MOSCOW, March 3, Vasily Bogdanov. Former head coach of the national team Russian football director Yuri Semin said that Moscow's Spartak against St. Petersburg's Zenit played one of the best matches of the season in terms of the quality of its defensive play.
The meeting of the 19th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) took place on Saturday in St. Petersburg and ended with a score of 0:0. For the first time since September 2018, the capital club did not lose to Zenit away in the national championship.
“I wouldn’t call the result of the match unexpected. Both teams were well prepared for the season in terms of physical condition. The emphasis was placed more on defensive actions. Spartak played one of its best games in defense in recent times «Both of them were not active enough in the opponent's penalty area, there were few chances, but I liked the match. Quite good interaction, a lot of fight. In the end, no one played enough to win, the outcome was natural. For Spartak, this is probably a positive result «Still, Zenit, as a rule, beats him at home. So the point should be considered an acquisition. But Zenit is unlikely to be disappointed. They were opposed not by a team from the bottom of the table, but by Spartak,» Semin said.
Zenit with 37 points takes second place in the Russian Championship standings and is two points behind the leading Krasnodar. Spartak is fourth with 31 points.
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