On Wednesday, Zenit St. Petersburg will play one of the key matches in the group stage of the Champions League: one of the grandees of European football, Juventus, will visit the Russian team.Thanks to a major victory in the second round over “Malmo” (4: 0), Sergei Semak's wards retained the chances of continuing the struggle for an exit to the European Cup spring. In turn, the Italian superclub, having won both meetings at the start, is confidently leading in group "H" with six ponts.
The teams approach the confrontation in St. Petersburg in different moods: Zenit suffered two defeats in the Premier League and allowed rivals to come close to them, and Juventus won five victories in all tournaments. Apparently, the Turinians have moved away from leaving Cristiano Ronaldo and are slowly returning to their previous level.
However, according to Zenit midfielder Andrei Mostovoy, the Russian club has a chance to compete with the Old Lady. Mostovoy spoke about the duel with Juve and many other things in an exclusive interview with RG.
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It seemed that “Zenith” easily beat “Malmo”. Was that so?
Andrei Mostovoy: Maybe from the outside it seemed so, although I do not argue: the Swedes were not in order. Before the game, we took them apart, watched the match with Juventus. Despite the defeat, “Malmo” did not look so weak. We thought that this is a plus or minus rival of the level of "Brugge", but the difference between them is big.
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Before meeting with “Malmo” Vladimir Bystrov said that “Zenith” is obliged to take three points, otherwise you can “hang yourself”.
Andrey Mostovoy: If you don't beat Malmo at home, then you shouldn't talk about the playoffs. And so we already have three points and the chances of getting out of the group.
Do you agree that your opponents are more difficult this year than a year or two ago?
Andrey Mostovoy:
Of course. Nobody expects some kind of extravaganza from us, nobody puts pressure on us like in the last rally. Everyone understands that Juventus and Chelsea are the grandees of European football and it is difficult to fight them. But we have chances, we must take advantage of them.
Rejoiced at the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus?
Andrey Mostovoy: Probably, it will be easier for us. Still, it would be interesting to play against one of the greatest footballers in the world.
Who is your main competitor in the Premier League?
Andrey Mostovoy: You have to be on the alert with all the teams, but Zenit's main rival is ourselves. If we are fully concentrated, I think there should be no problems. Everything depends on us. Remember the championship match against Lokomotiv last season, when we got together, were focused and achieved our goal, winning 6: 1. And so I really like Dynamo, the same Lokomotiv. These are two young teams, they have good lineups. But the favorite is
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Zenit.
Many Zenit players have won the championship three times in a row. Do they have some cool attitude towards the RPL?
Andrey Mostovoy: I did not notice this. It is clear that everyone already wants to show something in Europe, but we all want to win in any tournament.
Follow our other clubs in Europe?
Andrey Mostovoy: I try to watch, especially since we don't have many of them this season.
From year to year, the results of RPL teams in European competitions are getting worse. Why it happens?
Andrey Mostovoy: It is foolish to argue with this. Previously, we reached the Champions League quarterfinals, took the UEFA Cup, and now we are falling all the way down in the table of coefficients. The level of the championship has dropped, although I have been playing in the Premier League not so long ago, it's hard for me to judge. But according to the results in Europe, it seems that something is wrong.
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