Zenit St. Petersburg boss Luciano Spalletti admits to lack of team spirit against Terek Grozny
Luciano Spalletti has identified that Zenit St. Petersburg need to focus more and build a serious approach towards the game if they want to retain the Russian Premier League crown.
Zenit St. Petersburg ended up with a goalless draw against Terek Grozny at Petrovsky Stadium in round 16 the Russian domestic league.
Spalletti heaped praise on the travelling team and admitted that they were brilliant defensively. The former AS Roma coach believes that his team had a tough game as they also conceded a penalty.
The former Udinese coach understands that some key figures should be added into the squad to lift up their motivation and team moral.
Spalletti had been rotating the starting line-up at Zenit in the past but started the game against the Chechens with almost the same starting line-up that he had chosen against Kuban Krasnodar. Slovakian defender Tomas Hubocan replacing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandar-Lukovic-c4481
was the only change.
The 52-year-old also highlighted the fact that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-c13609 Meira’s limited playing time on the pitch is down to his age, and Zenit will consider offloading such players in the transfer market.
The talismanic manager, who has won the Russian premier league, Russian Cup and Russian Super cup after joining the Bomzhi, was satisfied with the performance of Alexander Bukharov and revealed that the forward did everything to enter the attacking area,
causing some trouble for the opposing defenders. However, he lamented the lack of support provided by the rest of the squad.
The Italian tactician believes that the team will return on July 7 after the first break of Russian championship and will start practicing the day after. The training will involve some good exercise to regain fitness rather than running and last but not
the least, the squad would be working with the ball.
With a draw at home for Zenit, CSKA Moscow have increased their lead to 4 points with a win against FK Amkar Perm in which their top scorer, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Seydou-Doumbia-c33175, scored a brace away from home.
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