All players agreed that the clear favourite in the match between Zenit and Krasnodar would be the St. Petersburg club.
– Worthy opponents: champion and cup winner. I think it’s a great match to start the season. It will be held in a wonderful stadium, probably at full capacity,” said Roman Shirokov.
They also showed unanimity in assessing the chances of winning in the national team tournaments. In the Euro Cup they gave preference to Spain, in the Copa America to Argentina.
– The Spaniards play good, attractive football with lots of combinations. I don’t think any other team plays like them. And Argentina has Messi,” said Yuri Zhirkov.
– Spain is showing the most spectacular football. Germany also shone, but it did so after losing to the Spanish. And in America everyone was waiting for the final between Brazil and Argentina, but I think the match against Colombia will also be brilliant,” shared Evgeniy Aldonin.
A short tour of the Volgograd region was organised for the presentation of the Russian Super Cup trophy. On Thursday, Aldonin, Zhirkov, Shirokov and Valery Esipov, who joined them, took the cup to Nikolaevsk and Kamyshin. Andrei Arshavin will travel to Volgograd for the presentation of the cup on Friday.
