Cristian Ansaldi the FC Zenit defender passed through the press conference before his team trained at the Vicente Calderon to prepare for the match on Wednesday at 20:45 hours.

Before stepping on the pitch of the Vicente Calderon, Cristian Ansaldi, the Argentine defender attended the press conference to discuss their impressions of Wednesday's game against Atletico Madrid. Cristian believes that despite the crisis, Spanish football is one of the best in the world . "I think Spanish football is one of the best, beyond the crisis, there are players who are the best out there.

We came to play, to get a great result and get the three points, but knowing that we can not neglect our goal, because we're going to face a great team that has an intensity that has all the markings of Simeone".

About the players who will play tomorrow he knows that "Diego Costa is very important player and he will be missed by Atletico, but they have to Villa who is a major player, so too Arda Turan, Koke...they are players that unbalance team and we must be very carefully," said the defender.

The Argentine believes that Simeone has given Atletico the point they needed. " The most important change was Simeone introduced aggressiveness, Atletico Madrid was always there or there abouts with a lot of quality, but they were lacking intensity and aggressiveness and all that has been achieved with Simeone, which is the key point of the team."

The Russian team defender has faced Atletico Madrid several times at for other teams "I see a lot of changes, the team is aggressive, they always want to go and win every game either at home or away. In reference to Zenit , which is a bigger team and this team will always look for the 3 points and it will be a great match tomorrow," he concluded.