Luciano Spalletti upbeat ahead of Zenit St. Petersburg’s tie against Shakhtar Donetsk
Zenit St. Petersburg take on Shakhtar Donetsk in the upcoming UEFA Champions League group stage encounter at Petrovsky stadium. Luciano Spalletti, the Meshki coach, has urged his side to concentrate on the mouthwatering clash, anticipating a European win
at home.
The Italian tactician calls for Zenit’s character against the Ukrainian Premier League champions and admitted that the Meshki need steel of nerves to beat the Ukraine-based club.
Speaking on the injury of his leading goal scorer, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 boss revealed that Zenit have enough strength in the squad to replace the promising forward.
Spalletti warned the opposing head coach, Mircea Lucescu, and highlighted that Zenit are looking forward to claim all three points at home.
“I know Lucescu. He is such an old football wolf. But we are like a lion. Now let's see how the wolf will come in to play in the lion's den. Let's see who is stronger.” Spalletti provoked Lucescu.
The former Udinese coach is of the opinion that Shakhtar have a terrific squad and insisted that the absence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dmytro-Chygrynskiy-c11449 will not affect the opponents’ overall composition.
Spalletti urged the defenders to watch out for counter-attacks and advised the strikers to stretch the opposition defence.
“We know the difficulties that we face in the domestic championship and the Champions League. We have the self confidence but we will never underestimate our opponents.
“We know that we need to be confident and calm in order to influence our superiority during the match. If we succeed to display our qualities and strengths, we can create problems.” The Italian national went on.
Spalletti, when quizzed by a journalist about the match between http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 and Apoel FC, refused to draw conclusions on other matches and insisted that he has little time to discuss other teams.
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