The SION Swiss club made an official statement about the future friendly match with Zenit, which will be held in St. Petersburg on July 9 at Gazprom Arena as part of Winline Super Security. Despite the stream of criticism, the club emphasized that the game is completely legal and agreed with international football organizations.
According to the representatives of the “son”, before the decision, they consulted with FIFA, UEFA and the Swiss Football Union. All these cases have confirmed that such a meeting remains within the competence of the clubs themselves, since Zenit is not under sanctions. The statement was especially said that the match is related to the transition of the Russian midfielder Anton Miranchuk, who has been playing for the Sun since September 2024.
The club claims that when signing a contract with Miranchuk, he agreed to hold a friendly meeting in Russia, “if possible,” and now he simply fulfills his obligations.
On social networks, fans ridiculed such an excuse. Users are amazed: what is Zenit here if Miranchuk went to Cun, since the free agent still did not play Peter Club. “What other obligations can be much 320 thousand euros,” commentators write.
This amount, according to information on the media, should receive a Swiss club to participate in the match in St. Petersburg. Many people consider this statement as an attempt to justify a financially motivated decision, masking it with the “spirit of football and respect for the contract.”
According to OBOZ.ua, last fall, Miranchuk called on his young colleagues to leave the country of the aggressor and move to European clubs. It should be noted that earlier the Russian was arranged by a demarche at the US championship after his American club, where he played Sedent, refused to place the country’s flag in matches.
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Source: Obozrevatel
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