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Zenit St Petersburg

  • Tekke 79’

BATE Borisov

  • Nehaichik 52’
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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Zenit St Petersburg
    • BATE Borisov
    • 90' ALL OVER IN RUSSIA!!! BATE almost stole an unlikely victory, before Tekke stole in to give Zenit a deserved goal. In truth the home side deserved victory, but they missed too many chances and will now need results against Juve and Madrid to keep alive hopes of progressing.
    • 85' Kim Dong Jin replaces Shirokov as Dick Advocaat makes a final move to win the match.
    • 80' GOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!!!!! TEKKE IS PUT THROUGH AND HE BEATS VEREMO TO THE BALL BEFORE BLASTING A VOLLEY INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET!!!
    • 75' Free-kick to Zenit, about 35 yards out on the left. Bodies pile forward. POGREBNYAK!!!! WHAT A CHANCE, BUT HE HEADS STAIGHT AT VEREMKO!!!
    • 69' Alejandro Dominguez comes on for Zenit to add attacking options.
    • 67' Change for BATE. Mikhail Sivakov replaces Dmitri Likhtarovich.
    • 64' Corner for Zenit, and it's cleared as far as ROMAN SHIROKOV!!! Who blasts a shot straight at Veremko.
    • 61' Arshavin glances a header goalwards from 15 yards, but it's a comfortable save for Veremko.
    • 60' Free-kick for BATE on their right, but Zenit clear their lines and launch yet another attack.
    • 56' Arshavin's magic again sees him glide into the BATE box. This time he wins his side a corner.
    • 52' GOOOALLLL!!!! BATE lead and the it's the substitute Nekhaychik who gets the goal, nipping in front of the Zenit back four and finishing neatly past Malafeev. Completely against the run of the play!!!
    • 49' Arshavin snakes his way through about five players in the BATE box and shoots left-footed...TEKKE GETS IN THE WAY!!! Arshavin's shot would almost certainly have gone in at the far post.
    • 46' The second half is underway, and Zenit are immediately on the offensive with Arshavin...whose cross is too long and goes behind for a goal-kick.
    • 46' BATE have made a change at half-time. Pavel Nekhaychik has come on to replace Igor Stasevich.
    • 45' Half-time in Russia, and somehow it's still 0-0. It's been a cracking opening 45 and hopefully there's more to come in the second period.
    • 43' Lovely run from Danny, but his far-post dink is JUST TOO LONG for Arshavin.
    • 40' TEKKE bursts through, only to be denied by a diving punch from Veremko. Now that punch was entirely necessary and very effective.
    • 35' Kryvets draws a sharp save from Malafeev with a firm far-post header...who punches theatrically, when a good old-fashioned parry would have done just fine.
    • 29' DANNY HITS THE BAR!!! Arshavin drifted into the box, cut the ball back and the Portuguese superstar absolutely smashed a shot against the woodwork and out. He claims it crossed the line ala Geoff Hurst in '66, but replays disprove that theory.
    • 28' This really is a cracking game. Both sides are attacking at every opportunity and there's not a defensive midfielder to be seen.
    • 25' Veremko gets stranded by the by-line trying to gather Zyryanov's cross and Anotoliy Tymoshchuk beats him to the ball. His shot is cleared.
    • 20' Mistake from Ivica Krizanac and BATE break...RODIONOV CUTS IN FROM THE RIGHT AND BLASTS A SHOT AGAINST THE POST!!! It was a tight angle but he caught it so sweetly. Let off for Zenit.
    • 17' ARSHAVIN ALMOST SCORES FROM A CORNER!!! Aleksandr Volodko is the man in the right place to make a vital clearance.
    • 15' Sergei Kryvets is getting some joy on the BATE right, but his cross is too deep and runs out of play.
    • 13' Arshavin again and he conjures an almost identical chance for TEKKE...WHO HITS THE POST WITH HIS HEADER!!
    • 11' Lovely stuff from Arshavin, who engineers some space inside the BATE box and flights a delicate ball to the far post...FATIH TEKKE'S HEADER IS CLEARED OFF THE LINE!!!
    • 9' Danny bursts forward and makes his way into the BATE box before running out of steam and releasing a weak shot goalwards.
    • 7' Konstantin Zyryanov cuts in from the left and lets fly from 25 yards, but Sergei Veremko gathers well.
    • 5' Vyacheslav Malafeev sees his first action of the evening, coming to punch clear from a right-wing cross. The ball comes straight back and Zenit concede a corner - It's cleared comfortably.
    • 3' Zenit start brightly, with Aleksandr Anyukov linking well with Arshavin in midfield. The early signs are we could be in for a refreshling open game here.
    • 1' And we're away in Russia, and a packed stadium getting straight behind their side with a loud roar. Zenit are in all white, with BATE in blue. The pitch looks in decent condition, but it's windy.
    • - GROUP H: As we stand Zenit are bottom, having lost narrowly to Real Madrid and Juventus in their opening two matches. BATE lost 2-0 in Madrid first time out, before holding Juve to a 2-2 draw in Belarus in a game they led 2-0. It's still early on, but it will be very difficult for either side to suffer defeat tonight and finish in the top two spots.
    • - TEAM NEWS: Zenit superstars Andrei Arshavin and Danny both start, which is good news for fans of excitement on the football pitch.
    • - Good afternoon football fans and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Zenit St Petersburg v BATE Borisov in Group H of the Champions League.

  • Summary

    • 80' GOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!!!!! TEKKE IS PUT THROUGH AND HE BEATS VEREMO TO THE BALL BEFORE BLASTING A VOLLEY INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET!!!
    • 64' Corner for Zenit, and it's cleared as far as ROMAN SHIROKOV!!! Who blasts a shot straight at Veremko.
    • 52' GOOOALLLL!!!! BATE lead and the it's the substitute Nekhaychik who gets the goal, nipping in front of the Zenit back four and finishing neatly past Malafeev. Completely against the run of the play!!!
    • 49' Arshavin snakes his way through about five players in the BATE box and shoots left-footed...TEKKE GETS IN THE WAY!!! Arshavin's shot would almost certainly have gone in at the far post.
    • 29' DANNY HITS THE BAR!!! Arshavin drifted into the box, cut the ball back and the Portuguese superstar absolutely smashed a shot against the woodwork and out. He claims it crossed the line ala Geoff Hurst in '66, but replays disprove that theory.
    • 20' Mistake from Ivica Krizanac and BATE break...RODIONOV CUTS IN FROM THE RIGHT AND BLASTS A SHOT AGAINST THE POST!!! It was a tight angle but he caught it so sweetly. Let off for Zenit.
    • 17' ARSHAVIN ALMOST SCORES FROM A CORNER!!! Aleksandr Volodko is the man in the right place to make a vital clearance.
    • 13' Arshavin again and he conjures an almost identical chance for TEKKE...WHO HITS THE POST WITH HIS HEADER!!
    • 11' Lovely stuff from Arshavin, who engineers some space inside the BATE box and flights a delicate ball to the far post...FATIH TEKKE'S HEADER IS CLEARED OFF THE LINE!!!
    • - Good afternoon football fans and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Zenit St Petersburg v BATE Borisov in Group H of the Champions League.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Zenit St Petersburg

    Manager: Dick Advocaat

    Starting line-up

    • V. Malafeev
    • A. Anyukov
    • R. Shirokov
    • I. Krizanac Substitution Out (69′)
    • Sirl
    • O. Denisov
    • A. Timoschuk
    • K. Zyrianov Substitution Out (77′)
    • .. Danny
    • A. Arshavin
    • F. Tekke Goal

    Subs

    • A. Dominguez Substitution In69′
    • S. Puygrenier
    • P. Pogrebniak Substitution In77′
    • K. Contofalski
    • Kim Don Chzin
    • F. Riksen
    • V. Fayzulin

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • BATE Borisov

    Manager: . Goncharenko

    Starting line-up

    • S. Veremko Yellow Card
    • A. Khagush
    • S. Sosnovski
    • V. Rzhevskiy
    • A. Yurevich
    • A. Volodzko
    • D. Likhtarovich Substitution Out (68′)
    • I. Stasevich Substitution Out (46′)
    • S. Kryvets Substitution Out (85′)
    • G. Blizniuk
    • V. Rodionov

    Subs

    • V. Kazantsev
    • M. Sivakov Substitution In68′
    • P. Nehaichik Substitution In46′ Goal
    • V. Mirchev Substitution In85′
    • M. Skavysh
    • I. Pecha
    • A. Gutor

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None