André Villas-Boas announced his departure from the “Zenith” – Russian newspaper

Andre Villas-Boas announced his departure from the “Zenith”

The head coach of the St. Petersburg “Zenith” Andre Villash- Boas will leave the club at the end of the current season. This 37-year-old Portuguese expert said at a meeting with journalists.

Villas-Boas said that he “refused a new contract.” “When we met last time, I said that the club offered me to extend the current agreement, but I refused. I will leave the” Zenith “after this season” – said Andre.

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In addition, Villas-Boas admitted his guilt in the history of the removal in a match of the 7th round at home against Samara “Wings of the Soviets” ( 13). Recall, the coach left the bench coaching Petrograd during the first half after being pushed contingency arbitrator. As a result, the FTC RFU fined Portuguese and disqualified him for six games. “When I was at a meeting of the FTC RFU, we are not particularly discussed. It is my fault, and therefore the decision was made”.

After the announcement of the decision, “Zenit” did not appeal. “From talking with lawyers, I realized that this is not worth doing” – said Villas-Boas.

Andre after the match with the “Wings of the Soviets” mentioned that he wanted to leave the “Zenith” at the end of last season. All summer the foreign media wrote about the negotiations between the Portuguese and “Milan”, but in the end he remained in St. Petersburg.

Villas-Boas led the “Zenith” in March 2014. In the first eight games under the guidance of former mentor “Porto”, “Chelsea” and “Spurs” Petrograders won eight wins in a row, but then stumbled in the meetings against the “Locomotive” with “Dinamo” and took second place behind CSKA. However, the following season did Andre “Zenith” champion, simultaneously failing to overcome the group stage of the Champions League. Before the start of the current season, the Hulk and the company won the Super Bowl of the country, having won “Locomotive” in a penalty shootout.

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