Midfielder “Zenith » Wendel believes that the St. Petersburg club is capable of becoming WORLD champion of the Russian Premier League (RPL) and winner of the FONBET Russian Cup at the end of the season.
Zenit failed to win the last four matches of the MIR RPL and rose to second place in the standings after the 28th round, with 51 points. The leader of the championship is Dynamo Moscow (53 points). On Wednesday, May 15, the St. Petersburg club will play with CSKA in the second leg of the final of the RPL FONBET Cup of Russia, the first match of the teams ended with a score of 1:1.
— You are a three-time Russian champion, winner of two Super Cups, but you do not yet have the Russian Cup in your collection. Is it important for you to win this trophy?
– Certainly! I have said many times that my main motivation is the maximum number of trophies with Zenit. We haven’t been able to reach the final since I’ve been here, but now we’re one step closer and we’re going to do everything we can to, God willing, celebrate winning the Cup.
— How do you find the current situation at the end of the RPL season? Zenit has no room for error in any of the remaining matches.
– It’s football, losing points is part of the game. We have to be ready for anything that can happen on the pitch, for any situation. Nothing is decided yet in the championship and maximum concentration is required of us. We have two finals ahead of us, or rather four, if we take into account the cup match with CSKA and the trophy match on June 2. And we will try to win each of them. If God is on our side, we will succeed,” Wendel was quoted as saying by the bleu-blanc-bleu press service.
Wednesday’s Zenit-CSKA Cup match will be broadcast live on the (from 8:00 p.m.) and MATCH PREMIER (8:40 p.m.) channels, as well as on the matchtv.tu and sportbox.ru websites.
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