The St. Petersburg club have already wrapped up the Russian Premier League title but want to end the campaign with an away win against Anzhi Makhachkala
Zenit St. Petersburg will play the last match of the ongoing Russian Premier League campaign against Anzhi Makhachkala in the latest round of league action at Makhachkala stadium on Sunday.
The St. Petersburg club won the league title later last month, with a 2-1 win against Dynamo Moscow at Petrovsky stadium. Consequently, the Meshki will have very little motivation going into the league tie.
Anzhi, on the other hand, will fight until the last minute of the match, as magical three points could get them UEFA Champions League football next season. As things stand, the Dagestani club are at the 5th spot on the
league table and trail the second-spot by three points.
Zenit head coach, Luciano Spalletti, has conceded that his side will play the upcoming match with mixed composition aftrer pointing out the injured players on the sidelines.
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/Aleksandar-Lukovic-c4481 will pass a late fitness test to start the last match of the season against the Makhachkala-based
club.
Spalletti revealed that he is expecting to field http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yuri-Zhevnov-c37682 to step up and take the goalkeeping responsibility in place for injured
Malafeev.
“We will play the way we should play. The guys will give their all despite winning the title. I want to try with different players as I had used often. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Konstantin-Zyryanov-c21312 will play in the midfield region.
We are going to Makhachkala with a desire to win.” The former Udinese coach was quoted as saying.
Asked whether Zenit will conduct business in the summer transfer market, the Russian Cup winner went on to reveal that the Russian outfit is considering strengthening almost every position.
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