Luciano Spalletti has hailed Zenit St. Petersburg 4-2 win in the Russian Premier League against Spartak Moscow and has showered praise on Axel Witsel and Hulk
In the latest round of Russian Premier League action, Zenit St. Petersburg managed to claim all three points after defeating Spartak Moscow 4-2 at Luzhniki stadium on Friday. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 scored one each while Axel Witsel
compiled a brace.
Consequently, the St. Petersburg club managed to climb up to the 2nd spot on the league table, level on points with Anzhi Makhachkala but above in the standing due to a better goal difference.
In aftermath of the outcome, Luciano Spalletti has hailed his side’s emphatic win over the Moscow-based club and showered praise on the new signings, Hulk and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Axel-Witsel-c7029 respectively.
The defending champions signed the duo for reportedly 100 million Euros during the summer transfer window.
Spalletti started the match with Hulk upfront after benching http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 while Witsel was on the score sheet for the first time since making a big move
to Russia.
Spartak head coach, Valery Karpin, had questioned the St. Petersburg club’s transfer policy to invest such a big amount on the aforementioned two signings after blaming Spalletti for the transfer activity.
And while Hulks and Witsel both scored against Karpin’s team on Friday, Spalletti expressed a sigh of relief and said that he remained hopeful over the player’s form despite facing a lot of criticism recently.
“We are trying to build up game balance and we try this with different combinations. To keep the balance, I like to release a player that would allow us to control the ball better. For me, all players are equal and they know it. I'm
friends with everyone, even those who remain on the bench.”
“I think Hulk had a good game but he needs to keep his focus.” The former AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 coach was quoted as saying.
Spalletti went on to admit that Karpin was brave enough to take the managerial role after Unai Emery’s resignation, saying that it will take him little time to settle down.
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