The Romanian national expressed his delight after the win and expects Aleksei Ionov and Marcos Pizzelli to shine in the Russian Premier League.
In the pre-season training match, AFE suffered a 1-0 defeat against Kuban Krasnodar, as a well taken goal from Lacina Traore, during the first period, was enough to seal the win, after ninety minutes of
gruelling action.
The Spanish outfit, with Jonatan Valle in their ranks, created some opportunities in attack especially from set pieces but the Russians were strong in the air and maintained a clean sheet.
In the aftermath of the outcome, Dan Petrescu, Kuban’s head coach, has expressed his satisfaction on the result and admitted that things will go better when the Russian Premier League resumes in March 2012.
“We played against a good and motivated team. They have professional players with good experience. The game was good for us as well because I think we defended well and put up a decent offensive effort.” The UEFA Super Cup winner
was quoted as saying.
The Romanian coach revealed that the Kazaki have arranged several training matches before the start of the domestic season and admitted that it would help them prepare for the remaining matches of the campaign.
Following Petrescu’s appointment as the head coach, the Yellow-greens have excelled in the Russian top tier and managed to finish the second league round in the mid-table.
Petrescu, who signed Traore from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksei-Ionov-c4645, during the ongoing transfer window, from Metalurh Donetsk and Zenit St. Petersburg respectively.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 FC man heaped praise on the star duo and revealed that the Cossacks are improving with the passage of time.
“Ionov’s performance has said it all today. He entered the pitch with the Yellow-green jersey today and showed significant activity. The same can be said about Pizzelli. He understands the game well and took his chances. Of course,
he is able to enhance the composition.” The FA Cup winner said.
Petrescu went on to admit that the aforementioned players are eagerly awaiting their chances and assured the fans of signing quality players.
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