The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 manager believes Zenit St. Petersburg showed great character to win the crunch Russian Premier League tie against CSKA and commented on Andrei Arshavin.
Zenit St. Petersburg celebrated like champions at Petrovsky stadium after a 63rd minute opener from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrei-Arshavin-c5771 strike took them to the brink of their third Russian Premier League title.
A win in the upcoming league tie against Kuban Krasnodar will be enough to confirm them as the Russian top division champions, statistically. With five league games left to play, Zenit have extended their lead atop the
second-placed Armeytsy to 14 points.
In the aftermath of the outcome, Luciano Spalletti has hailed his side’s composure against a tough opponent. However, he admitted that the Moscow-based club gave them a tough time at home.
Spalletti admitted that although the Koni were the better team on pitch in the first half, Zenit deserved all three points as they put in a fabulous second period performance.
"I am very happy for those who love this club. It was by all accounts a nice match. In the first half, our guys were a little constrained by the importance of the game; CSKA looked a little better. In a couple of situations we
were really lucky. CSKA dangerously attacked. I want to congratulate my players - they beat a very good opponent.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Spalletti praised the Moscow-based club, admitting that they are one of the strongest teams in the championship. He revealed that the Koni challenged Zenit despite playing without key players.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vasili-Berezutski-c35922 failed to mark their presence during the match owing to their respective injuries.
The Italian tactician went on to admit that there were a lot of positives to take from the match and highlighted Sergei Semak’s return to the first team action and Andrei Arshavin scoring his first goal for the Russian outfit since
his loan move from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 during the winter.
Semak started the crunch league tie after missing last week’s 1-0 win against Lokomotiv Moscow at Lokomotiv stadium.
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