St. PETERSBURG, July 20, Sergey Yaremenko. Head coach of the St. Petersburg football club «Zenith» Sergey Semak believes that it is incorrect to call any number of foreigners or Russians in the team a gang. «Any number of foreigners or Russians is already a gang. We have a team, not gangster groups under the wing of Zenit.» that we have so many players from Latin America. Now the situation is such that it is difficult to invite players from European championships. And the level of salaries does not allow inviting quality players from Europe. Due to many events, the emphasis is on a different direction. Next is the work of the coaching staff to maintain the atmosphere in the team and achieve results,» Semak told reporters. On Tuesday, the Brazilians Ivan Quaresma and Gustavo Mantouan moved to Zenit from the Brazilian Corinthians on loan until the end of the 2022/23 season. gu say that Ivan and Mantua have been waiting for a long time. Initially, there was an agreement that they would arrive in mid-July. They will take different times to join the team. Ivan is almost ready. He just needs to adapt and get into training mode. With Mantua, you need to understand how much time is needed to adapt. This is a normal gain for our magazine. There are different situations related to the coronavirus or the number of players. Expanding the clip will allow us to minimize losses,» the coach added. «I appreciate Ivan and Mantua well. They will definitely compete. Injuries prevented Mantua from showing everything he was capable of. Matches for the youth teams and the conclusions of specialists allow us to hope that he can potentially help seriously if injuries do not interfere. Ivan was prevented from playing by competition, but he will be stronger, we can use him. The limit allows the use of both Ivan and Mantua,» Semak said.
