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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Zenit St Petersburg
- Juventus
90+3 And that is the final whistle! Zenit are out of the Champions League after a match both sides could have won but somehow remained goalless! Tonight's remaining seven matches in the group stage kick off at 19:45 UK time.
90+2 Oh dear, Sissoko gets a yellow for a needless handball. Ah, ok, that's his second, meaning he misses the dead-rubber clash with BATE. Clever boy.- 90' Danny almost gets in on the right but a great block from Mellberg saves the day, throw in on the right.
87' Chiellini is called for handball 35 yards out. Amauri on for Iaquinta.- 86' Another half-chance for Zenit after Manninger almost drops the ball into Danny's pass.
85' Sirl to take a free kick from the right... He swings in a great cross low that zips past everyone and into the bottom right but tipped behind by Manninger! Good save by the Austrian, who looks better than a back-up keeper on this showing.- 84' JUVE SUB: Camoranesi has tired and is replaced by Marchionni.
- 83' Tymoschuk is down holding his face after a nasty elbow from Iaquinta. Somehow the ref misses that. Iaquinta had better watch out.
- 82' Zenit have men over and it is played into Danny who has two men ahead of him AND DANNY IS IN AND POKES IT PAST MANNINGER AND IT TRICKLES INCHES WIDE!
- 78' JUVENTUS SUB: Del Piero comes off for Giovinco.
- 77' Del Piero takes but curls it weakly at Malafeev.
- 76' Poor decision to blow from the ref as Tymoschuk fouls Nedved as Iaquinta was played clean through. He books him as an afterthought more than for the severity of the foul.
- 74' Zenit come forward but the final ball is poor and rolls harmlessly through to Manninger.
- 70' ZENIT SUB: An unusual one, as he's just started to have an effect on the match. Arshavin comes off for Fayzulin. That could be the last act of the Russia playmaker in a Zenit shirt.
- 67' The ball drops to PORGREBNIAK ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HIS LEFT-FOOT CURLER SMACKS THE POST AND GOES BACK INTO PLAY! What an effort by the Russia striker! That looked like it was going well wide but it curled back in and beat Manninger!
- 66' Zenit counter at pace and in numbers, Progrebniak on the right, they're three against two, he plays it in to Arshavin whoplays a delightful curling low pass across the edge of the box AND DANNY IS CLEAN THROUGH BUT HE TAKES A TOUCH TOO MANY AND MANNINGER AND MARCHISIO COMBINE TO CLEAR!
- 63' Zenit with a rare attack, but Sissoko makes an excellent block from Danny.
- 61' Marchisio sends a high one over to Nedved who could be in but he checks his run for some reason and it's back with Malafeev.
- 56' Arshavin gets in on the right but his cut-back is intercepted by Molinaro.
- 55' Juve counter, Iaquinta free on the right, he's in loads of space and DEL PIERO IS FREE AND MUST SCORE BUT HE SOMEHOW PUTS IT WIDE FROM SIX YARDS OUT! Shocking miss.
- 54' Great play by Del Piero, who twists and turns and gets a shot away that forces Malafeev into a save!
- 53' Poor effort by Del Piero, an attempted shot from way too far out straight down Malafeev's throat.
- 52' Anyukov almost gets in but Nedved is back defending. Zenit with a bit more of it but they lose it, Nedved picks out Del Piero who is fouled by Krizanac.
- 50' Krizanac almost gets on the end of the corner but well wide.
- 49' Danny gets around Grygera, cuts inside and fires a low shot to the far corner but Manninger dives to his left to tip it behind for a corner!
- 47' Juventus surge forward, Grygera down the right plays a cross to Del Piero on the edge of the box, he controls it on his chest and fires in a superb volley but parried by Malafeev! Still with Juve as it's played back to SISSOKO WITH THE DRIVE but blocked and wide with Nedved on the left, he smashes in a rising shot that flies just over! A whole host of chances for Juve there, surely they must score sooner rather than later?
46' Second half underway!- 45+2 Somehow that first half remains goalless after a host of chances at both ends.
- 45+1 Arshavin will take this free-kick from the left but a poor delivery, headed away by Sissoko. It's back with Arshavin but again the cross is bad and Marchisio gets it away... Still with Zenit, Denisov on the wing but his cross is cleared to Tymoschuk on the edge of the box and he drills it in low but blocked and Juve clear.
- 45' Anyukov with a good cross but headed clear. Now Camoranesi goes in two-footed on Sirl and gets a booking.
- 44' Zenit re-camp down the right wing, Arshavin and Denisov combine again but Chiellini intercepts and clears. The ball then breaks to Dany on the left but his cross is cleared by that man Chiellini.
- 43' Camoranesi with a great run down the right, he cuts inside and plays a superb through ball for Iaquinta but he foolishly doesn't check his run and is offside. To compound his poor play, he carries on running with the ball even though he clearly heard the whistle and hammers a shot straight at Malafeev. Yellow card for dissent.
- 42' Tymoschuk with a through ball to Progrebniak, who goes down but nothing doing. Juve break and Iaquinta tries a reverse pass to Del Piero but it doesn't get there and Malafeev claims.
40' The corner is swung in from the left, Juve don't clear and it drops to Tymoschuk with the drive which is blocked and Denisov fires in but the flag is up, about five white shirts were offside when the initial shot went in.- 39' Tymoschuk will take it this time, and he drills it low to force Manninger into a dive and save! Corner Zenit, good effort from the Ukraine man.
- 38' Zenit break, they have men over and good be in here but Arshavin's final ball is poor, still with Zenit and Camoranesi clatters into Denisov and it's a free-kick around 30 yards out...
- 37' Nedved wide to Grygera who drills in a low cross for Camoranesi but blocked and cleared. Juve getting a lot of joy down the right.
- 35' Zenit fail to clear a corner and it drops to Nedved on the left, he drills a low shot in and Malafeev dives low to palm it round the post! Corner again.
- 34' Arshavin falls as he tries to shoot from the edge of the box, and he is convinced Camoranesi fouled him although I didn't see any contact, looked more like a slip.
- 33' Diagonal ball over from Del Piero after some great chest control and it picks out Camoranesi but his volley into the ground bounces wide! Great skill and vision from Del Piero.
- 31' A good spell of Zenit possession on the edge of the Juve box results in nothing after Anyukov wastes an opportunity to swing a testing cross in, instead skewing it out of play.
- 29' A promising move from Zenit breaks down with the through ball just too zippy for Arshavin to get onto. The hosts have had more possession so far, while Juve have created by far the better chances.
- 27' Good play by Zenit, Arshavin with the backheel on the edge of the box to Denisov who shoots but weakly at Manninger.
- 25' Zenit cause Juve some problems from a corner but Manninger and Mellberg collectively clear the ball.
- 22' Juventus come forward again, some great one-touch play involving Nedved and Molinaro, he finds Iaquinta WHO RIFLES THE FINISH AGAINST THE POST AND AWAY! Another great chance for Juve and the loose ball drops to Molinaro who drills it low across goal to Camoranesi but his attempted shot is skewed wide!
- 20' Manninger makes his first proper save of the afternoon after Ziryanov volleys Dany's chest-down straight at the Austria keeper.
- 18' Tymoschuk is over it but Progrebniak smashes it towards goal and it flies over. Decent effort but they'd have had more chance of scoring by putting it in the mixer.
- 17' Free-kick to Zenit about five yards from the edge of the D. Pretty straight-on so they could shoot...
- 16' Progrebniak almost gets through the middle on the counter but a poor first touch lets him down and Juve clear.
- 13' Iaquinta gets down the right again but has to wait for support. By the time it gets there from Del Piero, Zenit are back in numbers to clear.
- 10' Free-kick to Juve on the right, Camoranesi to swing it in... it's another great ball into the area AND MELLBERG FLIES IN BUT THE HEADER STRIKES THE POST! Superb ball and an impressive leap but Juve denied again!
- 9' Long ball from Zenit is easy for Manninger. They've had most of the ball in the early exchanges.
- 7' Decent spell of pressure for the hosts, but Chiellini twice denies Zenit.
- 6' Grygera is down after getting an Arshavin centre in the midriff. He eventually gets back up...
- 4' Poor control by Arshavin on the right when he was clean through, it's out for goal kick.
- 2' Lomberts comes across to tackle Iaquinta but gives away a free-kick... it's swung into the six-yard box by Camoransei AND IAQUINTA IS UNMARKED WITH A FREE HEADER BUT HE POWERS IT OVER! He should have scored, a bad miss to be honest.
1' Here we go! Underway in a chilly Russia!- - Tonight's referee is Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark).
- - And the Old Lady of Juventus: Manninger, Grygera, Mellberg, Chiellini, Molinaro, Camoranesi, Sissoko, Marchisio, Nedved, Del Piero, Iaquinta. Subs: Chimenti, Amauri, Giovinco, De Ceglie, Marchionni, Legrottaglie, Rossi
- - The teams are in... Zenit St Petersburg line up like this: Malafeev, Aniukov, Lombaerts, Krizanac, Sirl, Denisov, Tymoschuk, Danny, Zyryanov, Arshavin, Pogrebniak. Subs: Contofalsky, Kim, Dominguez, Tekke, Hubocan, Shirokov, Faitzulin
- - It's an early kick-off in St Petersburg - 17:30 UK time - so be sure to join us then for extensive text commentary.
- - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's first Champions League tie!
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Summary
- 85' Sirl to take a free kick from the right... He swings in a great cross low that zips past everyone and into the bottom right but tipped behind by Manninger! Good save by the Austrian, who looks better than a back-up keeper on this showing.
- 82' Zenit have men over and it is played into Danny who has two men ahead of him AND DANNY IS IN AND POKES IT PAST MANNINGER AND IT TRICKLES INCHES WIDE!
- 67' The ball drops to PORGREBNIAK ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HIS LEFT-FOOT CURLER SMACKS THE POST AND GOES BACK INTO PLAY! What an effort by the Russia striker! That looked like it was going well wide but it curled back in and beat Manninger!
- 66' Zenit counter at pace and in numbers, Progrebniak on the right, they're three against two, he plays it in to Arshavin whoplays a delightful curling low pass across the edge of the box AND DANNY IS CLEAN THROUGH BUT HE TAKES A TOUCH TOO MANY AND MANNINGER AND MARCHISIO COMBINE TO CLEAR!
- 55' Juve counter, Iaquinta free on the right, he's in loads of space and DEL PIERO IS FREE AND MUST SCORE BUT HE SOMEHOW PUTS IT WIDE FROM SIX YARDS OUT! Shocking miss.
- 54' Great play by Del Piero, who twists and turns and gets a shot away that forces Malafeev into a save!
- 49' Danny gets around Grygera, cuts inside and fires a low shot to the far corner but Manninger dives to his left to tip it behind for a corner!
- 47' Juventus surge forward, Grygera down the right plays a cross to Del Piero on the edge of the box, he controls it on his chest and fires in a superb volley but parried by Malafeev! Still with Juve as it's played back to SISSOKO WITH THE DRIVE but blocked and wide with Nedved on the left, he smashes in a rising shot that flies just over! A whole host of chances for Juve there, surely they must score sooner rather than later?
- 45+1 Arshavin will take this free-kick from the left but a poor delivery, headed away by Sissoko. It's back with Arshavin but again the cross is bad and Marchisio gets it away... Still with Zenit, Denisov on the wing but his cross is cleared to Tymoschuk on the edge of the box and he drills it in low but blocked and Juve clear.
- 39' Tymoschuk will take it this time, and he drills it low to force Manninger into a dive and save! Corner Zenit, good effort from the Ukraine man.
- 35' Zenit fail to clear a corner and it drops to Nedved on the left, he drills a low shot in and Malafeev dives low to palm it round the post! Corner again.
- 33' Diagonal ball over from Del Piero after some great chest control and it picks out Camoranesi but his volley into the ground bounces wide! Great skill and vision from Del Piero.
- 22' Juventus come forward again, some great one-touch play involving Nedved and Molinaro, he finds Iaquinta WHO RIFLES THE FINISH AGAINST THE POST AND AWAY! Another great chance for Juve and the loose ball drops to Molinaro who drills it low across goal to Camoranesi but his attempted shot is skewed wide!
- 20' Manninger makes his first proper save of the afternoon after Ziryanov volleys Dany's chest-down straight at the Austria keeper.
- 10' Free-kick to Juve on the right, Camoranesi to swing it in... it's another great ball into the area AND MELLBERG FLIES IN BUT THE HEADER STRIKES THE POST! Superb ball and an impressive leap but Juve denied again!
- 2' Lomberts comes across to tackle Iaquinta but gives away a free-kick... it's swung into the six-yard box by Camoransei AND IAQUINTA IS UNMARKED WITH A FREE HEADER BUT HE POWERS IT OVER! He should have scored, a bad miss to be honest.
Live Team Line-Up
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Zenit St PetersburgManager: Dick Advocaat
Captain: Anatoly Timoschuk
Starting line-up
- V. Malafeev
- A. Anyukov
- N. Lomberts
- I. Krizanac
- Sirl
- O. Denisov
- A. Timoschuk
- K. Zyrianov
- .. Danny
- P. Pogrebniak
- A. Arshavin
Subs
- F. Tekke
- A. Dominguez
- K. Contofalski
- R. Shirokov
- Kim Don Chzin
- V. Fayzulin
70′ - T. Gubocian
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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JuventusManager: Claudio Ranieri
Captain: Alessandro Del Piero
Starting line-up
- A. Manninger
- Z. Grygera
- O. Mellberg
- G. Chiellini
- C. Molinaro
- C. Marchisio
- M. Sissoko
- M. Camoranesi
- P. Nedved
- V. Iaquinta
- A. Del Piero
Subs
- A. Chimenti
- M. Marchionni 84′
- C. Amauri 88′
- N. Legrottaglie
- P. De Ceglie
- S. Giovinco 78′
- .. Rossi
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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