The Portuguese defender has admitted that his side needs to do a lot of hard work if they are to defeat Anzhi Makhachkala in the upcoming Russian Premier League tie
In the latest round of Russian Premier League action, Zenit St. Petersburg will play against Anzhi Makhachkala at Makhachkala stadium on Sunday.
Alves, who had failed to play against Anzhi after sustaining a muscle injury previously, has urged his side to work harder for the upcoming match, and has warned Zenit's defensive line against the inform Anzhi striker- Samuel
Eto’o.
Eto’o, who joined the Dagestani club from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan last summer, is in decent nick of form after scoring in each of Anzhi’s last four league outings. The Cameroonian national scored against Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Kuban
Krasnodar and Rubin Kazan respectively.
Zenit will have little motivation going into the match, as they have already won the league title this season. Anzhi, on the other hand, are in need of three points in a bid to get UEFA Champions League qualification this season.
“Anzhi have a lot of good players offensively and the entire team is strong. However, I think Eto’o is the most dangerous attacking player and is amongst top players in the world.” The Portuguese Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Going into the crunch league tie, Zenit will be without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Anyukov-c4549. The aforementioned players will not play against the Dagestani club after sustaining respective injuries.
However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Viktor-Fayzulin-c36130 is set to return against the ambitious Russian outfit after recovering from latest injury while Alves is in contention to start the last match of the season against the Makhachkala-based club.
Alves revealed that Zenit are ready to face a strong opponent in the absence of key players. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 player conceded that Luciano Spalletti, the Meshki head coach, might field a team with players who have not played
much during the third league round.
“Many of the players are waiting their chances for this game. Zenit always plays to win and this match is no exception. Anzhi are a decent side but we will play to win.” Alves concluded.
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