Maksim Demenko believes that Zenit are likely to retain the league title under Luciano Spalletti this season after thrashing Spartak Moscow 5-0 at home.
Former FC Krasnodar player, Maksim Demenko, has admitted that he was thrilled to see the latest Russian Premier League encounter between Zenit St. Petersburg and Spartak Moscow at Petrovsky stadium.
Zenit recorded their fourth win of the ongoing league campaign, having already defeated Amkar Perm, Dynamo Moscow and CSKA Moscow.
Luciano Spalletti’s men scored five on the night against the Red-Whites in a bid to reclaim the top spot on the league table. Spartak, on the other hand, dropped down to the seventh spot after suffering their heaviest defeat since
the inception of Russian championship.
Demenko, who made 44 appearances for the St. Petersburg club during his playing career, has revealed that he was impressed to see the way Zenit have played against the Moscow-based club.
The former Dynamo Kyiv player said that Spartak would not have won the game even if they had scored from the penalty spot. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diniyar-Bilyaletdinov-c11318 shot the penalty well outside the goal during the second-half.
The fact that Zenit managed to clinch the victory on a large scale without the presence of star players delights Demenko, who is of the belief that Zenit will retain the league title this season.
Zenit were without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Bukharov-c4555. The aforementioned players are seeking individual training schedule after sustaining respective injuries.
“As always, the meetings between Zenit and Spartak are always entertaining and interesting. It has been eleven years since I have played for the blue-white-blue. I got emotional after seeing my former club win by a large margin.
In general, Luciano Spalletti has demonstrated that Zenit are the strongest team in the championship of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991 at the moment.”
“Luciano Spalletti is able to create necessary competition in the team and four straight wins have increased fans expectations from this team.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Demenko, meanwhile, warned the Meshki against complacency, telling them to keep working hard as ever.
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