http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maksim-Kanunnikov-c23221 tips Zenit St. Petersburg to stretch their
good UEFA Champions League run after defeating http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542 3-2 at Petrovsky stadium, Russia.
The 20-year-old Zenit St. Petersburg striker started the UEFA Champions League encounter against SL Benfica and helped the Russian outfit claim all three points against the Eagles at home.
Though Benfica took the lead initially, Zenit managed to win the European tie. The Meshki have secured a decent result following Roman Shirokov’s late winner against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jorge-c19120 Jesus’s men.
In the aftermath of the outcome, Kanunnikov has expressed his delight upon winning the crunch home tie against a decent opposition. However, he warned the Russian outfit against complacency and assured the fan of a similar performance
in Lisbon.
“I congratulate Zenit for the win. I am confident that we have met our expectations. Though the second goal we conceded was by our mistake but, fortunately, we managed to score the winning goal, and now we have an advantage over
Benfica.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 Spalletti, the Meshki head coach who has recently extended his stay at the St. Petersburg club until 2015, gave Kanunnikov a deserved Champions League debut by including him in the starting line-up against the Portuguese
outfit.
The Italian national recalled the services of out-on-loan striker from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danko-Lazovic-c10188.
Spalletti praised the promising forward and said:
“I think that Kanunnikov had a good game, although he still needed to add confidence.”
Kanunnikov replaced Danny Miguel in the starting line-up and played as an attacking midfielder. However, he refused to compare himself with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193.
“I think I had a decent European debut against Benfica. It’s always difficult to play your first Champions League match. I thank my teammates who helped me on that occasion.” The promising striker said.
Kanunnikov revealed that Spalletti told him to play aggressively during the first half break. He admitted that Zenit will have to work very hard for the upcoming return leg in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984.
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