Zenit St. Petersburg’s Viktor Fayzulin surprised with poor Shakhtar Donetsk performance
Zenit St. Petersburg drew 2-2 against Shakhtar Donetsk at Donbass Arena in the latest round of UEFA Champions League group stage encounters.
Zenit's http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Viktor-Fayzulin-c36130, who was on the score sheet against the Miners, has expressed his surprise over Shakhtar’s performance. He believes that the Moles were second best on the pitch.
“I thought it would be harder but it turned out the opposite; this is a surprise. I was wondering whether we are strong, or they allowing us to create as many chances. We created a lot of chances but could not implement
them.” The former Spartak Nalchik player was quoted as saying.
Fayzulin went on to reveal his satisfaction on his goalscoring form. The midfielder managed to score the equalizer for Zenit in the second period. The Russian Cup winner is of the belief that they could have won the match had they converted all their
chances.
The promising midfielder is of the view that the coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 tactician gave them confidence before the European encounter.
Speaking on the draw between Apoel and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186, he said: “Well, I was not expecting this result; I thought that Porto would win.”
The former SKA-Energia Khabarovsk player went on to highlight the importance of the upcoming group stage games against Shakhtar and Apoel at home. Fayzulin is of the opinion that Zenit need to win the home games in order to progress to the later stages
in Europe.
On domestic front, with only three league ties remaining in the ongoing season, Zenit need to stretch their lead atop the league table, as CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow trail the league leaders by two and three points respectively.
Zenit take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Rostov-c39192 in the upcoming Russian Premier League encounter, knowing that they might lose their top place with a defeat or a draw.
The midfielder admitted that Zenit need to work harder in the remaining league matches of the season.
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