Monday, 14th April, 2014
Zenit St. Petersburg striker Hulk has delivered a glowing report on new coach Andre Villas-Boas initial period at the club.
Villas-Boas was appointed Zenit boss last month in succession to Luciano Spalletti, bouncing back quickly from his sacking by Tottenham Hotspur in December.
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Zenit beat FK Krasnodar 4-1 at the weekend to move top of the Russian Premier League table, ahead of Lokomotiv Moscow.
And Hulk, who worked under Villas-Boas at FC Porto, has reported on how the Portuguese has shaken things up at the Gazprom-backed club.
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"I have the experience of working with Villas-Boas in Porto and I'm happy to work with him again", the Brazilian was quoted as saying by FIFA.
"After several weeks here I can say his arrival has lit us up.
"Now we work really hard during the whole week to come into the weekend's match at the top of our form.
"Every day we understand better and better exactly what our manager is expecting from each of us and how we should play."
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