Roman Shishkin ecstatic over Lokomotiv Moscow’s progress in all competitions under Jose Couceiro
Lokomotiv Moscow defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Shishkin-c31646, has hailed his clubs decision to appoint Jose Couceiro as their head coach, admitting that the Portuguese tactician has played a vital role in the Red-Greens success.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 manager joined the Russian outfit before the start of the Second round in the Russian premier League. Since then, the Russian outfit have been playing quality football and occupy fourth spot on the league table.
His arrival has seen the Moscow-based club improve their defensive record, conceding 8 goals from their last 14 league meetings. To top that, their offensive record speaks for itself, with 25 goals scored in the second round alone.
The Portuguese national has added young talent to the ranks by introducing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Felipe-Caicedo-c13525 from Manchester
City.
Caicedo has been a revelation at the outfit, building up a firm partnership with Obinna, scoring 4 goals in 8 appearances. The promising forwards have helped the Moscow-based club climb up the group table in the UEFA Europa League
by scoring three goals between them.
The Russian national admitted that Lokomotiv need to prepare hard for the upcoming third round league tie against Spartak Moscow, and urged his teammates to take revenge against the Red-Whites.
Lokomotiv suffered a humiliating 3-0 defeat against the Myaso, the last time these two teams met in league tie. Shishkin assured the fans of an altered performance when they take on Karpin’s men.
He said: “During the first half of the first match we played well, controlled the match, but missed some chances. Apparently, the concentration was not good enough.”
Shishkin also shared his expressions on the forthcoming match against the league leaders, Zenit St. Petersburg. The Russian national is of the belief that St. Petersburg are a great club with great players, and gave the example
of Roman Shirokov.
The former Spartak Moscow player heaped praise on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Shirokov-c31645 and said: “There are a lot of good players in Zenit and Shirokov is one of them. His blistering form has seen him score more goals this season.”
He added: “St. Petersburg club has always been a strong candidate for the league title over the past few years. I'm always interested to compete with Zenit and it would be a complement to win against them.”
Lokomotiv are at the second spot on the Europa League group L table, leading http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SK-Sturm-Graz-c40536 and AEK Athens in the rankings. The European competition has seen the Moscow-based club claim four wins from six group stage matches.
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