemes. He played 260 minutes in one third of the season RPLwhich is lower than that of Sutormin.
Alexander Erokhin
Too bad he’s on the bench. Erokhin is a subtle, thoughtful and sensitive footballer. Instead of a base in a decent team, but without access to an eternal source of titles, at 32, Erokhin, the age at which you can play a lot, has turned into an eternal substitute. After seven substitutions, Alexander left for a total of 58 minutes. Fantastic player, but if he gets that far, it’s better to find a new club. Sure, Zenit is comfortable, but Erokhin is wild card with 7 goals in one season in RPL turned into a third player. He doesn’t even play in the Cup.
Nuraly Alip
“Zenith” looked a bit like four central defenders. They took Rodrigao and the comparison with the Brazilian is not in Alip’s favor. If Chistyakov loses the competition against Lovren, world runner-up and Champions League finalist, the young Kazakh is inferior to the boy from Sochi. Alip has spent RPL 46 minutes, but if at the end of the season, on the way to the championship without defeat, it is Nuraly who entrusts a place at the base, then the goalkeeper will have to worry about the safety of his own goal. Alip is a strange legionnaire.
Arsen Adamov
You can ask Novoseltsev how easy it is to develop a career if he moves to Zenit, but it doesn’t catch on. In the Urals Adamov was fantastic, Semak’s team is not even fourth in line, because Santos will easily play alongside Lovren, if necessary it has already happened in the past. Arsen is a few years old, he can get out from under the rubble on the champions’ bench with a transfer. But time is running out and Semak has no more reason to trust Arsen.
Danil Krugovoi
He gave a hard blow when Santos had to look for a spot in the middle while Krugovoi deserved a position on the left side of the defense. But now Danil has seven substitutions, in total he has played a miserable 79 minutes. During this period, it is impossible to show oneself. If Mostovoy was looking for a new club in the summer, and now at the base, his colleague on his wing sits under one of the more stable players RPL recent years. Hope only for the departure of the Santos?
Alexey Sutormin
Sutormin is only twenty-eight. At his age, football players play at the base. Alexei’s peers are Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Robertson and Bruno Fernandes. And if there is someone on the bench, like Depay, at least the form is such that it is not a shame to put it on the basis of the national team. Sutormin is an example of an average player who has worked hard, expanded his range, played everywhere. But Alexei doesn’t even have Kuzyaev status at Zenit so far. Too bad, because a player with flair and sharpness of action.
Ivan
TO RPL the Brazilian goalkeeper did not play a minute. After Odoevsky’s injury, a veteran Kerzhakov appeared at the gate. The goalkeeper has joined a successful operation to make a fortune for a pair of Brazilian soccer agents. But when Quaresma is on goal in the Cup, the results are so-so. He didn’t make it hard, but if at the end of the season it’s up to him RPL, then the lack of synchronicity in defense can do harm. And why do Zenit need a foreign goalkeeper on the bench? Semaku inside RPL most profitable Russian goalkeeper.
Dmitry Chistyakov
From hints of a place on the Russian national team to a deep Zenit reserve, Chistyakov was not seen on the pitch in RPL a long time ago, and when he comes out in the Cup, the results against Krylya Sovetov and Spartak speak for themselves. There will be no Chistyakov in the heart of Zenit this season if Lovren and Rodrigao don’t decide to leave in winter RPL. Dmitry is objectively not better prepared, not suitable for strengthening the defense. Without him as the main lost only 4 goals in 11 games. I wonder how they will play in Voronezh, because Fakel knows how to react.
Claudio
Is it strange to see one of the best players in a brilliant section last season in such a company? It’s that simple, Claudinho can be the same footballer as Cassierra. First, he worked on the “book of records” and then, as befits a lazy student, he cooled down and calmed down, trying to leave class, as Malcolm did at Zenith for a long time before this season. . Claudinho lost to Mostovoy in the fight for a place at the base on the left flank in attack. And while the class is the prettiest of all on the list, its return to the pinnacle of form comes as no surprise, but doubts have crept in. Maybe Claudinho doesn’t like Semak offering him to plow in the fight and play in the middle of the field – Barrios didn’t like in the center of the defense, Wendel at first wanted to work less without the ball.
Little things like that make up the attitude of a player. Malcolm, while dreaming of a quick return to the top 5, also seemed slow, but Claudinho hasn’t decided yet. Either he asks for a passport or he keeps information about football life in Lisbon. A strange player, very strong, but it is clear why Zenit took him first, and not immediately the Champions League playoff team. If Wendel, Barrios and Santos are iconic figures, Claudinho has started to misbehave. Maybe it’s time for him to sit on the bench while Mostovoy is on the left in attack, and in between is the sly Kuzyaev with Barrios and Wendel.
