Zenit St. Petersburg’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078: UEFA Champions League
Zenit St. Petersburg left back, Aleksandar Lukovic, has revealed that he is glad to avoid the defending champions of the UEFA Champions League, FC http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, in the group stages of the cup tournament. The Russian defender was speaking to the media ahead
of the Russian Premier League encounter against FC Krasnodar.
Zenit have been drawn against Shakhtar Donetsk, Apoel FC and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 in the group stages of the Champions League. Lukovic revealed that the Bomzhi are lucky enough to avoid the likes of La Liga champions, and Serie A Runners-up, Intern Milan, in the early
stages of the tournament.
Lukovic believes that the Meshki are currently drawn against descent teams. The Russian stopper highlighted that the Dragoes are the defending champions of the UEFA Europa League and they are most likely to progress to the later stages of the tournament.
“At first glance it may seem that our group is inferior in strength to others. But in this tournament almost every club can beat everyone, and there are no weak opponents. I am pleased that we are not going to play with super European clubs like Barcelona
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567. I think the draws are pretty much in our favour. We need to overcome the motivation problems in the most prestigious tournament of the continent”. The former Udinese player was quoted as saying.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Red-Star-c40350 Belgrade player admitted that all the clubs who have reached the group stages are worthy to progress to the later stages of the tournament and revealed that Zenit need to work very hard in order to lead their respective group table.
The fullback insisted that no group in the Champions League is easy. He pointed out to the case of Group A, which includes http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003, Manchester City, Villareal and Bayern Munich.
Lukovic also discussed Zenit’s upcoming league meeting with the Byki. Lukovic heaped praise on Krasnodar head coach, Slavoljub Muslin, by revealing that he had a good time playing under the leadership of the excellent coach. The Russian national urged his
teammates to stretch their winning momentum by claiming a win against Krasnodar.
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