UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 16, 2015
Zenit St Petersburg LWWWD 1
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Sevilla WWWWD 2
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1st Leg · Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán · 28,450 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Denis Suarez's late goal gives Sevilla win over Zenit St Petersburg

A glorious late strike from Denis Suarez helped Sevilla come from behind to beat Zenit St Petersburg 2-1 in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final in Spain.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
22
0
Saves
3
33.9
Possession
66.1
8
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
196
Accurate Passes
458
301
Passes
551
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
8
12
Crosses
57
0.3
Cross %
0.1
74
Long Balls
61
21
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
4
18
Effective Tackles
15
21
Tackles
18
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
49
Effective Clearances
27
49
Clearances
27

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-2

Lineups

SEV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 29Sergio RicoG
  2. 15Timothée KolodziejczakCD-L
  3. 21Nico ParejaCD-R
  4. 2Benoît TrémoulinasLB
  5. 23CokeRB
  6. 12Vicente IborraAM
  7. 4Grzegorz KrychowiakLM
  8. 19Éver BanegaRM
  9. 7Kevin GameiroF
  10. 10José Antonio ReyesAM-L
  11. 22Aleix VidalAM-R

ZEN · 5-3-2

  1. 1Yuri LodyginG
  2. 24Ezequiel GarayCD
  3. 6Nicolas LombaertsCD-L
  4. 13Luís NetoCD-R
  5. 33Milan RodicLB
  6. 2Alexander AnyukovRB
  7. 21Javi GarcíaCM
  8. 28Axel WitselCM-L
  9. 17Oleg ShatovCM-R
  10. 23Salomón RondónCF-L
  11. 5Aleksandr RyazantsevCF-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! FC Sevilla 0, Zenit St Petersburg 1. Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal.
  2. 45' Substitution, FC Sevilla. Stéphane Mbia replaces Vicente Iborra.
  3. 45' Substitution, FC Sevilla. Denis Suárez replaces Coke.
  4. 64' Substitution, FC Sevilla. Carlos Bacca replaces Kevin Gameiro.
  5. 65' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Pavel Mogilevets replaces Milan Rodic.
  6. 68' Javi García (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 73' Goal! FC Sevilla 1, Zenit St Petersburg 1. Carlos Bacca (FC Sevilla) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Aleix Vidal with a cross following a corner.
  8. 75' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Jamaldin Khodzhanyiazov replaces Oleg Shatov.
  9. 76' Denis Suárez (FC Sevilla) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 81' Ezequiel Garay (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 82' Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 82' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Anatoliy Tymoshchuk replaces Aleksandr Ryazantsev.
  13. 87' Goal! FC Sevilla 2, Zenit St Petersburg 1. Denis Suárez (FC Sevilla) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stéphane Mbia with a headed pass following a corner.

UEFA Europa League News

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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.