Italian national team coach Luciano Spalletti, before the match against Ukraine within the scope of the 2024 European Championship qualifiers, Zenit St. Petersburg, who won the Russian Championship after the start of SVO. He answered the question of why he congratulated St. Petersburg. His words guide the way Football Italy.
The journalist asked the expert whether it was right to do this regarding the team from Russia. Spalletti said that many of the players he coached, especially team coach Sergei Semak, were still with St. Louis. He said that he played for the St. Petersburg club.
The Italian noticed that Zenit was congratulating Napoli on their victory in the Italian Championship and he decided to reciprocate.
“It seems completely unfair to me to associate a sports victory with a conflict in which I completely disagree,” the coach added.
Zenit won their fifth consecutive RPL title in the 2022/23 season.
Spalletti served as Zenit’s head coach from 2009 to 2014. With him, the team became champions of Russia twice (2010, 2011/2012), won the National Cup in 2009/2010 and also won the Russian Super Cup in 2011.
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Source: Gazeta
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