St. Petersburg, August 26 – The head coach of the St. Petersburg “Zenith” Sergei Semak said that the marriage of the team player Mateo Cassierra had a positive impact on his performance.

Cassierra married his fiancee Margherita in July. On Saturday, “Zenith” at home defeated the Yekaterinburg “Ural” in the match of the sixth round of the championship of Russia with a score of 4:0. Cassierra scored a double. The Colombian striker topped the list of top scorers in the RPL with six goals.

According to the coach, the defenders of “Zenith” Strahinya Erakovic and Robert Renan can return to action for the Russian Cup match with the Kaliningrad “Baltika”, which will be held on September 30.

“Let’s see how Erakovich’s recovery goes. While there is a possibility that he will go to Kaliningrad. I hope that in two or three days he will be in the ranks. We’ll see how he can approach the match. I hope he can play in the next matches. (Robert) Renan did not play for a combination of reasons. We are working on certain points. There are aspects regarding health, plus there are questions about interaction with other players. I hope he will be ready to play in the next match,” Semak said.

Semak also said that he does not set any special tasks for the team for the match with the Iranian “Sepahan”. The teams will meet on September 7 in St. Petersburg. In mid-February, “Zenith” has already played against “Sepahan” in a friendly match, which took place in Iran. Then the hosts won with a score of 2:0.