The former Spartak Moscow man, Dmitri Radchenko, has ruled out Malaga and RSC Anderlecht's chances of progressing to the later stages of the UEFA Champions League
Zenit St. Petersburg, will play the UEFA Champions League group stage matches against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/RSC-Anderlecht-c40394, AC Milan and Malaga.
The former UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup winner's secured automatic progression to the group stages of the continental tournament after winning the Russian Premier League title last season.
The St. Petersburg club will play the opening European fixture against Malaga on 18th September 2012, before taking on the Milan-based club at Petrovsky stadium.
Former Spartak Moscow player, Dmitri Radchenko, has urged the Russian outfit to live up to the fans expectations after reaching the later stages of the European tournament despite being handed a difficult group in Europe.
"Anderlecht earned immense respect in the Belgian Championship over the last few years after becoming multiple champion of the country, but at the European level they have not achieved success. So, the Russian teams can beat them
fairly easily.”
"Malaga is a very good team, with a strong composition that displays beautiful attacking football. Zenit needs to be careful against the Spanish team. However, Zenit and Milan are the two clear favourites to progress from the group
stages in the tournament.” The Spanish Supercup winner was quoted as saying.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542 on aggregate.
Radchenko admitted that Zenit have a decent head coach, who can make the difference, and revealed that they are capable of upsetting big European teams. The Bomzhi notched landmark wins against Shakhtar Donetsk and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 last
term.
There is little arguing to the statement that the Rossoneri have made noticeable changes this summer. The Serie A club parted company with long servants: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Clarence-Seedorf-c9275 respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-Silva-c34903, meanwhile, joined Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month. Radchenko admitted that the Italian giants have signed decent replacements after selling their star players this summer.
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