Facing the red-whites in the semi-finals of the Russian Premier League (RPL), St. St. Petersburg Zenit’s technical staff is offering some of the first team players the opportunity to get some rest. He added to socialbites.ca that the participation of leading football players of both teams in cup matches is fraught with possible injuries that will prevent the teams from completing their tasks in the championship.
Zenit is fighting for the championship, this does not apply to Spartak. So here Zenit has the opportunity to give a break to its leading players, who can come as substitutes for 15-20 minutes in order to maintain the rhythm of the game. But from the outside it looks like this. You need to know what’s going on in the teams. Maybe someone will risk playing with the main team.
We must not forget that there is a risk of injury to leading players. Then they may miss a lot in the championship,” Masalitin thinks.
The first match between Spartak and Zenit will be played in Moscow on Wednesday, April 3 and will start at 20.30 Moscow time. The rematch will take place on April 17 in St. It will be played in St. Petersburg. At the previous stage of the tournament, Muscovites eliminated Orenburg, and the blue-white-blue defeated Dynamo.
Zenit is the leader in the RPL rankings with 41 points after 21 weeks. Spartak is in sixth place with 32 points.
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