The Belgian national heaped praise on Zenit St. Petersburg after winning the last match of the Russian Premier League campaign against Anzhi Makhachkala
Anzhi Makhachkala’s dream of securing UEFA Champions League qualification proved just out of reach on the final day of the Russian Premier League campaign, as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat against Zenit St. Petersburg at Makhachkala
stadium on Sunday.
The hosts failed to take advantage of the home support after conceding two goals during the second-half. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Szabolcs-Huszti-c34444 doubled their advantage on the away
turf.
In aftermath of the outcome, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nicolas-Lombaerts-c27825 has conceded that the Makhachkala-based club deserved to lose the game after putting in a below par performance against the Meshki.
The Belgian national, who had a difficult task at hands to mark Samuel Eto’o during the match, revealed that the striker is overrated, admitting that the Cameroonian national has lost his footings since making a move from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567
Milan last summer.
“It has been another great season for us and we deserved to retain the league title.
“I do not think Eto'o is currently ranked among the best players in the world. He has not done something exceptional since making a move to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991. He is struggling to play at the same level as before. I think he cannot perform
well alone.
“Anzhi have paid a huge amount of money to sign him but we did not give him a chance to score.” The UEFA Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Lombaerts admitted the Dagestani club failed to meet fans expectations during the season despite signing a host of star players during the last two transfer windows. Anzhi have signed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christopher-Samba-c9212, Demy de
Zeeuw, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yuri-Zhirkov-c37683 and Eto’o ever since Suleyman Kerimov has taken over the ambitious Russian outfit.
The fact that Spartak Moscow have secured the Champions League qualification surprises the former Gent player, who admitted that he did not expect to see the Moscow-based club end their season on the second-spot in the league table.
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