Ruslan Mukhametshin believes that Zenit St. Petersburg looked more united in the Russian Premier League even before such high-profile acquisitions during the summer
Defending Russian Premier League champions, Zenit St. Petersburg, managed to defeat newly promoted club, Mordovia Saransk, 2-0 in the Russian Cup Round-of-16 at Start stadium on Tuesday.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergei-Semak-c32976 opened the scoring on 66th minute while Domenico Criscito confirmed the St. Petersburg’s progression to the next round of the cup tournament by scoring an injury-time header from close range.
Ruslan Mukhametshin, has lamented the latest defeat, insisting that they should have put an end to a series of disappointing performances after winning against the Meshki at home.
However, the Russian attacker was quick to criticize Zenit for overspending on the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Axel-Witsel-c7029 during the summer transfer window.
Luciano Spalletti, who threatened the Russian outfit to let him sign expensive yet talented players this summer, spent a reported 100 million Euros fee in the transfers of the former Primeira Liga duo.
“I do not know what happened to them but Zenit did not look familiar, maybe they felt cold since it was very cold due to the wind and the rain. But I think that they looked more solid before.”
“In addition, I have the impression that their high-profile acquisitions did not play a massive part at the club until now. I think they are experiencing an offensive disorder. Hulk is a very high level Brazilian footballer but
he is yet to justify his big price tag. As far as I know, he did not make an instant the impact on their game," the former Rubin-2 Kazan player was quoted as saying.
Mukhametshin went on to put a question mark on the St. Petersburg’s chances of reaching the later stages of the UEFA Champions League, saying that Spalletti will find it difficult to reap positive results from the upcoming tough
matches.
Zenit will play the upcoming league tie against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/RSC-Anderlecht-c40394 in the group stages of the continental tournament. As things stand, the Meshki are at the 3rd spot on their group
table with just three points.
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