MOSCOW, Oct 17, Dmitry Edigarev. General director of the St. Petersburg football club Zenit «Alexander Medvedev, after the victory of the women's team in the Russian championship, told reporters that her path to the title was not easy. On Saturday, the Zenit players won the Russian championship ahead of schedule, becoming the winners of the tournament for the first time in their history. The creation of the women's «Zenith» was announced in January 2020. The awarding of the Zenit players will take place on October 21. «I want to congratulate all the fans of Zenit, we are a single system, this is one of the reasons for our victories. As for the path, although it looks fast — in the third year of its existence the team became the champion — but it was very difficult.What is the decline at the end of last season, when we managed to win only bronze, although it seemed that silver was almost in my pocket.This success was achieved thanks to the coordinated work of all elements of the football team: the players, without them there are no victories, and the coaching headquarters, and the administration, and doctors, and masseurs,» Medvedev said. «Having entered the winning road, the women's Zenit will not leave it. It will be a nice cherry on the cake if we finish the season undefeated, especially since we have the nearest the game with CSKA is a rival in the Cup of Russia, so the main task is to win the Cup so that there is a winning double.It is not easy, but possible.Thanks to the draw, the match will be in St. Petersburg, we argue to the Russian Football Union, what you need to play at the Gazprom Arena. This is important for the popularization of women's football, the match will attract the attention of the public,” added the general director of Zenit.
