Kulik blames Hulk and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Axel-Witsel-c7029 behind Zenit St. Petersburg’s struggling season – Football News
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vladimir-c36322 Kulik has blasted Hulk and Axel Witsel, saying that the aforementioned players can be blamed for Zenit St. Petersburg’s failure to retain the Russian Premier League title this season.
“CSKA reclaimed the title after showing some amazing spirit. They do not have players above the class of Zenit and Anzhi but they still did it.
“Hulk is yet to build his reputation as a fierce striker in the Russian championship. He needs to adapt to climatic change and the pitch conditions by now. I think he has been unlucky to get support from his partners on the pitch,
which immediately affected the efficiency of team play.
“Witsel needs to develop his game because the Belgian International can certainly play better than that,” the former Titan Moscow man was quoted as saying.
The St. Petersburg club failed to win the league title third time in a row after losing it to CSKA Moscow. Luciano Spalletti's side spent in access of 100 million Euros to sign Hulk and Witsel from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542 respectively
last year.
Hulk managed to score seven goals in 17 league appearances while Witsel contributed just four goals since making a big move to Petrovsky stadium last summer. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 Spalletti’s men finished as runners-up on the league table, just
two points behind the Moscow-based club.
The duo, meanwhile, struggled to help the St. Petersburg club in the Russian Cup also. Hulk found it difficult to score in the later stages of the domestic cup and Witsel, on the other hand, failed to score a single goal in the
competition.
Consequently, the Russian outfit failed to reach the final of the cup tournament after suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat against Anzhi Makhachkala.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991 should they get an amount close to what they
paid for his acquisition last summer.
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