http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darijo-Srna-c10266 blasts Shakhtar Donetsk for defensive mistakes against Zenit St. Petersburg
Shakhtar Donetsk defender, Darijo Srna, could not hide his frustration after a 2-2 draw against Zenit St. Petersburg in group stage of the UEFA Champions League.
The Miners skipper has criticized his team’s defence, hoping for a better performance in their remaining European encounters.
In the group stages of the Champions League, Shakhtar have been tied up against Zenit, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 and Apoel FC. As things stand, the Miners are currently at the bottom of the group table, after claiming only two points from the opening three group stage
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The host team struck first during the meeting but Zenit managed to score an equalizer soon after. Shakhtar took the lead again before half time but conceded yet another equalizer to finish the match on level pegging.
“Honestly, I had never expected that Zenith are a strong contender but they deserved to win today. They played really well but we had http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Good-Luck-c39444. We now have to seriously alter the situation.” Slutsky was quoted as saying.
Speaking on last year’s Champion League campaign, he said:
“This is not the team that played last year in the quarterfinals of the Champions League; we are stuck in a critical situation. And if we want to progress from this level, we need to try harder.”
Shakhtar were knocked out by the defending UEFA Champions League champions, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078, in the quarter final of the tournament last year.
The Croatian Cup winner admitted that he is upset with his team performance and revealed that the Meshki could have scored the winner. Srna admitted that Zenit pressurized them and they were lucky to have nicked a point.
The former Hajduk Split player went on to admit the defensive errors made during the game and praised Zenit’s attacking efforts.
“Yes we are having some problems in the line of defence and we need to find consistency in our attack and defending.” The UEFA Cup winner was quoted as saying.
The Croatian national is of the opinion that Shakhtar need to win the remaining group stage games if they are to progress to the later stages in the Champions League.
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