Athletistic/Football. On July 1, the international PARI Premier Cup tournament begins in St. Petersburg, Zenit will host Neftchi from Azerbaijan in the first round.

Down-the-line.ru will broadcast a direct online text broadcast: Football. BET First Cup. Zenith – Neftchi. Direct

In current Russian realities, while all clubs stayed in Russia during the off-season and only play friendlies among themselves, the international tournament is a great gift for fans and a great opportunity for Zenit to test themselves. in background. foreign clubs and better prepare for the season. Among the rivals, the Turkish Fenerbahçe stands out, which has become close to Gazprom in recent years. Together with the Turks, “Zenith” will play the third game for themselves, and the “canaries” just then will start the tournament, because their season will start later. “Crvena Zvezda” is a frequent guest in Russia, the Serbs, for example, in their time opened the Spartak stadium, and they also have a sponsor, Gazprom. With them, “Zenith” will play the second round next Tuesday. In the meantime, the St. Petersburg team will have to play with Azerbaijani “Neftchi”.

“Neftchi” last season took third place in the Azerbaijan championship, losing to “Karabakh” and “Sabah”. In the new season, he will play in the Conference League and will start the European Cup season against the winner of the pair Zheleznichar – Dynamo Minsk.

The Azerbaijani club won the last championship in 2021, they are 9 in total, 1 less than Qarabag.

Previously teams played with each other in the USSR Championship, Zenit had 28 wins, Neftchi had 18, 13 times teams played a draw. In the last three matches between these teams, only “Neftchi” won – twice 1:0 and once with the score 5:2.

Neftchi has several players who have played in Russia. Captain Emin Makhmudov has played for Saturn, Spartak, Tom, Wings of the Soviets and Mordovia. Since 2017, he plays for Neftchi. Filip Ozobic ended up at Spartak in 2008, but didn’t even play doubles. He is constantly on loan and left the Moscow club in 2013. Ozobic is a newcomer, he previously played for Qarabag. And the most famous player is Solomon Kverkvelia, who in 2010 was even part of Zenit’s reserve team, but is best known for playing for Rubin and Lokomotiv.

Soccer. BET First Cup. Zenith – Neftchi. Direct

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