Semak summed up the results of the first round of the RPL for Zenit

ST. PETERSBURG November 16, Dmitry Edigarev. Zenit » performed below his level in the first round of the Russian Premier League (RPL), said the head coach of the St. Petersburg football club Sergei Semak.
According to the results of the first round, Zenit with 30 points ranks second in the RPL standings, Krasnodar is in the lead (32). Semak's team's unbeaten streak in the Russian Championship totals five matches.
“»The first round ended normally, we performed below our level. We wanted to do better, but it didn’t work out. As for the opponents, not a single match was easy. It was difficult to predict the result. Difficult matches await us, we will try to score as many points as possible in the remaining matches until winter,” Semak told reporters.