Former Anzhi Makhachkala manager believes the upcoming Russian Premier League tie between Zenit and CSKA Moscow will settle the title race.
Former Dynamo St. Petersburg defender, Dmitri Galiamin, has revealed that the upcoming Russian Premier League tie between Zenit St. Petersburg and CSKA Moscow at Petrovsky stadium will be a tough battle.
Galiamin admitted that Zenit are the favourites to win the tie against the Koni. However, he motivated the Armeytsy, telling them that they have a decent chance to close down the gap on the top.
With six games left to play, the Armeytsy are at the second-spot on the league table and trail the top spot by 11 points.
Galiamin urged his teammates to win the upcoming tie this time around and assured the fans of retaining the league title this season. He went on to admit that Zenit can turn the table after a poor start to the third league round.
Going into the crunch league encounter, Zenit will be without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergei-Semak-c32976 will pass a late fitness test to return to the first team action on Saturday.
The Armeytsy, on the other hand, will play the crunch fixture without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Akinfeev-c16676 is expected to return to the composition after spending over
six months on the sidelines.
Galiamin, while discussing the injured players, assured the fans of a spectacular match between the Russian outfits irrespective of the injuries the two sides have.
“It’s a match between two big Russian teams. Zenit are one of the best team in out championship and the match will settle down the title race. I think the match will be different as compared to the last match they had last month,
CSKA are much more motivated this time around.” Former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-c35214 Tomsk manager was quoted as saying.
Zenit will be heading for the league tie confidently as they have won their last two league games against Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow. CSKA, on the other hand, have failed to win any of their last three games.
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