St. St. Petersburg “Zenith” head coach Sergei Semak commented on his team’s defeat in the friendly match against Azerbaijani “Neftchi”. Semak quotes his words “Match TV”.
“Overall, that’s what this match was needed for; to get an idea of the players and their form. We got it – that’s the most important thing. I think no athlete ever wants to lose and the game became scrappy, there were a lot of martial arts, even delays in time everyone wanted to win, that’s natural,” Semak said.
The match held in Baku resulted in a 2:1 victory for the home team. Among the winners, Reziuan Mirzov scored a double. Do Queiroz scored Zenit’s only goal.
Zenit is in second place in the Russian Premier League (RPL) rankings with 30 points after 15 matches.
It was before named The club is the main contender for the RPL championship.