The Belgian national assures of a neat display in the upcoming UEFA Champions League return leg against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542 and laments latest injuries at Petrovsky stadium.
Zenit St. Petersburg defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at Lisbon by winning the upcoming UEFA Champions League return leg against SL Benfica. The first leg saw Zenit win 3-2 against the Portuguese
outfit at home.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 Miguel is out for the
rest of the season with a knee injury.
The St. Petersburg club's goalkeeping coach, meanwhile, has declared their first choice shot-stopper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vyacheslav-Malafeev-c36502, fit to play against the Eagles. Malafeev sustained a shoulder injury and has not played since December.
Zenit are playing quality football at the moment, having started the third Russian Premier League round with a decent performance against CSKA Moscow. Though the crunch away fixture ended in a 2-2 draw, Zenit were the dominant
force on the pitch.
Lombaerts revealed that mood in the dressing room is fantastic and they are confident they'll win the upcoming crunch European tie on away turf. He urged his teammates to concentrate despite their latest league draw and assured
the fans of 90 minutes of gruelling action.
“We are more confident as compared to the Lisbon team. Since, as we have beaten them at St. Petersburg, Benfica will try to play at their maximum.
“But we will not be easy. We showed glimpses of excellent football against CSKA recently. Therefore, we are confident at the moment. I think we have time to recover. We have now kick started the third league round which will
help us. We had injury concerns but now there is no problem, we are ready." The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Though Benfica have failed to win their last three league matches, Lombaerts warned Zenit against complacency. He admitted that Zenit have a decent chance to reach the quarter-finals of the continental tournament for the
first time in their history.
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