Semak believes that Spartak lacks reliability in defense

Spartak players lack reliable defensive play, they score a lot, but concede even more, said Zenit head coach Sergei Semak.

On Sunday, Zenit defeated Spartak with a score of 3: 1 in the away match of the 5th round of the WORLD RPL. Wendel scored two goals, Cassierra scored the third in stoppage time. The losers responded with Sobolev’s goal from the penalty spot, which was awarded at the end of the second half for handball.

– Emotional game. We had an excessive marriage, perhaps due to nervousness. We could have decided the fate of the match earlier, but we are satisfied with the victory, we will prepare for the next games.

– What did you especially like?

– A lot. Didn’t like the marriage. There were pluses and minuses, in general we are happy with the victory.

Wendel hasn’t trained for a month. Surprised by the rapid set of his form?

We have known its capabilities for a long time. It remained to gain game tone, but Wendel can do a lot with the ball. As soon as can show more, shows skill is skill. So far, there is too much marriage in Wendel’s programs, but this is not only his problem, but also Erakovich’s, for example. To date, Wendel is a team player, he is in Zenit.

– How did you prepare for this game, given the previous failures?

We knew how they play, they know how we play. Spartak lacks defensive reliability, they score a lot and concede even more. For our part, we tried to use the existing system, partly the first goal helped in this.

Why didn’t Renan play?

– Alip looks better in a number of aspects, we are slowly teaching him, he deserved the starting line-up and had a good match. Healthy competition.

Fernandez doesn’t go too deep in defense?

– He missed a lot, it shows. Sits down when tired. Over time, it will pick up shape, correct itself. It will be even more active, – quotes Semak “Match TV”.

After today’s game zenitovtsy take fourth place in the standings, the team of Guillermo Abascal dropped to 6th place.

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