Zenit St. Petersburg head coach Luciano Spalletti speaks ahead of Terek Grozny clash
Zenit St. Petersburg tactician, Luciano Spalletti, has revealed that he is satisfied with his team’s performances so far this season. He was speaking ahead of the Russian Premier League encounter against Terek Grozny at Petrovsky stadium.
Sine-Belo-Golubye currently occupy the second place in the league table and are striving to leapfrog CSKA Moscow, who are two points clear at the top with a game in hand. Spalletti is delighted with the way his team have performed recently, and suggested
that Zenit have won their recent points because of their character and team spirit.
The former AS Roma manager refused to give his opinion on the Chechen club sacking the head coach, Ruud Gullit, after he failed to claim victory against Anzhi Makhachkala. Spalletti revealed that sometimes it’s in the best interest of the club to take decisive
actions.
Spalletti believes that the change in the management certainly gives a boost to the squad and the Chechens would be travelling to Petrovsky stadium with high hopes.
Gullit himself had admitted that money was a major factor in his Russian move, but the Zenit coach differs in his opinion. Spalletti highlighted that he had enough money before coming to the Russian club and revealed that he cannot guarantee a win in every
game but promised to lead the club to glory.
Spalletti understands that his desire to explore and gain experience in the football industry led him to freezing cold of Russia.
The gifted boss, who won the Russian Cup with Zenit, has ruled out the possibility of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Shirokov-c31645 staring the upcoming game, revealing that he would not risk the midfielder as Shirokov has just returned from an injury. He revealed that the player would
return to action in the second round of the Russian championship, thus avoiding a reoccurrence of the injury.
The 52 year old, however, revealed that Tomáš Huboča might play some part in the upcoming game as it is always good to get some minutes under the belt, especially after a lengthy lay-off.
Spalletti, who twice managed to win the Coppa Italia for AS Roma, highlighted the fact that all the teams in the Russian Premier League are difficult to play against as every club is striving to improve.
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