Luciano Spalletti has ruled out Aleksandr Lukovic, Domenico Criscito and has declared Hulk, Vladimir Bystrov and Danny fit for the upcoming UEFA Champions League tie
After their 1-0 defeat in the fourth group stage match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/RSC-Anderlecht-c40394, Zenit St. Petersburg face an uphill task to progress to the knock-out stages of the UEFA Champions League this term.
As things stand, the St. Petersburg club are at the bottom spot on their respective group table with just three points. Their only European win was when they hosted the Belgian champions at Petrovsky stadium.
Going into the crunch European meeting, Zenit will be without Aleksandr Lukovic and Domenico Criscito while Hulk, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 Miguel are expected to return after recovering from respective injuries.
Hulk sustained a hamstring injury, while Bystrov and Miguel picked up little knocks in the Russian championship.
Keeping in mind the importance of the upcoming European group stage game, Luciano Spalletti has put the aforementioned players straight into the application of the European encounter.
The Italian tactician was of the belief that Zenit can still progress from the group stages despite a poor start to the European campaign this term if they can win the remaining two games against Anderlecht and AC Milan respectively.
“We have no choice but to win against Malaga.”
“Nicolas Lombaerts will play tomorrow. Situation with Bystrov is more critical. So, we must be very careful in dealing with that situation. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 will be ready to play. Lukovic and Criscito will not be able to take part in the match
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Bukharov-c4555 continues to recover.”
“We have an importance game and I am absolutely convinced that my players will be ready for the match without additional incentives. The players, who have played less, can go on the field with a great desire and motivation to prove
something.” The former Udinese coach was quoted as saying.
The St. Petersburg club could not complete their last league meeting against Dynamo Moscow at Arena Khimki after the match officials abandoned the match following the fans riot.
Spalletti lamented the situation. However, he insisted that the morale of the team has not been affected by the sad incident on Saturday.
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