UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 12, 2015
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Zenit St Petersburg WLWWW 2
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1st Leg · Petrovski Stadium

Match Report

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Axel Witsel, Domenico Criscito guide Zenit to win over Torino

Zenit St Petersburg took a big step towards the Europa League quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over 10-man Torino in the first leg of their last-16 clash.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
0
34.8
Possession
65.2
2
SHOTS
15
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
293
Accurate Passes
644
375
Passes
711
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
8
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
49
29
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
2
16
Effective Tackles
15
22
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
9
8
Clearances
9

Lineups

ZEN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yuri LodyginG
  2. 24Ezequiel GarayCD-L
  3. 13Luís NetoCD-R
  4. 4Domenico CriscitoLB
  5. 19Igor SmolnikovRB
  6. 17Oleg ShatovAM
  7. 28Axel WitselLM
  8. 21Javi GarcíaRM
  9. 23Salomón RondónF
  10. 35DannyAM-L
  11. 7HulkAM-R

TOR · 3-5-2

  1. 30Daniele PadelliG
  2. 25Kamil GlikCD
  3. 24Emiliano MorettiCD-L
  4. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-R
  5. 7Omar El KaddouriCM-L
  6. 94Marco BenassiCM-R
  7. 14Alessandro GazziAM
  8. 3Christian MolinaLM
  9. 36Matteo DarmianRM
  10. 17Josef MartínezCF-L
  11. 27Fabio QuagliarellaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Marco Benassi (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Second yellow card to Marco Benassi (Torino) for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Substitution, Torino. Giuseppe Vives replaces Josef Martinez.
  4. 34' Javi García (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 38' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Torino 0. Axel Witsel (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 50' Substitution, Torino. Alexander Farnerud replaces Giuseppe Vives because of an injury.
  7. 53' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Torino 0. Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 64' Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Torino. Maxi López replaces Fabio Quagliarella.
  10. 81' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Ryazantsev replaces Oleg Shatov.
  11. 87' Kamil Glik (Torino) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 88' Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Anatoliy Tymoshchuk replaces Axel Witsel.
  14. 90'+4' Cristian Molinaro (Torino) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

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