“Zenith” and CSKA Moscow will play in the Champions League – Russian newspaper

On Saturday, finished 23rd in the history of the championship of Russia, which was stronger than all the St. Petersburg “Zenith”. In the final match of the season wards Andre Villas-Boas defeated “Locomotive” (1: 0), while CSKA Moscow was the capital in the balance of the order not to get into the Champions League, but Pontus Wernbloom goal in the 87th minute of the match with ” growth “helped CSKA to avoid problems. The following “RG” will talk about the European Cup tournaments in which our teams will take part, and who will start next season in the Football National League.

“Zenith” and CSKA Moscow – UEFA Champions League

has won the “Gold” St. Petersburg “Zenith” will start the Champions League group stage with a round. Note that when the draw wards Andre Villas-Boas will fall into the first basket, and thus avoided meetings with teams like “Chelsea”, “Barcelona”, “Bavaria”, “Benfica”, PSV, PSG and “Juventus”.

The main task for Petrograd in the next Champions League will certainly be out of the group. Recall that in the current season “Zenith” has failed to reach the playoffs of the Quartet in which the Russians resisted the “Monaco”, “Bayer” and “Benfica”. Villas-Boas admits that his team are waiting for significant changes this summer, so that it can achieve its goals in European competition.

“Zenith” need to grow, to become stronger. We are waiting for major changes, including in the composition. Many players end contracts. We must strive to evolve, to grow in the European Cup tournaments. For this purpose will be made certain investments. Our goal – to win all the competitions in which we participate, “- said Villas-Boas.

As for CSKA, the army team will let your Champions League in the third qualifying round of the so-called” Way of the strongest “. Note that in this round,” red-blue “will be” seeded “, but in the fourth qualifying round, probably not. The start in the Champions League wards Leonid Slutsky earned thanks to a draw in the final round of the Premier League with” growth “( 1: 1). Goal Pontus Wernbloom in the 88th minute CSKA saved because otherwise the most prestigious European Cup tournament made its way to “Krasnodar”.

“We have to be objective, we have had problems, there was no gaming resources, we lost the best player. The fact that we had a good ending, and took second place – it is a success “- said Slutsky.

” Krasnodar “,” Dynamo “and” Locomotive “- Europa League

These clubs will represent Russia in the second to the prestige European Cup tournament. Rotten in the Premier League, “Lokomotiv” will begin with the Europa League group stage, as the “red-green” won last week in the final of the Cup of Russia ” Kuban “(3: 1).

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“Krasnodar” won its first-ever bronze medals, along with “Dinamo” will start from the third qualifying round. And If the Dynamo will be “seeded” in both stages of selection, including in the round of the playoffs, the wards Oleg Kononov example on such a role only in the third round. In the group round of the draw, both teams can look forward to the third basket.

Recall that in the Europa League finish off that involved four Russian club. “Rostov” left in the qualifying stage, losing on aggregate “Trabzonspor”, while the “Krasnodar” and “Dynamo” played in the group stage, and at the stage of the playoffs to the “white-blue” joined “Zenith”. As a result, the “Dynamo” has reached the 1/8 final, which gave the Italian “Napoli” and St. Petersburg people lost in the quarterfinals of the future winner of the tournament – the Spanish “Seville” .

“Torpedo” and “Arsenal” – in the FNL, “growth” and “Ural” will play in the transition matches

Before the final round just five teams claimed to relegation from the Premier League. All of them, except the Tula “Arsenal” scored points, but the metropolitan “Torpedo”, beating even the homes Saransk “Mordovia” (2: 0), relegated to the second division. As for the charges Dmitry Alenichev, that despite the number of successful matches against the top clubs in the whole season, the team spent much weaker than many clubs.

As for the “Ural” and “growth”, these teams will take part in Transient two matches against the FNL representatives – “Tom” and “Tosno” respectively. The first games will be held on June 3 response – 7 numbers.

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