Former Zenit football player Igor Semshov summed up the results of the blue-white-blue match with Spartak.

On Sunday, Zenit defeated Spartak on the road with a score of 3: 1 in the match of the 5th round of the WORLD RPL. This victory allowed the Petersburgers with 10 points to rise to fourth place in the standings. Spartak is in sixth place with nine points.

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– It was a good match. In the first half, after 15 minutes, Zenit took the ball under control, had the advantage, there were moments. In the second half, the Petersburgers wanted to lure out the opponent in order to carry out smashing counterattacks. Successfully scored the second goal, well combined. The penalty created intrigue at the end of the match, but the third ball killed her. The teams had a good match in terms of emotions, ball control and desire.

– Abascal lost to Zenit?

– You can’t say that. Abascal does not enter the football field. Of course, he had a game plan, but the characters are the players. It was necessary to change the course of the match. This is how Zenit and Spartak did it. I don’t think Semak told Zenit to sit down in the second half and play defensively. Surely, the coach of St. Petersburg wanted his team to have a ball. “Spartak” forced “Zenith” to defend, everyone regularly completed the task of defending themselves, but when the Petersburgers had the ball, they tried not to give it away. Zenit has players who can do this thanks to their technical equipment.

– Wendel is head and shoulders above all in the Russian championship, since he did not go through pre-season training and looked so good in the last two matches of the RPL?

– I would note the whole three in the center of the field – Claudinho, Wendel and Bariossa, and not just Wendel. They controlled the ball well, changed flanks. All three are to be commended. Wendel today was where he should be, – quotes the words of Semshov “RB Sport”.

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