Zenit St. Petersburg’s Bruno Alves happy to play against FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League draws were held yesterday and Zenit St. Petersburg will need maximum points against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186, Apoel FC and Shakhtar Donetsk in their respective group to reach the later stages of cup tournament.
Zenit defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-Alves-c8108, is excited to play against his former club, Porto, and revealed that Zenit need to work harder in order to claim a win against Porto at Estádio do Dragão. The Russian Premier League winner highlighted that the Bomzhi are working
hard to claim maximum points in their group.
“We certainly want to go to the next stage of the tournament. I'm actually glad to play against Porto. For me, it will be a special event, because I'll be back to play against my former team and try to do my best to win.” The former AEK Athens player was
quoted as saying.
Alves admitted that he is looking forward to play against the biggest clubs in the world, in jam packed arenas full of supporters. The star defender urged his teammates to prepare hard against the teams in their group in order to proceed to the later stages
and play against the finest teams of Europe.
“I would like to go as far as possible with Zenit; we are in good shape today. We have well-organized structure of the club, there are great players, and after passing the first stage, anything is possible in the group stages.” The Portuguese League winner
concluded.
Zenit are currently preparing for their upcoming league encounter against FC Krasnodar and the Portuguese defender believes that the Meshki are confident to claim three points against the Byki. The 29-Year-old defender hoped to retain the Russian Premier
League title under http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 Spalletti.
Zenit are at the second spot on the league table trailing the league leaders, CSKA Moscow, by two points. Zenit managed to score five goals in their previous league clash against Krylia Sovetov Samara and Alves hoped that the Meshki would produce a similar
display against Krasnodar.
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