Georgy Zhbanov: Zenit's chemistry isn't even at 50%
Zenit forward Georgy Zhbanov admits the squad is still adapting to a new coach's system after a rough pre-season and Super Cup, but hopes results will follow.
"We always go into the season with winning thoughts. It's probably hard to talk about that now, since we lost a lot of games in pre-season. But there's food for thought. We're going through our mistakes. I hope things get a lot easier for us as the season goes on. It's the toughest pre-season of my career, but that's no excuse. We needed to win. I hope the wins come in other matches. The new coach arrived with his own idea, his own system. It's all new, I've never played like this before, so we've rebuilt a lot. We'll see how it works. As the games have shown, there isn't full understanding between us yet. So we keep working on finding that team chemistry, but right now I don't even know if it's at 50%," the forward said.
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