The former Rubin Kazan player believes Zenit are in pole position to win the crunch Russian Premier League tie after the arrival of Andrei Arshavin from Arsenal FC.
In the upcoming crunch Russian Premier League round, Zenit St. Petersburg take on CSKA Moscow at Luzhniki stadium. The former Zenit Leningrad coach, German Zonin, has urged the Meshki to win the upcoming league encounter if they
are to retain the league title this season.
Zonin admitted that the Armeytsy, who recently played a tough UEFA Champions League round-of-16 game against Real Madrid at Luzhniki stadium, will find it difficult to play against the table-toppers at the moment.
As things stand Zenit are atop the league table and 2 points adrift of the second-placed CSKA Moscow.
"I think Zenit can defeat CSKA tomorrow. If Zenit win against the Koni, they will stretch their lead to 9 points. They are just like Real and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 at the moment. However, If CSKA win tomorrow, then the race for the championship
will start all over again.
“The game will be very serious on Saturday. I think that Zenit are currently at their peak form. Zenit are playing decent football.” The former SKA Rostov-on-Don player was quoted as saying.
Zenit managed to win 2-0 against the Red-blue, the last time these two teams met in August.
Zonin went on to admit that Zenit have strengthened their attack by signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrei-Arshavin-c5771 from Arsenal FC on loan. The Russian striker returned to the St. Petersburg club after spending 3 seasons at the Emirates stadium.
Furthermore, Zenit goalkeeping coach has confirmed that their first team goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vyacheslav-Malafeev-c36502, is in contention to start the upcoming league encounter.
Zonin warned the Moscow-based club against the Russian Cup winner, revealing that Arshavin could test the Koni’s defensive line-up along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569 in the upcoming match.
He went on to reveal that the 30-year-old, who recently scored in a friendly match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015, is the player to watch for.
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