Luciano Spalletti has hailed Zenit St. Petersburg’s performances during the ongoing Russian Premier League campaign and assured the fans of continued decent domestic run.
Zenit St. Petersburg equalled CSKA Moscow’s record after lifting the Russian Premier League trophy for the third time in their history. However, they are still six league titles short of matching Spartak Moscow’s
feat.
The St. Petersburg club celebrated as the Russian champions after winning the latest tie 2-1 against Dynamo Moscow at Petrovsky stadium. Though the Meshki took a two goal lead during the first half, they conceded a bizarre goal
soon after.
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In a closely contested match where both the teams had equal chances, the visiting team failed to find an equalizer despite playing with a numerical advantage on the pitch. Zenit had to play with 10 men after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Konstantin-Zyryanov-c21312
received his second yellow card during the second period.
In the aftermath of the outcome, Luciano Spalletti has expressed his satisfaction over the result, revealing that his side deserved to claim all three points against a decent opponent despite playing with 10 men. Spalletti hailed
the win and assured the fans of continuing their decent domestic run.
“I think that Zenit had been consistent during the last two very difficult seasons. I think they deserve to be the champions. We all worked so hard for this to happen and took a lot of responsibility and risks on our shoulders.
“We have now done our http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 and the players can now relax. Thank God we were able to do the right thing during the long contest. The team has great character, which they have demonstrated today.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted
as saying.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 tactician, who has now become the first coach in the history of the St. Petersburg club to win back-to-back league titles, revealed that it was a team effort and the entire squad worked so hard to make it possible.
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