The players pay their respects to the victims of World War II on the eve of Victory Day
Sergei Semak and the players headed to the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery to lay a wreath for the civilians and soldiers who died defending Leningrad in the war.
Club captains Branislav Ivanovic and Alexander Anyukov laid the wreath at the eternal flame and were accompanied by players and pupils of the Gazprom Academy.
Russia celebrates Victory Day on 9th May each year and on that day we remember those who gave their lives so that we may live in freedom.