Mijatovic: Keep Up The Rotation, Bernd

Los Merengues' sporting director backed up his coach after question marks were raised over the decision, after all the indications had suggested that the striker would play.

Instead, Gonzalo Higuaín supported Ruud van Nistelrooy up front in the 2-1 victory in the Champions League and Mijatovic believes that too much is being made of the decision.

"The team comes above everything else. Here there is no difference between players that start and substitutes," he told reporters.

Zenit went into the break 2-1 down, but did everything that could to earn an equaliser in the final half an hour of a game that Mijatovic knew would not be easy.

"The team showed that it can do and we were superior in the first half and at the beginning of the second period," he continued.

"This is a difficult place to play, not many teams have won here and we that that it would be tough, but we have come away with all three points."


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