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The head coach of Zenit Sergey Semak is able to lead any team in the world, Vlastimil Petrzhela, the former head coach of the St. Petersburg team, told RB Sport.
– In the near future, Sergei Semak will not be able to move to work in Europe because of his dislike for the Russians, because of the whole situation in the world. But! Semak is a good specialist who won everything in Russia, he could lead any team in the world – a club from the Premier League, La Liga or Serie A. The main thing is to know the language, it’s not a problem to learn, maybe he knows English or Spanish.
The same Real Madrid, he could easily train if everything was good in the world. I repeat, due to the current situation, not a single Russian player or coach will be able to leave for Europe – this is impossible for obvious reasons. The qualities that Sergey has allow him to work at the highest level, he is a good coach, but, unfortunately for him, sport is politics today, Petrzhela said.
Sergei Semak has been the head of Zenit since June 2018. Under him, the Blue-White-Blues won the gold medals of the Russian Championship four times in a row.
This season, MIR RPL Zenit scored 42 points in 17 matches and leads the standings.
The Russian football season will resume on February 22 with FONBET Russian Cup matches. On March 3, the WORLD RPL draw will continue. Live broadcasts of RPL matches and the National Cup are available on the Match TV federal channel and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
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