The Dutch-Moroccan footballer has said that Zenit St. Petersburg do not have to blame the referees after their elimination and has backed Samuel Eto’o to score goals
Anzhi Makhachkala managed to progress to the Russian Cup final after defeating Zenit St. Petersburg 1-0 at Petrovsky stadium on Wednesday. The mega rich Dagestani club will now play against CSKA Moscow in the final of the domestic
cup tournament on 1st July, 2013.
Guus Hiddink’s men returned to the field with an ecstatic affect after an average first-half in which both teams had almost equal opportunities to open the scoring. However, Anzhi’s second half performance earned them a deserved
lead through Samuel Eto’o.
The Cameroonian International, who has scored nine goals in 23 league appearances this season, scored his second goal in the cup tournament. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan scored his first goal in the quarter-final against Dynamo Moscow
at Dynamo stadium (Makhachkala).
The St. Petersburg club did not create enough chances in the second period and get nothing out of the match except bookings. Tomas Hubocan, Luis http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 all picked up yellow cards from the match official after
making respective offenses during the match.
And the fact that Zenit blamed the match officials for their cup elimination gives http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 Spalletti’s side is looking for excuses after their defeat at
home.
“The game was not easy and we did not start the match by our standards. But after 20 minutes we finally get into the game and started to create chances.
“After a conversation with the head coach in the break, we started to play better. Zenit also had a very good game, but we are happy to reach the final.
"The judge has done a very good http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684. You can complain about the refereeing, but for me, it is better to play, and do not complain. Sometimes referees make mistakes, but today he had a very good match.” The former Anderlecht man
was quoted as saying.
Boussoufa went on to back Eto’o to continue his blistering form when they meet CSKA in the final.
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