Evgeny Lovchev said that the Portuguese midfielder was on top of his game in the Russian Premier League tie against CSKA Moscow and has speculated on Aleksandr Bukharov’s future
Zenit St. Petersburg were left robbed in the latest round of Russian Premier League against CSKA Moscow at Petrovsky stadium on Monday after conceding a late equalizer from the penalty spot.
Evgeny Lovchev has hailed the defending league champions' character and never-say-die attitude and highlighted Zenit’s attacking midfielder, Danny Miguel, as the stand-out performer in the contest.
The Portuguese International returned to action earlier this month after recovering from a knee injury that restricted him to enter the pitch for the past eleven months following an operation in Barcelona.
The former Sporting Lisbon player, who joined the Russian outfit from Dynamo Moscow back in 2008 for a record breaking 30 million Euros fee, played the entire 90 minutes for the first time this season after returning from a lengthy
spell.
“I was disappointed to see the league meeting between the two top teams. CSKA played in their trade mark style but failed to initiate a good counter-attack. I do not understand what http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Konstantin-Zyryanov-c21312 were doing
on the middle of the pitch.”
“However, I am satisfied with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193’s performance. I think that the defending champions can get better and better after his return. This is little like the old Zenit.” The Soviet Top League winner was quoted as saying.
Speaking on Aleksandr Bukharov’s omission from the squad in the league tie against the Moscow-based club on Monday, Lovchev revealed that the 27-year-old striker needs to change his club if he is to play regularly.
“Bukharov cannot survive in this team. The coach has http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Axel-Witsel-c7029 and Hulk at his disposal. He needs to get find himself a new team.” He concluded
The former Chernomorets Novorossiysk player, who made barely one start this season, is struggling to break into the first team following Aleksandr Kerzhakov’s brilliant form and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436’s arrival.
Bukharov, meanwhile, is yet to score in the ongoing campaign after having a troublesome season last term. Lovchev advised the Russian forward to start considering different options.
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