The Serbian striker reminds Zenit St. Petersburg the UEFA Europa League defeat against FC Twente and tipped them to alter the situation by winning against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542.
Zenit St. Petersburg striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danko-Lazovic-c10188, has urged his teammates to gear up for the upcoming UEFA Champions League tie against SL Benfica and assured the fans of quality football at Petrovsky stadium.
Lazovic, who joined the Meshki back in 2010 from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven, has had a good Russian Premier League campaign this term, having scored 11 goals in 29 league appearances. The Veteran striker admitted that he worked very hard to
overcome his injury in the first league round.
The Serbian national was tasered while he was celebrating the winning goal against Volga Nizhny Novgorod.
The Russian Cup winner has failed to produce similar form in Europe. Though he failed to claim a starting berth, Lazovic still marked 5 European outings without opening his goal account.
However, the striker remains confident of rediscovering his form despite his poor European stats.
Lazovic went on to lament their shocking UEFA Europa League 3-2 defeat against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233. He warned Zenit against complacency and tipped them to better the Eagles if they are to reach the quarterfinal of the continental tournament.
“We were denied by the Dutch outfit to reach the quarterfinals last term but we are ready to bounce back this time around.
“Benfica have not lost any European match this term.” The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 player was quoted as saying.
The first leg is scheduled in Russia while the return leg is in Portugal.
Lazovic admitted to the risk of injuries playing in extreme weather conditions. He revealed that the Portuguese outfit will struggle to play the first leg in Russia and tipped the St. Petersburg to take full advantage of the situation.
“I'm curious how they can play football at minus 15 or minus 20. I am not saying this impossible, but the risk of injury will be huge.” Lazovic warned.
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