Maya Semak defends Zenit after fans criticize team: “Love the club more than victories”

Maya Semak, the 23-year-old daughter of Zenit head coach Sergei Semak, shamed the fans who criticized the St. Petersburg team after the loss to Dynamo Moscow.

The match of the 26th round of the RPL “Dynamo” – “Zenit” took place on April 28 in Moscow and ended in victory for Dynamo with a score of 1:0. Zenit suffered their second defeat in a row in the Russian Championship.

“I wrote a similar post once. It’s hard to talk about this again. The thing is, it’s easy to be a loyal fan when everything is going well. At times like that, we have the best players, the best coaches, and the game is beautiful. Is it true? And as soon as something goes wrong, and this is sport, this happens, everyone is immediately ready to throw rotten tomatoes at their “favorite” club.

So, you don’t like your club. You love victory, but you forget that there is no victory without loss. Of course, we all get confused, anxious, emotional and worried when glasses are lost, BUT. Not everyone turns into armchair critics (read haters) in a second, who write down the tactics, and decide the order of substitutes, and teach all a person to beat the standards. And of course, a loved one or two will tell you how crooked, crooked and stupid everyone is. So study to become sports coaches, develop our football, show results. It is simple. Some of the comments make my hair stand on end.

And the next time we win, don’t rejoice in this victory. It is not yours at all, because today you have forgotten that you love St. Petersburg Zenit, and we love our club more than victories.

I respected and still respect every team my father played in. But Zenit is the first club that I started to support consciously. Not just for dad on the field. I was 12 years old when we arrived in St. Petersburg. This is my city, my team 🤍

I love Zenit more than victory. And I love my dad endlessly 🤍 Everything will be,” wrote Maya.

Four rounds before the end of the season, Zenit is in first place in the standings with 50 points. Krasnodar has the same number of points, which is lower than the Semak team in additional points.