Zenit St Petersburg thrashed Bayern Munich 4-0 to reach the UEFA Cup final after embarrassing the Germans in their semi-final second leg.After holding the German outfit to a 1-1 draw in the first leg at the Allianz Arena last week, first-half goals from Konstatin Zyryanov and Pavel Pogrebniak set Dick Advocaat's men on their way to the final at the City of Manchester Stadium on May 14 courtesy of a 5-1 aggregate victory.

Viktor Faitzulin added a third 11 minutes after the restart while Pogrebniak's second of the night after 73 minutes at the Petrovsky Stadium ensured Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld's final European campaign before taking over as boss of the Swiss national team ended on a sour note.

The night ended badly for two-goal hero Pogrebniak, however, after he received a yellow card for an innocuous aerial challenge with Lucio that means the tournament's top scorer, with 11 goals, will not feature in the final.

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