Douglas Santos: "Playing 50 matches for Zenit is important for me"

The Brazilian spoke to us after playing his 50th Zenit match.
Douglas Santos: "Playing 50 matches for Zenit is important for me"

Douglas, congratulations on the win! Today was your 50th match for Zenit and you were involved in all three goals. Was this the perfect anniversary for you?

Oh sure! Playing 50 matches for Zenit is an important event for me and that I managed to help the team score three points with a couple of assists and a goal makes this game even more special. Now we need to continue in the same fashion, so that we win even more matches. 

Today was a game of two halves for Zenit, why was that?

In the first half we played very well, we were focused on the game and attacked strongly. After the break, maybe we relaxed a little. Perhaps because we were leading by two goals. But when we were leading 2-0 we should have got a third and a fourth. It doesn't matter who we are playing. 

Today Wendel made his debut for Zenit. How would you rate his debut? 

He only had about 15 minutes on the pitch and did well, he helped the team score one more too. Now he needs to build up his momentum to help the team even more.