Zenit St. Petersburg’s Domenico Criscito satisfied with debut win against CSKA Moscow
Zenit St. Petersburg’s latest signing, Domenico Criscito, has revealed that he is delighted to help the team claim the much needed three points against the league leaders, CSKA Moscow, and admitted that the Russian Premier League is more competitive as compared
to the Italian Serie A.
Criscito admitted that he was nervous at the start but the match turned out to be a great debut for him. The Italian national provided an assist to the Bomzhi goal-machine, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569. Zenit managed to get a win by scoring two goals away from home.
The former Genoa CFC player insisted that the match was of enough importance because the Meshki wanted to reduce the point difference from the Army Men in order to retain the league title this season.
“I knew that the match is very important in terms of standings. We wanted to win, although it was not an easy match. The achievement of the whole team is very important in the fight for the title.” The former Juventus FC player was quoted as saying.
The Italian national hailed the impact of the Meshki head coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 boss outplayed the Koni head coach, Leonid Slutsky, by playing five defenders in the team composition.
Criscito revealed that Zenit played good football in the first half and deserved the goals that they scored in the second period. The Italian stopper said that he noted the movement of his teammate, Kerzhakov, and practiced with him in training to build
the understanding of the first goal.
The 24-Year-old heaped praise on the Koni but insisted that Zenit were the better team at the pitch. The defender highlighted that the Bomzhi managed to cope up with the Moscow-based-club well in order to get the victory at Luzhniki.
The Italian national insisted that Zenit are the true leaders and can claim a top spot if they play in the Italian league.
“Zenit would be somewhere in the lead in Serie A but to compare the leagues are still too early for me because I've just had one game. Although I believe: The level of football is very high in the Russian Championship because several teams fight for the
title.” Criscito concluded.
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