Spalletti satisfied with Andrei Arshavin’s performance against Dynamo Kyiv – Football News
Zenit St. Petersburg head coach, Luciano Spalletti, has expressed satisfaction over Andrei Arshavin’s performance following their 1-2 defeat against Dynamo Kyiv at Kyiv Stadium on Sunday.
“Unlike the first game, I saw my team playing better football as compared to a few days ago. My team fought with dignity against a tough team and I think it will benefit us for the preparation for the season. I am very satisfied
with Arshavin’s performance because I thought it would be worse. It is clear that he needs to gain fitness. He looked tired in the end but his skills have not gone anywhere. I am very happy with Tymoshchuk’s arrival because he is an experienced player. He
is a great professional with fighting spirit and human qualities,” the former AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 coach was quoted as saying.
Though http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Viktor-Fayzulin-c36130 managed to help the St. Petersburg club in getting a quick equalizer minutes after the hosts opened up the scoring, he could not save his side suffering from a pulsating defeat after they conceded a late
goal.
Arshavin started his first match for Zenit after returning from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 FC. The 32-year-old Russian winger-c*m-striker returned to Petrovsky four years after forcing a 20 million Euros move to the English Premier League club.
It is widely believed that Arshavin, who became a free agent on June 1, signed a two-year contract with the Russian outfit.
Speaking on Anatoliy Tymoshchuk’s return at Zenit, Spalletti said that he is happy to convince the player to return to Zenit and stressed that the former Shakhtar Donetsk man will only benefit the entire squad with valuable experience
at Allianz Arena.
Tymoshchuk, on the other hand, came off from the bench in the second half of the nail biting encounter. The Ukrainian midfielder returned to Zenit after leaving UEFA Champions League champions Bayern Munich.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 in order to play in the united tournament 2013. Shirokov has already expressed a desire to leave Zenit in order to make a move to Bundesliga while Bystrov wants to change
his current club following lack of playing time.
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