St. PETERSBURG, Oct 2, Dmitry Edigarev. The head coach of the St. Petersburg «Zenith» Sergey Semak noted that he sees nothing wrong with obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation by the Brazilian football players of «Zenith», at the same time, according to him, the players will receive a number of advantages. Russian Premier League (RPL) 02 October 2022 • Start at 16:30 Ended
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RostovRussiaPreviously attacking Zenit players Malcolm and Claudinho expressed their desire to obtain Russian citizenship. Malcom noted that this, in particular, will help Zenit with a limit on foreign players. «It's great and wonderful that the Brazilians want to help the club. This is a concomitant factor along with all the benefits of obtaining a passport. There are also taxes, for example. People like to live in Russia «What's wrong with them wanting our passport?» — Semak told reporters. On Sunday, Zenit defeated Rostov at home with a score of 3: 1 in the match of the 11th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL). «It's not an easy game. In the first half, not everything worked out, the opponent controlled the ball, played more actively. In the second half, there was more control (Zenith had),» said the coach. 19-year-old Zenit goalkeeper Daniil Odoevsky continues to recover from injury. “It seems that there are no serious injuries. An additional examination also did not reveal any problems, so for now we are looking for the cause. There is no diagnosis yet that would have some kind of confirmation. There are problems in terms of well-being, but this is not yet visible anywhere,” Semak said. «leads the RPL standings with 29 points. In the next round, the St. Petersburg club will play on the road with Fakel Voronezh on October 8.
