The Montenegrin attacker has hoped to score goals in the UEFA Europa League and the Russian Premier League and has assured the fans of meeting their expectations
The defending Russian Premier League champions, Zenit St. Petersburg, will host English Premier League giants, Liverpool FC, in the UEFA Europa League round-of-16 at Petrovsky stadium before making a hectic journey towards Anfield
in February.
The St. Petersburg club secured an automatic qualification into the European competition after claiming the third spot on the UEFA Champions League’s group stage table behind Malaga CF and AC Milan respectively.
Zenit striker, Luka Dordevic, has revealed that he is eager to play his part in the cup competition, having already made five appearances in the Russian Premier League campaign so far this season since making a move from Mogren
last summer.
The 18-year-old forward, who has represented his country in the under-19 and under-21 level, signed a three-year-contract with the Russian outfit after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 Spalletti took his trials last summer.
And now that they have been drawn against Liverpool in the Europa League, the Montenegrin forward is of the view that they have to show nerves of steel to get a positive result at Anfield and urged the home supporters to give a
warm reception to the host.
“Europa League is very important for us and we have to be careful playing against teams such as Liverpool. We wanted to get in the playoffs, after failing to progress from the group stages in the Champions League.”
“Of course, I know that the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991. Hopefully, at home we will achieve good result and may be it will benefit us before going to Anfield.”
“But it is necessary for me to work hard and get stronger because it is not easy to break into the first-team," The 6 feet 1 inches player was quoted as saying.
Dordevic went on to credit his new team-mates for helping him to settle down at the St. Petersburg club, saying that he get great help since coming to his new club.
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