Former Real Madrid coach has backed Zenit St. Petersburg’s midfielder and has warned Alan Dzagoev to improve ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Portugal
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Denisov-c16694, in the Russian national team squad ahead of the World Cup qualifying match against the Navigators at Luzhniki stadium.
The former Real Madrid coach made his decision despite knowing that the 28-year-old Russian midfielder tried to damage the reputation of the Russian football after threatening his club to double his salaries.
Denisov refused to play in Zenit’s 2-2 draw against Krylia Sovetov Samara leaving Luciano Spalletti red-faced on midfielder’s extremely questionable and unprofessional behaviour.
Spalletti, in turn, penalized the prolific central midfielder to train with the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/U-17-Youth-team-c40787 for an unspecified period. Denisov has not participated in the St. Petersburg club’s last three league games including their UEFA Champions
League fixture against AC Milan at home.
However, Capello has backed the Russian Cup winner, saying that he cannot think about excluding Denisov from the team as he is an important player with winning mentality.
“I talked with the club and Spalletti. I pre-announced my decision to call Denisov in the national team because I think he is an important player. As a coach I have to think about the interest of the national team and I think
Denisov is a key figure.”
“He is a player of great character and winning mentality.” The former Juventus head coach was quoted as saying.
The Italian tactician, meanwhile, included CSKA Moscow’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alan-Dzagoev-c4249 despite knowing that the attacking midfielder picked up a red card in CSKA’s 2-0 defeat against Dynamo Moscow.
“Dzagoev played well in the league meeting but he lost control of himself after overreacting to a foul. He is a nice guy. I think he deserve a chance to play for the team.” He said.
Capello, who replaced d**k Advocaat as Russian national football team’s manager this summer, warned Dzagoev to act professionally on the pitch, saying that he will not give him another chance to represent his country if he will
not improve his discipline.
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