Danny Miguel has urged Zenit St. Petersburg to extend their Russian Premier League winning run and has expressed his desire to play against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 in Europe
Zenit St. Petersburg attacking midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 Miguel, has revealed that he has recovered from the serious knee injury that sidelined him for much of the last season. The former Sporting Lisbon player had started individual training
program earlier this week.
“Maybe on Monday I will train with the team. I am not having any problems on the field. I think I will be to play for Zenit in a month.” The UEFA Super Cup winner was quoted as saying.
The Portuguese midfielder, who joined the St. Petersburg club from Dynamo Moscow for a record 40 million Euros transfer fee, insisted that he has worked extremley hard to make a comeback before his side’s participation in the UEFA
Champions League next month.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 and Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stages.
However, they failed to reach the quarter-finals of one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world of football after suffering a 4-3 defeat against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542 on aggregate. Though Zenit managed to win 3-2 at home, they conceded
two goals on the away turf.
Miguel revealed that the St. Petersburg club would have progressed to the later stages of the continental tournament last season had he, along with some other key players remained fit.
The Portuguese International went on to express his desire to play against the former champions league winners, FC http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, in the near future.
“For me to play against the big clubs, such as Barcelona, Real Madrid or AC Milan will be a privilege. You experience intense emotions in these matches, playing against such teams in the beautiful stadiums. I believe that Zenit
are not afraid of any team and we are all looking forward to play in the tournament next month.” He said.
Miguel admitted that Zenit’s decent Russian Premier League run will benefit them in Europe.
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