Sergei Semak believes Zenit St. Petersburg and CSKA Moscow can win the Russian Premier League
Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergei-Semak-c32976, has identified CSKA Moscow as the genuine title contenders this season and believes the army men would give the defending champions a tough time in race for the Russian Premier League title.
The Russian national revealed that the army men are playing quality football at the moment and rightly deserve the top spot on the league table. CSKA have lost just one game so far of the 16 played.
Zenit have not been up to the mark as compared to last season, the former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder expressed. He admitted that the team has produced some sloppy performances, and pointed out to the home defeat against FK http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-c35214 Tomsk.
Semak summed up the first round displays under the head coach, Luciano Spalletti, by suggesting that Zenit need to tighten the margin with the current league leaders, CSKA Moscow, by playing disciplined football.
The 35-year-old, who was signed on a two-and-a-half-year contract from Rubin Kazan, is currently sidelined due to reoccurrence of an injury sustained against CSKA Moscow in a Russian Cup encounter.
Semak lamented his injury and hoped for a quick recovery as he wishes to lead the Blue-White-Light blue back on the winning track.
"I do not feel anything good or bad regarding the injury. It is a trauma, of course, it is painful, but we must remember - this is football, it happens. Now the main thing is to quickly recover.” Semak was quoted as saying.
The star midfielder revealed that the Russian Championship has become extremely competitive with the likes of Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Krasnodar and Kuban Krasnodar competing for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League qualifying places.
“I think the realization to fight for higher places among the top eight teams after 30 rounds has made the championship more interesting. Therefore, the fight is very hard and interesting. “Semak added on.
Zenit are currently occupying the second spot on the league table, fighting to retain the league title by overcoming a deficit of four points.
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