CSKA Moscow’s Sergei Ignashevich laments team performance against FC Rostov and OSC Lille
CSKA Moscow have been dropping a lot of points in their recent matches due to sloppy performances. The Koni defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Rostov-c39192 and OSC Lille.
The Russian defender insisted his teammates had to work harder if they were to reclaim the Russian Premier League title and progress from the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.
The Wild-Division drew 1-1 against Rostov in the recent league encounter and managed to claim a point against OSC Lille, after managing a 2-2 draw in the opening match of the Champions League. The Russian stopper bemoaned the Zenit performance and revealed
that the Moscow-based club need to work harder.
Armeytsy have scored five and conceded nine goals in their previous four meetings, including the European fixture. The former Lokomotiv Moscow stopper highlighted that even though they had more ball possession during the match Rostov defended very well. He
said that the Selmashi goal keeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stipe-Pletikosa-c34234 wasted too much time in passing the ball during the entire game.
Ignashevich admitted that Zenit had put in a sloppy performance against Lille, conceding two goals in the match. The Russian defender insisted that the Meshki managed to cope with the pressure in the European tie despite going two goals down. Zenit scored
two second half goals to secure a result.
“I do not agree with the fact that Lille deserved to win but I admit that we were less effective and we have not taken our chances well. These tournaments are different from domestic championships. Lille put a lot of pressure and were actively playing in
the first half, but in the second half we managed to score.” The former Kryliya Sovetov Samara player was quoted as saying.
The Russian Cup winner refused to single out the head coach, Leonid Slutsky for their poor form and insisted that the entire squad was responsible for their laggard performances.
CSKA Moscow have dropped down to the third place after suffering a defeat against Rostov. The Army-Men are currently preparing for their upcoming league encounter against Volga Nizhny Novgorod.
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