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The first encounter was Anderlecht 2-0 too strong. This was somewhat unexpected as the coach of Anderlecht, René Weiler, had to change his team for seven spots.
Zenit Petersburg
In that game, Zenit St. Petersburg made a very poor impression. The last league now been more than two months ago and so the Russians will have to do for the time being with exhibition games. In that respect we can certainly say that Zenit is at a disadvantage. It is important to gain match practice and preserve something that is certainly missing.
That seemed the team of Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu some tricks to play in the first encounter. Only after seventy minutes seemed to Zenit by some to be made more pace and also supplied some dangerous moments. Remarkable, because Anderlecht was at that time forty minutes 2-0. The final offensive was deployed too late to make another away goal.
Partly because the goal is missing, the Russians seem to be a very tough job. Rear Lucescu does not have the fastest players and so there is undoubtedly room for fast players like Franck Acheampong. Still, nothing is impossible, even given the fact that Zenit still have a great selection.
Probable lineup Zenit St. Petersburg
Lodygin, Ivanovic, Neto, Lombaerts, Criscito, Javi Garcia, Hernani, Kokorin, Danny, Mollo, Dzyuba
Anderlecht
Although coach René Weiler pointed to find the competition more important, Anderlecht is on the eve of the eighth finals. Yet Weiler had noticed that they want to win of course, although they have a preference for a different price. In the league Anderlecht currently share the lead with Club Brugge and so they seem as yet to succeed in that plan.
Anderlecht winning the first game managed to exit was certainly clever as they had to fit other players on seven spots. That is the continuity and the automatism does not really conducive. The choice of Frank Acheampong was a happy one. The quick attacker made the Russian defense more than inconvenient. The space behind Branislav Ivanović was particularly deadly.
Acheampong made good use of this space and scored twice after he managed to get from the left inside. It therefore seems logical that he will appear also to kick off again in this game. However, this is dependent on the rotation of Weiler, even though the coach is probably well in this game have to prepare the best eleven.
Probable lineup Anderlecht
Rubén, Najar, Spajic, Deschacht, Obradovic, Trebel, Dendoncker, Stanciu, Tielemans, Acheampong, Teodorczyk