UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 23, 2015
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Zenit St Petersburg WWDLD 2
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2nd Leg - Sevilla win 4-3 on aggregate · Petrovski Stadium · 24,000 att.

Match Report

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Sevilla manage thrilling draw with Zenit to reach Europa semis

Sevilla progressed to the semifinals of the Europa League after Kevin Gameiro's goal five minutes from time settled a thrilling tie.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
11
4
Saves
5
32.9
Possession
67.1
12
SHOTS
20
7
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
185
Accurate Passes
478
269
Passes
554
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
28
0.3
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
47
20
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
5
20
Effective Tackles
9
25
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
41
Effective Clearances
13
41
Clearances
13

Head to Head

SEV leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ZEN · 4-2-3-1

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

Substitutes

  1. 11Alexander KerzhakovSUB
  2. 10Andrey ArshavinSUB
  3. 2Alexander AnyukovSUB
  4. 90Ramil SheydaevSUB
  5. 33Milan RodicSUB
  6. 44Anatoliy TymoshchukSUB
  7. 16Vyacheslav MalafeyevSUB

SEV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13BetoG
  2. 6Daniel CarriçoCD-L
  3. 21Nico ParejaCD-R
  4. 2Benoît TrémoulinasLB
  5. 23CokeRB
  6. 19Éver BanegaAM
  7. 25Stéphane M'biaLM
  8. 4Grzegorz KrychowiakRM
  9. 9Carlos BaccaF
  10. 20VitoloAM-L
  11. 22Aleix VidalAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Denis SuárezSUB
  2. 29Sergio RicoSUB
  3. 10José Antonio ReyesSUB
  4. 5Diogo FigueirasSUB
  5. 12Vicente IborraSUB
  6. 3Fernando NavarroSUB
  7. 7Kevin GameiroSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Luís Neto (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 6' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 0, FC Sevilla 1. Carlos Bacca (FC Sevilla) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 22' Substitution, FC Sevilla. Vicente Iborra replaces Nico Pareja because of an injury.
  4. 40' Axel Witsel (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 48' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, FC Sevilla 1. Salomón Rondón (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  6. 72' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, FC Sevilla 1. Hulk (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from long range on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Igor Smolnikov.
  7. 73' Substitution, FC Sevilla. Kevin Gameiro replaces Carlos Bacca.
  8. 76' Vicente Iborra (FC Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 83' Éver Banega (FC Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 84' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Alexander Kerzhakov replaces Salomón Rondón.
  11. 85' Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, FC Sevilla 2. Kevin Gameiro (FC Sevilla) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vitolo following a fast break.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, FC Sevilla. Denis Suárez replaces Vitolo.
  13. 90'+4' Juri Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.

UEFA Europa League News

All news
News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.