“Semak's charges have problems when they are played as hard, fast and tight as possible. For this reason, I have some doubts about the prospects of St. Petersburg in the Champions League. Today's speed of blue-white-blue, as it seems to me, is still not high enough for a successful game in the main European club tournament. By success, I mean not getting out of the group, because with a successful draw it is quite possible. But it will be difficult to go further, since there are a lot of teams playing in the Champions League that are stronger and faster than Zenit, ”Nepomniachtchi said in an interview with RT.
He also noted that it is possible to check Zenit's readiness for the Champions League in such matches as against CSKA and Dynamo.
Earlier, Nepomniachtchi said that Zenit does not have such an advantage in the RPL as it did last season.