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Shmarov reacted to the fact that Zenit will have a younger squad in the veterans’ match
Valery Shmarov in the game for Spartak veterans / Photo: © FC Spartak
Former Spartak forward Valery Shmarov told RB Sport that he sees nothing wrong with the younger Zenit squad for the Legends match, which will take place before the game for the Russian Football Super Cup.
– So far there are no concrete thoughts, only the compositions have been announced. Does Zenit have a younger squad? Don’t worry, we’ll get ready,” Shmarov told RB Sport.
The game will take place on July 8 at the Petrovsky stadium in St. Petersburg. The start is at 18:00. The meeting will be shown live by the Match TV channel.
Andrey Arshavin, Alexander Kerzhakov, Vladimir Bystrov, Alexei Igonin, Valery Tsvetkov, Anatoly Timoshchuk, Oleg Vlasov, Alexander Spivak, Alexander Kurtiyan, Roman Shirokov, Alexander Anyukov, Denis Ugarov, Andrey Kobelev, Dmitry Radchenko, Evgeny Tarasov, Yuri Okroshidze will play for the Petersburgers .
The Red-Whites included Alexander Filimonov, Andrey Tikhonov, Yegor Titov, Dmitry Alenichev, Dmitry Khlestov, Eduard Mor, Alexander Shirko, Valery Shmarov, Evgeny Bushmanov, Andrey Konovalov, Vladimir Dzhubanov, Alexander Samedov, Konstantin Golovskoy, Maxim Buznikin, Dmitry Kombarov.
Source: Sportbox
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