The head coach of Zenit Sergei Semak on Wednesday, November 3, in an interview with the publicationSport-Express“Assessed the results of the match of the fourth round of the group stage of the Champions League, where the blue-white-blue lost to Juventus (2: 4).
The mentor of the Petersburgers noted that the team could always leave the defense through short passes in the matches of the championship and the Champions League.
“And somewhere it works, but somewhere it doesn’t. We had moments when we came out of defense. There were times when decisions were wrong. Everything rests on the speed of working with the ball, on the speed of thinking – and in these components the opponent was stronger, ”he explained.
Semak also noticed that Zenit goalkeeper Stanislav Kritsyuk and some other players were nervous.
“We were wrong in simple situations. Stiffness, tension – it seemed to me that it was so, ”added the head coach of“ Zenith ”.
On the eve of Turin “Juventus” defeated St. Petersburg “Zenith” with a score of 4: 2 in the match of the fourth round of the group stage of the Champions League. The Italians guaranteed themselves a play-off ahead of schedule, and Zenit will face Swedish Malmö in the fifth round, and English Chelsea in the sixth.
Zenit needs to score 6 points in the two remaining matches to qualify from the group. At the same time, Chelsea should lose to Juventus, and the victory of the Russian club over England should be more than one goal. Otherwise, you have to beat Malmö with a big score in order to win back the gap with Chelsea.
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