VOLGOGRAD, July 13, Andrey Mikhailov. Forward of St. Petersburg Zenit «Ivan Sergeev called his teammate Maxim Glushenkov a top player, which he proved in the first match after the transition.
On Saturday, Zenit beat Krasnodar in Volgograd (4:2) and won the trophy for the ninth time. Glushenkov, who transferred from Lokomotiv Moscow in the summer, scored a double in his debut match for the St. Petersburg team. Sergeev and Glushenkov previously played together for the Samara “Wings of the Soviets”.
“»I have always said that Max is a top player, and he proved that that season was not without reason. And the most important thing is that he succeeds. The new guys have also integrated well into the team, and they will only add and strengthen us «, said Sergeev.
«The emotions are super, of course. I think today it was a good game in our performance. We dominated in the first half, and in the second, of course, there were some mistakes, we conceded two goals. The most important thing is to bring the matter to victory. This a good start to the new season. I think we had enough of everything, we just relaxed somewhere (in the second half) and thought that the score was big. We completely controlled the game when they scored the first goal for us, we immediately responded with the fourth,” he added. .