Luciano Spalletti happy with Zenit St. Petersburg performance against CSKA Moscow
Zenit St. Petersburg head coach, Luciano Spalletti, is delighted with his team’s performance against CSKA Moscow at Luzhniki Stadium. The Bomzhi won the match by scoring twice in quick succession after the interval.
The Moscow-based club put early pressure on the visitors by testing their back line but the Bomzhi were well prepared for the match away from home. After a quiet first half, Domenico Criscito provided an excellent ball to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569 in the penalty
area, who headed the ball past the Koni shot-stopper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Anyukov-c4549, made it 2-0 with a thunderbolt of a strike minutes after the first goal.
Following the match, Spalletti heaped praise on the Zenit defence by revealing that the team played well defensively by not letting Vagner Love and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Seydou-Doumbia-c33175 into the penalty box too often. The Coppa Italia winning coach admitted that Zenit played with
a lot of character and authority after a superb goal by Kerzhakov.
“It was a beautiful match, played by two very strong teams. We did not let their quick hitters, Doumbia and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vagner-c35793 Love, use enough space in our defence. My team played the match with authority and character after a great goal by Kerzhakov”. The former
AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 coach was quoted as saying.
The former Udinese coach explained his decision to play three central defenders to avoid long balls from the opponents. The manager highlighted that Zenit had played a couple of times with the Moscow-based club and they know the strength and weakness of
the Army Men.
Domenico Criscito made his Zenit debut in the match since his arrival from Genoa CFC, and Spalletti praised his work rate in the match by revealing that the Italian had an excellent day at Luzhniki Stadium.
“I congratulated him. We knew from before that he is a strong player, the main wing back in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926. He came here and played his first match against CSKA Moscow, an excellent debut.” The Russian Cup winner concluded.
Zenit have now reduced CSKA Moscow’s lead at the top of the league to just two points and are preparing for their upcoming league fixture against FK Amkar Perm.
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