Actually i'd argue that Man Utd's defence was more vital to their winning the CL, in the big matches they relied on their defence to soak the pressure and then they hit teams on the counter.
I saw the first 30 odd minutes and Arsenal were owning Newcastle the way Liverpool owned us in the first 30 minutes of the match at Anfield.Only they scored more goals in those 30 odd minutes.
Real for all their stars and style have a soft underbelly and can be put under pressure...Zenit play some very good stuff, but I am confident we can get atleast 4 points off them
I agree that we can be the better team and come out with the needed result but we should look at them as a strong opponent, underestimating is the deadliest weapon.
cmon, Zenit sucks more than windows95 in russian league, and if Ranieri can`t use the weakneses of their team, he don`t deserve a job even in a midtable RPL team. if after the Super Cup we can gather one team that won`t make CL 1/8finals, that must be the ManYoo not us