Will Zenit, under the leadership of Sergei Semak, be able to reach the final?

The regular championship is still in full swing, and the finalists of the June confrontation are still unknown. But if Zenit turns out to be one of them, their opponents will have a hard time. The team from St. Petersburg is a powerful force. Since last season, the club has been strengthened by new stars. Goalkeeper Zhenya Latyshenok, who is 26, has become a reliable support in the goal, and few can get around him. Forward Maxim Glushenkov, known for his high speed, also joined the team. Although he has suffered several injuries this season, he has impressed with his play in the matches he has played. Experienced striker Alexander Sobolev has joined from Spartak. While Glushenkov was undergoing treatment, Argentine striker Luciano Gonda joined the team. He made his debut in the RPL on August 31 last year in a match against Paris Nizhny Novgorod, where he scored his first two goals for Zenit. To date, Gondu has scored seven goals in fifteen matches.

Zenit's game is built around an attacking style. The team actively uses combination play and lobbed balls, successfully overcoming the flanks of their opponents. The key role is played by the flank players, who have high speed and the ability to unexpectedly change strategy for opponents. Zenit focuses on tall players in attack, preferring throws into the penalty area, where it is important to win the fight for high balls. If the opponents have weaknesses in defense, the Petersburgers will definitely take advantage of them. The team adheres to the principle: we will score as many as we want, and you - as much as you can. Although at the moment Lokomotiv from Moscow and Krasnodar are slightly ahead of Zenit in points, there are still many matches ahead, and the situation may change. This is a team with a huge will to win, able to overcome difficulties and not giving up even after failures.

To solve high-profile problems, Zenit selects players based on their skill, not their nationality, so Russian footballers are not always a priority. Recently, the coach was criticized for having ten foreign players on the field, but Semak emphasized that the lineup is determined by the coaching staff, and the presence of foreign players does not violate the rules. The only Russian in that match was goalkeeper Latyshenok.

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