FC zenith new players on. Who will play in midfield

While Zenit was playing behind closed doors with Suhar from Oman, Sport Day by Day sorted out the St. Petersburg team along the lines in order to understand which positions in the current blue-white-blue line-up still need to be strengthened, and which already have a complete set .

Goalkeepers

Yuri Lodygin, Andrey Lunev, Mikhail Kerzhakov, Yegor Baburin.

Three fairly strong goalkeepers with about the same chances for the first pair of gloves is too much. Perhaps, in the goalkeeping team it is more reasonable to assemble such a trio, which can be seen in some teams in Europe: there is a solid main goalkeeper, and behind him is a young talented own pupil, plus some veteran with solid experience who is content with the role of “second or third” number , but always ready to replace the "first" if necessary. It is still difficult to predict who will win the competition between Lodygin, Lunev and Kerzhakov Jr., but Baburin urgently needs a loan to the RFPL club!

Right-backs

Igor Smolnikov, Alexander Anyukov, Sergey Zuykov (Ibragim Tsallagov).

The right flank of Zenith's defense is filled to the maximum. True, Mircea Lucescu was not completely satisfied with Smolnikov's performance in the first part of the season, and the veteran Anyukov periodically drops out due to sores. However, the newcomer Tsallagov can close this position: in the sparring with Changchun Yatai, I liked how calmly Ibrahim acted and how confidently he disposed of the ball. The Romanian coach did not even hesitate to separately praise Tsallagov. Another rookie, Zuykov, will obviously start playing for the farm club in the FNL.

Central defenders

Luis Neto, Domenico Criscito, Ivan Novoseltsev, Nicholas Lomberts, Vukashin Jovanovic.

The center of defense is an old pet peeve of Zenit, which at times causes tangible pain to the team. The Blue-White-Blues really need a defensive leader of the caliber of Ezequiel Garay. Maybe two newcomers will be needed here at all, if Novoseltsev does not justify hopes, and they still decide to let Lomberts go. So far, some dubious figures have been associated with Zenit. Jovanovic received compliments and comparisons with Martin Skrtel from the head coach of the farm club Vladislav Radimov, but Lucescu seems to rate the Serb much lower.

Left-backs

Yuri Zhirkov, Evgeny Chernov (Domenico Criscito, Ibragim Tsallagov).

There are no holes to be seen on the left flank of the defense. This position is familiar both to the experienced Zhirkov and the progressive Chernov, and to Krishito and Tsallagov, whose candidacies are still being considered to a greater extent elsewhere. After buying a great central defender with a good pass, it would be easier to get Criscito back to the left. Whatever one may say, Zhirkov's reliability in some matches is affected by the lack of destroyer skills.

Defensive midfielders

Javi Garcia, Ernani, Ibragim Tsallagov, Artur Yusupov, Jose Mauricio, Pavel Mogilevets, Viktor Faizulin.

In the center of the field, Lucescu has the widest choice, despite the departure of Axel Witsel. And it, apparently, will become even wider when Zenit agrees with Rostov midfielder Christian Noboa. True, the future of Faizulin, who missed too much, is vague, and for Mogilevets, it is clearly the best solution to rent or sell to another RFPL club. At the moment, we can only guess whether newcomers Ernani and Tsallagov will be able to bring real benefit to Zenit from the first matches of spring. If not, then there will be problems here, as in the center of defense.

Right Midfielders

Alexander Kokorin, Yoan Mollo (Robert Mack, Alexander Ryazantsev).

Judging by Mollo's debut at Zenit, the conclusion suggests itself that Lucescu sees the French newcomer more as a right midfielder (or striker, if you will). Mac is no stranger to playing here. Mollo and Kokorin are big names for Russian championship. But there are doubts that in serious European matches they will be of real benefit. Critical arrows continue to fly at Kokorin, including those from Lucescu, and Mollo often plays on his own wave. Well, if this wave coincides with the team.

Left Midfielders

Oleg Shatov, Robert Mac, Luka Djordjevic (Miguel Danny, Yoan Mollo, Yuri Zhirkov).

Shatov works very hard on the field, he became the author of several assists, but something did not suit Lucescu in Oleg's game. Mak successfully closed this position after Shatov's injury. There is also Djordjevic, there is Danny, Mollo and Zhirkov, who have played on the left in midfield a hundred times. Lucescu certainly has no right to complain about the lack of competition on the wings of the attack. Another thing is the efficiency of the wings. Still, Zenit urgently needs a productive and able to give the last pass flank player who is able to go out on any of the edges.

Attacking central midfielders

Juliano, Miguel Danny, Alexander Ryazantsev (Jose Mauricio).

Giuliano is a key figure in Lucescu's attacking model, and at Zenit the Romanian coach uses him exclusively in the center, under the striker, even though the Brazilian was often sent to the right or left at Gremio. For Danny now the most important thing is not to finish off the sore right knee. Most likely, the Portuguese will be more of a substitute for Giuliano than a “base” player on the flank. Lucescu himself said: he is not ready to give a pause to the Brazilian until the Portuguese returned to action. There is also Ryazantsev in the coach's clip, but Alexander is perhaps the first candidate in Zenit to change the team.

forwards

Artem Dzyuba, Alexander Kerzhakov (Alexander Kokorin).

In principle, Lucescu has the opportunity to choose from diverse attackers - Dzyuba has strong physical qualities and the ability to play in the penalty area, Kokorin and Kerzhakov Sr. have speed and impact. But in terms of performance, only Dziuba satisfies so far. In counterattacking football, it is, of course, more difficult to use Artem, but here you just need fast and scoring players of the second attack pace, whom Dziuby would serve with his discounts, passes per turn. Finding such a deep forward or attacking midfielder for adequate money is a challenge for the selection department of Zenit.

Friendly match

Zenit (Russia) - Suhar (Oman) - 14:1

"Zenith": Baburin (M. Kerzhakov, 62) - Zuykov, Netu (Krishito, 41), Jovanovich (Ernani, 41), Chernov - Musaev, Tsallagov, Mogilevets (Danny, 41), Mollo (Lesovoy, 41), Mak - Dzhordzhevich (Kokorin , 41).

• Goals for Zenit: Tsallagov, 9; Djordjevic, 11, 31, 37; Mogilevets, 15; Mack, 28, 68; Musaev, 34; Zuykov, 44, 72; Kokorin, 55, 58, 66; Danny, 80.

The schedule of the remaining matches of Zenit at the first training camp:

16.00. Zenith - Videoton (Szekesfehervar, Hungary)

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16.00. Zenit - Lokomotiv (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

Zenit-TV will show all matches in live on the official website and on the club's YouTube channel.

Good day to all football fans, and especially Zenit fans. Let's get down to business right away, that in the transfer window the management strengthened the team quite well. Many people are interested in knowing new composition Zenith 2017-2018 to date. In addition to the domestic championship, Roberto Mancini's players need to show their core in the Europa League. The team has a very busy schedule, so the management decided to fully assemble two squads that are ready to fight against any club in the world. Although many players left the team, the management did not spare millions of euros to strengthen the club.

The new composition of Zenit 2017-2018

FC Zenit is a very worthy and hardworking team that is always ready to improvise and show football high level. Coach Roberto Mancini tries to work with each player and improve his weak positions. And the leadership itself does not spare money for noble acquisitions in the form of Emanuel Mamman. However, let's talk separately about the summer window. It is worth noting that more people left the club than came. So, such players left: Javi Garcia moved to Betis for 1.5 million euros, Giuliano moved to Fenerbahce for 7 million euros, Ernani, Ibrahim Tsallagov, Danny, Evgeny Chernov, Vukashin moved to Bordeaux for 3 million euros, Luka Djordjevic, Andrey Gennadievich, Artur Yusupov, Alexander Ryazantsev, Robert Mack, Alexei, Evseev, Yuri Bavin, Danila Yashuk. Those players who are not indicated by the amount of the transfer, then transferred to the lease.

And now the players who were bought during the transfer window: Sebastian Driussi for 20 million euros from River Plate, Emanuel Mammana for 16 million euros from Lyon, Matthias Kranevitter for 8 million euros from Atlético Madrid, Leonadro Parades for 23 million euros from Roma, Daler Kuzyaev for 4 million euros from Akhmat, Denis Terentiev for 4 million euros from Rostov, Alexander Erokhin from Rostov, Dmitry Poloz from Rostov, Dmitry Bogaev from Palanga, Thomas Lucas from Leiria, Andrey Panyukov from Atlantas, Andrey Ivanov from Mordovia, Vukashin Jovanovich from Bordeaux , Igor Obukhov from Tyumen, Mikhail Kerzhakov from Orenburg.

So you are familiar with the summer transfer window 2017. More than twenty players left the club, but on loan. Of course, there were official transfers to another team, but not many, and they are indicated above. Let's go look at the new composition of Zenit 2017-2018 for next season:

Goalkeepers:

• Andrey Lunev - number 99, age 25, height 189, weight 76;
• Mikhail Kerzhakov - number 41, age 30, height 189, weight 84;
• Egor Baburin - number 71, age 23, height 184, weight 70;
• Yuri Lodygin - number 1, age 27, height 187, weight 82.

Defenders:

• Alexander Anyukov - number 2, age 34, height 175, weight 63;
• Branislav Ivanovich - number 60, age 33, height 182, 78;
• Denis Terentiev - number 3, age 24, height 180, weight 70;
• Dominic Cristito - number 4, age 30, height 183, weight 70;
• Ivan Novosoltsev - number 25, age 25, height 190, weight 80;
• Igor Smolnikov - number 19, age 28, height 178, weight 80;
• Luis Neto - number 13, age 29, height 185, weight 71;
• Maxim Karpov - number 50, age 20, height 176, weight 68;
• Emanuel Mammana - number 30, age 183, weight 70.

Midfielders:

• Alexander Erokhin - number 21, age 27, height 193, weight 82;
• Victor Fayzulin - number 20, age 31, height 177, weight 74;
• Daler Kuzyaev - number 14, age 24, height 182, weight 74;
• Yoan Mollo - number 24, age 27, height 175, weight 80;
• Christian Noboa - number 16, age 32, height 181, weight 74;
• Leonardo Paredes - number 5, age 23, height 183, weight 75;
• Matthias Kranevvitter - number 8, age 24, height 178, weight 74;
• Oleg Shatov - number 17, age 26, height 173, weight 73;
• Yuri Zharkov - number 18, age 33, height 178, weight 75.

forwards:

• Alexander Kokorin - number 9, age 26, height 181, weight 74;
• Andrey Panyukov - number 33, age 22, height 178, weight 75;
• Artem Dzyuba - number 22, age 28, height 196, weight 91;
• Dmitry Poloz - number 7, age 25, height 183, weight 73;
• Sebastian Driussi - number 11, age 21, height 178, weight 77.

That's the finished line-up of Zenith for today. Thus, the leadership has strengthened the attacking line and the big money put up is justified. On this moment wards of Roberto Mancini are the best football players Russia, which at the beginning of the season show great games. So far, things have been going well for Zenith and they are number one in

The composition of Zenit for the 2017-2018 season has been strengthened by several famous football players. In addition to the championship and the Cup of Russia, Roberto Mancini's wards will have to play in the second most important club championship of the Old World -. The busy schedule of matches demanded urgent measures from the leadership of the “si not-white-blue” to expand the rotation, and it should be noted that the Zenit breeders did an excellent job with this task. Now the Italian coach has two equal squads in the clip, ready to fight for the most high places in the standings.

Zenit's squad for 2017-2018 brings together some of the best RFPL players, with three talented goalkeepers defending the last frontier. Among them:

• Andrey Lunev;
• Yuri Lodygin;
• Mikhail Kerzhakov.

Unexpectedly for many fans, Andrei Lunev has become the main goalkeeper in the current Russian championship draw. The experts expected that the place in the frame would be entrusted to the experienced Yuri Lodygin, but Mancini decided to bet on youth, and he did not lose. In the first 4 matches, only 2 goals were conceded, and this is the second indicator in the league after Lokomotiv Moscow.

In the fall of 2017, Zenit will have a busy schedule of games, so both Yuri Lodygin and Mikhail Kerzhakov will have a chance to prove themselves.

line of defense

Everything is in order with the defensive redoubts of the St. Petersburg team. This season, the approaches to the gate are entrusted to protect the following players:

• Alexander Anyukov;
• Denis Terentiev;
• Domenico Criscito;
• Luis Neto;
• Igor Smolnikov;
• Ivan Novoseltsev;
• Emanuel Mammana;
• Branislav Ivanovich.

At the start of the championship, the star pair of defenders Domniko Krishito and Branislav Ivanovic play steadily in the center of defense. On the edges are Luis Neto and Igor Smolnikov, who, if necessary, are actively involved in attacking actions. At the same time, experienced Alexander Anyukov and Emanuel Mammana, bought from Lyon for 16 million euros, can replace any defensive player. The remaining players have to wait for their chance in the matches of the Cup of Russia or in matches with not the strongest opponents.

Who will play in midfield?

The composition of FC Zenit for 2017-2018 in the center of the field terrifies most of the participants. Here are collected the best domestic players, as well as rising stars of world football, including:

• Leandro Peredes (transfer cost 23 million euros);
• Sebastian Driussi (the player was worth 15 million euros);
• Christian Noboa;
• Daler Kuzyaev;
• Alexander Erokhin;
• Oleg Shatov;
• Yuri Zhirkov;
• Javi Garcia;
• Juliano;
• Ernani.

The purchase of the Argentines Leandro Peredes and Sebastian Driussi completely transformed the game of the St. Petersburg team. Added diversity in the attack Daler Kuzyaev (moved from Terek for 4 million euros) and Alexander Erokhin (from free). Yuri Zhirkov, Giuliano, Javi Garcia and Oleg Shatov can strengthen the game at any moment.

Most common this season italian coach used the 4-2-3-1 formation, which was played back under Mircea Lucescu. Mancini abandoned his favorite 4-4-2 formation or the now popular 4-3-3 formation, as it would take time for the players to adapt to the new game model. Taking into account the task of winning the championship of Russia, the coach decided not to break the simulated scheme, but only to strengthen the problematic positions. With the arrival of Mancini, Zenit became more flexible in the midfield line, which is now quickly rebuilt during the match, finding free zones from the opponent and skillfully using them.

Who will play in attack?

There are not so many forwards in FC Zenit for 2017-2018, but they all do an excellent job. So, in the attack line of the club are:

• Alexander Kokorin;
• Dmitry Poloz;
• Artem Dziuba.

Initially, we note the amazing performance of the team. For 4 rounds played, he scored 10 goals (an average of 2.5 per game). The abundance of goals was the result of the well-coordinated work of all lines, but no one canceled the merits of the attackers.

Attention is drawn to the game of Alexander Kokorin, on whose account there are already 5 goals scored by rivals. He fits into the scheme perfectly and scores in almost every match. The position under the striker was taken by Dmitry Poloz, who scored twice for Zenit this season. Unfortunately, Artem Dziuba dropped out of the starting lineup, becoming practically useless in the mobile midfield game. It is possible that until the end of the transfer window, Dziuba will be loaned out, because “marinating” on the forward’s bench with a salary of 3.3 million euros per year is an unaffordable luxury even for the richest club in Russia.

Thus, the composition of Zenit in 2017-2018 has significantly increased, and the acquisitions made in the off-season have fully justified themselves. Now Roberto Mancini has the best players in the country, who at the start of the championship are doing a great job with their tasks.

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