FC Zenit St Petersburg become champions of Russia... and they find out while 35,000 feet in the air! FC Zenit St Petersburg are champions of Russia with three games still to go The squad found out they had won the league while flying home in a plane The players went crazy, splashing water, chanting, and banging the seats
By Matt Porter For Mailonline
Published: 17:15 BST, 5 May 2019 | Updated: 17:15 BST, 5 May 2019
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FC Zenit St Petersburg are the champions of Russia, but the squad were in a pretty unusual place when they found out.
A video posted to their official Twitter shows the team 35,000 feet in the air when they discovered closest rivals Lokomotiv Moscow had lost 2-0, gifting them the title.
There are still three games to go in the Russian league, but Zenit are nine points clear and have a
