Former Zenit football player Dmitry Barannik explained what is the main value of Sergei Semak in the results received by the team.
“For me, Semak’s greatest merit is that Zenit does not cause scandal. Everything goes smoothly, without jaundice, with the possible exception of the episode with Dzyuba. We see a professionally created process. This honors Semak as a coach, as a human being. Because dealing with top players is not that easy,” Barannik says. “Match TV”.
Semak became the head of Zenit in 2018 and worked in the coaching staff from 2013 to 2016. Under his leadership, St. Petersburg won the Russian Championship five times, the Country Cup once and the Super Cup three times. Semak was named the best coach of the year twice.
Blue-white-dark blue team defeated Spartak (3:2) last weekend and became the champion of the Russian Premier League (RPL) for the fifth time in a row. Claudinho, Andrey Mostovoy and Ivan Sergeev scored against the winners. As part of the Muscovites, Keita Balde and Quincy Promes distinguished themselves (from the penalty spot).
Formerly Vlastimil Petrzhela He said that it would be difficult for Sergei Semak to leave to work in Europe.