Zenit St. Petersburg’s Luciano Spalletti delighted with win against CSKA Moscow
Zenit St. Petersburg manager, Luciano Spalletti, has revealed that he is satisfied with the Bomzhi performance against CSKA Moscow. The manager was speaking to the media ahead of his side’s Russian Premier League encounter against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Amkar-Perm-c39067.
Zenit are now just two points away from the top spot after reducing the point difference from the league leaders. Spalletti believes that the team played with great spirit in order to claim the three points away from home.
Spalletti revealed that the Army Men possess fantastic strikers upfront and they can play offensive football for the entire ninety minutes. The Russian Cup winner explained that he played five defenders against the Armeytsy in order to stop their attacks.
“CSKA have very fast forwards. They always get the ball at speed and thus outperform defenders. We used five defenders against two attackers and played three central defenders and I think it worked very well”. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Udinese-Calcio-c40789 boss was quoted as
saying.
The Coppa Italia winning coach insisted that Zenit adapted well to the defensive scheme and admitted that the Meshki are considering playing with the same formation against big teams in the UEFA Champions League.
“This scheme worked well in a difficult match against CSKA Moscow. We hope that this scheme will help us in the Champions League, where Zenit will face strong teams.” The former UC Sampdoria head coach went on.
Spalletti heaped praise on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Miguel, as the stand out performer at Luzhniki Stadium.
The Italian coach is going to miss http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 for Zenit’s upcoming league encounter against FC Amkar Perm. The Portuguese national sustained a knock while playing for his country, but Spalletti has assured that the remaining squad is ready to play against the
Navozniki.
Spalletti revealed that the Krasno-chernye are known to play deep defensively and that the visiting team would try their level best to snatch a point away from the home side.
CSKA Moscow are going to play against Rubin Kazan, and Zenit have an excellent chance at hand to further minimise the point difference from the league leaders by claiming a win at Petrovsky Stadium.
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