The Russian midfielder has urged Lokomotiv Moscow to win the Russian Premier League tie against Zenit St. Petersburg after their shocking defeat against Dynamo Moscow
In the upcoming round of Russian Premier League action, Zenit St. Petersburg will take on Lokomotiv Moscow at Lokomotiv stadium. The last time these two teams met in a league competition, the Railroader’s came from behind to defeat
the Russian giants 4-2 at home.
Lokomotiv midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denis-Glushakov-c10855, has praised Zenit, admitting that the Russian giants are worthy opponents to retain the league title this season. He revealed that the Meshki deserve their position atop the league table.
However, he has warned Zenit ahead of the upcoming crunch league tie, telling them that they need to be lucky enough to claim all three points against them at home. The former Nika Moscow player assured the fans of a decent performance
against Zenit.
Lokomotiv will play the upcoming match on the back of a disappointing 2-0 defeat against Dynamo Moscow at home. Glushakov warned his teammates against dropping excessive points, and reminded them of their target to play in the
UEFA Champions League, next season.
“Zenit deserves the lead on the Premier League. They have a strong squad which has been playing together for a long time. Their coach, Luciano Spalletti, has done a fantastic http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at St. Petersburg club.
“We have not been consistent and are not happy with our latest defeat against Dynamo. We could have win the match had we performed well defensively. We are in need to score points to earn ourselves a Champions League’s ticket.”
The former FC SKA Rostov-on-Don player was quoted as saying.
Glushakov, who rejected a move to Petrovsky stadium during the winter transfer window, revealed that he is happy at the Moscow-based club, and has urged his team to claim maximum points in the remaining matches of the campaign.
As things stand, they are at the third-spot on the league table and 11 points adrift of the top spot. The Railroader’s, meanwhile, need to retain the third spot if they are to play in Europe, next season.
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