Zenit St. Petersburg will progress to the later stages of Champion League, claims Danny Miguel
Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder, Danny Miguel, has reiterated his desire to win the UEFA Champions League with the Russian outfit and summed up the team’s performance ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk tie at Petrovsky stadium.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 is likely to watch the match from sidelines as the Portuguese national has sustained another injury lay off.
However, the former Sporting Lisbon player is optimistic over the upcoming mouth-watering clash and tipped his side to claim a win against the Miners.
Danny admitted that Zenit are a close-knit group, where every person has a chance to progress. The UEFA Cup winner urged his teammates to win the upcoming European clash if they are to reach the knock out stage of the competition.
“As long as Miners are at the last place, it will force him to play more aggressively. But Zenit will not be an easy opponent.” Danny was quoted as saying.
The promising midfielder went on to admit that Zenit need to claim six points from the upcoming home group stage games, against Shakhtar and Apoel, in order to fulfil their champions league hopes.
The Russian Super Cup winner revealed that the Meshki should not underestimate the Ukrainian Premier League Champions and warned his defenders against the Moles strikers.
Danny went on to reveal his surprise over FC Apoel's Champions League performance and praised the Cypriot First Division club for their table topping performances.
The Cyprus-based club are atop the group table with five points. Apoel managed a flying start to the campaign with a win over Zenit but failed to stretch the winning momentum after claiming back-to-back draws against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 and Shakhtar Donetsk.
In the meanwhile, Zenit are atop the league table after winning the latest Russian Premier League encounter against Volga Nizhny Novgorod. Danny is of the opinion that domestic championships are different from the Champions League.
Zenit managed to claim a point without the leading scorer, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569, against Shakhtar in the first fixture, and Danny believes that Zenit have quality players who are awaiting chances to replace the injured players.
Danny urged his teammates to hit the top gear against the Moles and assured the fans of entertaining, exciting football.
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