Two 15-year-old Zenit players tested for doping in August
In August, two players from Zenit were tested for doping. Along with them, six more players of 15 years from different clubs of the country passed similar tests. This was reported by the TASS news agency with reference to the received documents.
In August, two players from Zenit were tested for doping. Along with them, six more players of 15 years from different clubs of the country passed similar tests. This was reported by the TASS news agency with reference to the received documents.
The Russian anti-doping agency tested Yegor Goryainov and Vladimir Valkov of Zenit, Konstantin Tarasov of Chertanovo, Pavel Cherkasov of Dynamo Moscow, Andrei Sergienko and Sergey Serpokrylov of Lokomotiv Moscow, as well as Mikhail Krylov and Ivan Strokin of Krasnodar.
From 27 to 30 August, the youth football team of Russia took part in the International tournament in memory of Yuri Morozov, which was held in St. Petersburg. The team competed with the teams of Belarus, St. Petersburg Zenit, Kazakhstan Kairat, Serbian Red Star and Brazilian Fluminense.
The Russian team, having won 9 points, took second place in the tournament, losing to Belarus four points.
It should be noted that the football club “Zenit” has signed a contract with the city SSHOR “Zenit” for three years to integrate methods of training young players. Thus, a unified system of sports reserve will be created for the consistent promotion of young players to the professional level.
