Zenit look to banish last season's title loss


  • Football
  • Thursday, 31 Jul 2014

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Allowing CSKA Moscow to snatch the Russian Premier League title from under their noses last season has Zenit St Petersburg fired up for the new campaign which kicks off on Friday.

Holders CSKA, who strung together an astonishing 10 wins in a row to retain their crown, are seen as the team to beat with Zenit not far behind after the two sides have won the last four titles between them.

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