http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergei-Semak-c32976: Zenit St. Petersburg are devastated after Lokomotiv Moscow and Apoel FC defeats
Zenit St. Petersburg suffered back-to-back defeats against Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League and Apoel FC in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. The Bomzhi star, Sergei Semak, who is currently sidelined due to an injury, has admitted
that Zenit need to be more focused towards their upcoming matches.
The St. Petersburg club lost 4-2 against the Railroaders and 2-1 against the Cypriot First Division club.
Semak bemoaned Zenit’s performance against the teams and urged his teammates to kick start winning if they are to retain the League title this season, and progress to the later stages of the European tournament.
“The result of the match against Apoel was bad, there is no doubt. The result did not please our fans, the players and the coaching staff. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cyprus-c2881 defeated is extremely insulting, especially given the previous failures - the defeat in Moscow against Lokomotiv. We
are in a difficult psychological situation.” The former Paris Saint-Germain player was quoted as saying.
The four-time Russian Premier League winning player expressed his desire to progress from the group stages of the cup tournament and insisted that Zenit need to prepare very hard for the upcoming European encounter against the UEFA Europa League defending
champions, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186.
“We need to beat Porto in the Champions League at home and we must believe that we can handle this odd situation.” The 35-year-old concluded.
Semak admitted that he believes in Zenit head coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 tactician can pull the Russian club out of the odd situation.
The Russian Cup winner revealed that Zenit have a series of tough league matches ahead and mentioned the upcoming matches against Rubin Kazan, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Tom-Tomsk-c39228, Spartak Moscow and Dynamo Moscow.
The Russian international footballer from Ukrainian origins reiterated that he has fully recovered from the injury and he is looking forward to start training with the general group at Petrovsky Stadium.
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