Former head coach of the Russian national team Boris Ignatiev said in an interview with socialbites.ca that St. He said that St. Petersburg Zenit’s poor performance in 2024 was due to Sergei Semak’s team stopping attacking quickly.
“The decline in performance can be explained by the fact that they control the ball for a long time and most teams do not understand how to counter this. They lack the playing space and time to think in front of the penalty area to finish the chance. By preparing an attack in the middle of the field for a long time, the players of the defending team from the attacker to the last defender It allows them to go back and block all available areas. As soon as Zenit increases the pace, their advantage begins to be noticed. Everyone agreed with the current Zenit style, St. Petersburg needs to switch from defense to attack faster,” said Ignatiev.
The match between Zenit and Dinamo in the 26th round of RPL ended with the capital team leading 1:0. “socialbites.ca” spent online text broadcast of the meeting.
Zenit, led by Sergei Semak, continues to lead the Russian Championship rankings. St. Petersburg club has 50 points. It is noteworthy that Zenit lost the previous RPL match, losing to Rubin. St. The match played in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 0:2.
Previously at Zenit One In short, they appreciated the title race in the RPL.
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