Zenit St. Petersburg’s goalkeeping coach shares his views ahead of the UEFA Champions League tie and revealed the reason behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vyacheslav-Malafeev-c36502’s injury
Mikhail Biryukov has praised Zenit St. Petersburg reserve goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yuri-Zhevnov-c37682, adding that Zhevnov has a decent chance to impress the head coach, Luciano Spalletti, in the upcoming crunch UEFA Champions League tie against
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542.
Zhevnov will reportedly keep the goal in absence of first choice shot-stopper, Vyacheslav Malafeev, who is out injured after sustaining an injury during the Dubai Matchworld Cup 2012.
Malafeev has now joined http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danko-Lazovic-c10188 (muscle strain) in the treatment rooms.
However, there is some good news for the Bomzhi faithful: prolific midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Shirokov-c31645 is in contention to start the upcoming European encounter at Petrovsky stadium.
The former Saturn Moscow Oblast player had been sidelined following a recurring injury. Shirokov, who has scored 3 goals in 6 European outings, is having a decent European campaign.
Biryukov went on to admit that both the goalkeepers will find it difficult to play in the cold Russian weather. He urged them to keep moving in order to stay warm.
“It became clear that Malafeev will not play against Benfica on Sunday. I don’t think he will come back soon because he needs an operation after a muscle relapse.
"I hope that tomorrow Zhevnov will step up for the European duty. I think he can play well. If we talk about the application for the match, perhaps http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dmitri-Borodin-c11391 can get a chance.” The former FC Rotor Volgograd assistant manager
was quoted as saying.
Yuri Zhevnov, in the meanwhile, has responded to the goalkeeping coach, thanking him for his comments. He assured the fans that he will do everything in order to better the Portuguese outfit despite their decent European form.
“Benfica have more match practice than we do but we will fight till the end.” Zhevnov said.
Benfica are yet to lose a European match this term, having claimed points against stern opposition such as Manchester United and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233.
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