Athletistic/Football. Former goalkeeper of the Russian national team Ruslan Nigmatullin criticized Zenit for the real refusal of its students. In recent years, the St. Petersburg club has practically no local players.
Zenit already relied on foreign players several years ago and is not moving away from them. The St. Petersburg club has a clear tactic of not developing its players. Of course, this tactic cannot be called praiseworthy, but the winners are not judged.
Of course, everyone wants the Arshavins and Kerzhakovs to shine in St. Petersburg. Zenit has a good academy that is actively working. In principle, all academies in the northern capital work for Zenit, but there are no results for the main team. It seems to me that the boys from St. Petersburg are losing motivation to play for Zenit, because now no one succeeds, ”Nigmatullin quotes Metaratings.ru.
Zenit has scored 29 points in 14 matches and is in second place in the RPL standings, two points behind leader Krasnodar.
Source: Sport
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