The Dutch tactician has confirmed that Samuel Eto’o and Lacina Traore are in contention to play the upcoming Russian Premier League tie against Zenit St. Petersburg
In the latest round of Russian Premier League action, Anzhi Makhachkala will lock horns with Zenit St. Petersburg at Stadion Dynamo (Makhachkala) on Sunday.
The Dagestani club, who are at the 7th spot on the league table, will pay the upcoming tie against the defending league champions on the back of a 1-0 defeat against CSKA Moscow at Luzhniki stadium last week.
Hiddink has assured the fans of spoiling Zenit’s winning streak of six games and urged his side to step up.
News in Russian media emerged when the Cameroonian striker failed to come up to training on Friday. Reports suggested that Eto’o is unlikely to take part in the upcoming game after sustaining an injury.
However, Hiddink has rebuffed the news after confirming the fans that both Samuel Eto’o and Lacina Traore are in contention to start the much anticipated league tie against the Meshki.
Going into the crunch league tie, Anzhi will now be without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Rostov-c39192.
"Samuel came this morning, he was at the base, but he has a cold, and we decided that it is better to skip him out for the workout. We will see if he can play against Zenit tomorrow.”
“As for Traore, he is likely to come after missing three weeks. He trained on the individual program on Thursday but he worked together with the team on Friday. If all goes well, at a ahead of Sunday's match, we can count on Traore.
But if there are any problems, we will not take any risk.” The former Real Madrid head coach was quoted as saying.
Zenit, on the other hand, will be without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Anyukov-c4549. The aforementioned players are recovering after sustaining respective injuries.
Hiddink revealed that the St. Petersburg club have a quality bench, admitting that they have worthy replacements in their squad.
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