Zenit took off for the United Arab Emirates

Zenit`s coaching staff took 22 players to pre-season practice.

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A charter flight with the team on board took off from St. Petersburg to Dubai at about 11 a.m. on Saturday. The flight will take five and a half hours.

Zenit players who went to the first pre-season practice session in Dubai:
Goalkeepers:
Vyacheslav Malafeev, Yury Zhevnov, Dmitry Borodin;

Defenders: Alexander Anyukov, Bruno Alves, Fernando Meira, Nicolas Lombaerts, Tomas Hubocan;

Halfbacks: Roman Shirokov, Alessandro Rosina, Konstantin Zyryanov, Viktor Fayzulin, Szabolcs Huszti, Sergey Semak, Igor Denisov, Vladimir Bystrov, Alexey Ionov;

Strikers: Danko Lazovic, Alexander Bukharov, Alexander Kerzhakov.

Miguel Danny and Aleksandar Lukovic will join the team in the airport in Dubai.

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