Zenit St. Petersburg head coach admits that the crucial Russian Premier League win will help them in their quest to retain the league title and blasted Leonid Fedun.
In the latest round of Russian Premier League action, Zenit St. Petersburg managed to win 2-1 against Spartak Moscow at Luzhniki stadium. With the win, Zenit have now moved a massive nine points clear at the top.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569 doubled their lead after scoring from the penalty spot during the second period. Though the host team got one goal back
through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Artem-Dzyuba-c6682, they failed to net that elusive equalizer.
In the aftermath of the outcome, Luciano Spalletti expressed his delight upon recording their second win during the third league round. He admitted that the Meshki deserved the latest win after putting in an immaculate performance
on the away turf.
“It was one of our best performances in a very important match. It was a very important victory against a very strong opponent. Today's result is particularly important because I saw a lot of our fans and to win in front of them
is a pleasure.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
The Spartachi goalkeeper, Andriy Dykan, had to leave the field after colliding with Kerzhakov while clearing a deep cross into the penalty box. Spalletti wished the shot-stopper a speedy recovery and revealed that the collision
was not intentional.
Spalletti went on to blast the Red-whites president, Leonid Fedun, after the Russian national labelled Zenit as a racist club. The former AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 manager denied being racist and revealed that he cannot bear such baseless accusations.
“We sign players to help the club regardless of their skin colours. If we find a dark-skinned player who is good enough, we will sign him.” Spalletti said
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