Former CSKA and USSR national football player Vladimir Ponomarev, St. He explained why St. Petersburg Zenit’s Brazilian players had disciplinary problems in the training camp. He shared his opinion with him “RB Sports”.
“What did you expect? There are ten of them there. The Brazilians have just returned from holiday and do not want to work. And in the training camp the sun is like at home, there is somewhere to go after training. They communicate in their own language and it seems that they have understood that there is no need to push too much.
Brazilians enjoy the freebies because they charge us a lot of money. It will be difficult to stop them now – they understand that one of them will still be in the starting lineup, since almost the whole team is there. “Won’t they put all the Brazilians on the bench at the same time in Zenit?” – said the veteran.
On January 30, St. Information emerged that the midfielder of the St. Petersburg club Wendel was late for training five times and that midfielder Claudinho did not want to train at full capacity.
Zenit ranked third in the Russian Premier League (RPL) ranking by collecting 36 points after 18 weeks. The blue-white-blues are two points behind the leader Krasnodar. Dinamo Moscow is in third place with 32 points.
The second part of the Russian Championship starts in March. In the 19th round, Sergei Semak’s team will play at home against the capital’s Spartak team.
Former manager of Zenit player Wendel Reacted to news of delays.