The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 boss is of the opinion that the Portuguese outfit has a decent chance to win the upcoming UEFA Champions League match against Zenit.
Zenit St. Petersburg will play the upcoming UEFA Champions League match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 Miguel (knee), Domenico Criscito (stomach infection) are all out injured.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vyacheslav-Malafeev-c36502 will look to pass late fitness tests ahead of the crunch European encounter at Petrovsky stadium.
Lokomotiv Moscow head coach, Jose Couceiro, has expressed his views on the upcoming Champions League match, revealing that the Portuguese outfit has a decent chance to claim maximum points against the St. Petersburg club despite
playing the match on away turf.
Couceiro, who had coached the Eagles last year, admitted that Benfica have become a European threat, given that they claimed points against Manchester United, both home and away, in the group stage.
Furthermore, Benfica are unbeaten during the ongoing European campaign. They progressed to the round-of-16 after deservedly topping the group table.
Aside from the European front, they have been fabulous domestically. They have claimed are atop the Primeira Liga table, having extended their lead over
reigning champions, FC Porto, to five points.
Couceiro revealed that though Zenit have immense quality in their squad, they will find it difficult to handle the Portuguese outfit this time around.
"I think that Benfica are more likely to win against Zenith because the Russian outfit is experiencing the same difficulties as other Russian clubs, including ours. Zenit have not played since two months, and the Portuguese outfit
certainly has an advantage over them in that manner.
“Zenit need to take full advantage of their home ground.” The former Atletico Cp player was quoted as saying.
Speaking on the upcoming UEFA Europa League home tie against Athletic Bilbao, the Portuguese manager praised the Spanish outfit’s offensive style. However, he added that he has decent defenders at his disposal ahead of the European
tie.
“We have three good defenders: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maksim-Belyayev-c23212.” Couceiro said.
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