The Swiss club "Sion" declared the importance of separating sports and politics

The Swiss football club Sion has stated the importance of separating sport and politics. This was announced on July 9 by club spokesman Patrick Margueron, answering a question from Izvestia about why, despite the recommendations of the Swiss football Federation, they decided to play Zenit,

"The president [of the club Christian Konstantin] believes and says that politics and football are different things. We are here for football. Zenit is a great European club," he said.

According to Margueron, playing with the Russian club will help the Swiss team better prepare for the new football season.

In addition, the press secretary of Sion praised St. Petersburg.

"It's a beautiful city, but we don't have much time to see it because we arrived early yesterday morning, but it's a beautiful city," he added.

The friendly match between Zenit and Sion was held at the Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg. The Russian club won the game with a score of 5:2.

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On July 6, Zenit lost to Baltika in a friendly match at the summer training camp. The match took place in St. Petersburg and ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the guests.