The head coach of the Moscow “Spartak” Domenico Tedesco said that his team did everything possible for a successful outcome in the semifinal match of the Cup of Russia on football Petersburg “Zenith”.

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“We are certainly disappointed that we lost this semi-final. We wanted to play in the final. Today I did everything. Key point — the second goal “Zenith”. We very quickly missed it. In any case, in the second half we controlled the game” — quoted by Tedesco “championship”.

He noted that the team needed to possess the ball and stretch the defense of “Zenith” that has been done.

“If Sobolev scored, we could go into extra time. But, unfortunately, this did not happen. Well, we controlled the counterattack “Zenith”. Accept this defeat,” added Tedesco.

“Zenit” in his field won a victory over “Spartakom” with the account 2:1 and reached the final of the Cup of Russia where will play with “Khimki”.

Previously, the General Director red-white Shamil Gazizov commented on the defeat of Spartak against Zenit in the semi-finals of the Cup of Russia.