Semak urged not to hang gold medals around the neck of Zenit players in advance

St. Petersburg, July 27, Taras Barabash. Head coach of St. Petersburg football club «Zenith» Sergey Semak said he agrees with the opinion that his team is one of the favorites of the championship of Russia season 2022/23. «Zenith» on Saturday will play with «Locomotive» in the match of the third round of the Russian Premier League (RPL). After two rounds, the «blue-white-blue» scored 4 points and are in fourth place in the table. Lokomotiv is in 10th place with 2 points. «They say that Zenit is the favorite of the championship? This is not the first year. We have to work. It is true that our team is one of the favorites. As for to hang medals in advance, I have no comments here. I think this is absolutely untrue. To deserve something, you need to work hard. So these are words and nothing more, «Semak told reporters. «Only two rounds have been played «There will be good streaks and bad streaks. It's important how we can get through the whole tournament with the least amount of slump. They will be — our job is to minimize them. Minimize their impact on the table. Of course, we want to be at the top, we make every effort for this. We want to be at the top of the standings,» Semak said.