Pitch Invasion

We end this week’s Russia series with a look at the supporters of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg celebrating at their Petrovsky Stadium. Zenit receive massive financial backing from Russian energy giant Gazprom — one of the world’s richest corporations and who also sponsor Schalke 04 in Germany.
Coached by Dick Advocaat, Zenit clinched their first ever [...]

MLS isn’t the only country crazy (or rather, cold) enough to conclude its championship in November. Last week, ФК Зенит Санкт-Петербург — or FC Zenit St Petersburg for the cyrillically challenged — won the Russian Premier League for the first time (they were victorious once in the Soviet championship, too, in 1984). Having the [...]