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Xavi Pascual will be the head coach of Zenit Saint Petersburg for the next one and a half years, as the Russian team announced on Saturday.

Pascual returns to the EuroLeague after a 14-month absence (December 2018) and will remain with the Russians until the end of the 2020/21 season.

Zenit is at 7-17 in the EuroLeague, while it has a 7-10 record in the VTB League.