St. Petersburg, April 20, Sergey Yaremenko. The head coach of the St. Petersburg «Zenith» Sergey Semak said that he did not try to rotate and save the players of the main team in the match against the Vladikavkaz «Alania». Russian Cup. Regular time ended in a draw 2:2. In the penalty shootout, the hosts turned out to be more accurate — 6:5. Football players of the St. Petersburg club Malcolm, Douglas Santos, Yuri Alberto, Ivan Sergeev and Alexei Sutormin appeared on the field only in the second half. Claudinho did not take part in the match. «I don't think we decided to keep the players. We have 16-17 players, they all play, they come out from time to time. Today we decided to look at some players. We do not have a second or first team. There are quantitative problems, for various reasons, three defenders do not play. We are trying to change the scheme. To release those players who need practice. But we are counting on everyone,» Semak said at a press conference. national league). The team fights for the play-offs. The motivational component, support, artificial turf, all this together eliminates the difference in class. Desire and struggle come first. Alania were better today in this. I can’t say that we don’t I had enough desire, but the opponent had more of it. When we played football, we looked good, created and scored. But you need to keep the concentration all 90 minutes, «Semak said.
