MOSCOW, Sep 30The head coach of the St. Petersburg «Zenith» Sergei Semak said that the Moscow «Spartak» took better advantage of their chances in the Russian Cup match. 0. A brace was scored by Quincy Promes, another goal scored by Alexander Sobolev. «A rather nervous game. Both we and Spartak had chances. The opponent took better advantage of his chances. We were able to score, unfortunately, after our rather gross mistake. In the end «I think the game has become more open, and we, unfortunately, got two more goals. The only good news is that everyone is healthy. Otherwise, the result does not suit us. And what about in Samara, that today we played much lower than our opportunities,» the official website of Zenit quotes Semak. «What is the reason for the defeat? A combination of factors. The starting lineup that we played in previous matches of the championship is more played, of course. Those players who play in their positions are stronger, than those who have to compete with them. Two or three changes — and it is already globally felt. Plus emotional emasculation. We rotate the line-up partly so that those who play less, more hungry players come out. To add precisely e energy,» the coach added. Semak also noted that Zenit played in the match with Spartak below his level. «It's not so easy to be at the top all the time. On the game, of course, it could develop in different ways. We are not talking about the result, of course, it is offensive to us. But those moments that we had were very good, we should have scored. But this is football, you can't get away from it. But as for game moments, I have already said what was missing to be better. Any team can lose. Today we played below our level. We allowed the opponent a lot, we didn’t realize it ourselves, but globally we can and should play better,» the coach said.
