UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, October 20, 2016
Zenit St Petersburg WDWWW 2
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Dundalk WLWWW 1
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DUN011
Tallaght Stadium · 5,500 att.

Match Report

Dundalk dreams dashed by Zenit's comeback

Dundalk tasted bitter disappointment as they went from the verge of an historic victory to defeat against Zenit St Petersburg.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

15
Fouls
9
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
1
68.3
Possession
31.7
8
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
640
Accurate Passes
246
721
Passes
329
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
0
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
11
0.0
Cross %
0.3
93
Long Balls
52
59
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
10
9
Tackles
12
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
12
17
Clearances
18

Lineups

DUN · 4-5-1

  1. 22Gabriel SavaG
  2. 4Andrew BoyleCD-L
  3. 3Brian GartlandCD-R
  4. 14Dane MasseyLB
  5. 2Sean GannonRB
  6. 5Chris ShieldsCM-L
  7. 10Ronan FinnCM-R
  8. 18Robbie BensonAM
  9. 7Daryl HorganLM
  10. 11Patrick McEleneyRM
  11. 9David McMillanF

ZEN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Yuri LodyginG
  2. 6Nicolas LombaertsCD-L
  3. 13Luís NetoCD-R
  4. 4Domenico CriscitoLB
  5. 2Alexander AnyukovRB
  6. 28Axel WitselCM-L
  7. 21Javi GarcíaCM-R
  8. 17Oleg ShatovLM
  9. 29Róbert MakRM
  10. 7Giuliano CF-L
  11. 22Artem DzyubaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Oleg Shatov (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 37' Javi García (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 52' Goal! Dundalk 1, Zenit St Petersburg 0. Robbie Benson (Dundalk) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 59' Luís Neto (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Kokorin replaces Oleg Shatov.
  7. 67' Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 71' Goal! Dundalk 1, Zenit St Petersburg 1. Robert Mak (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Domenico Criscito.
  9. 72' Substitution, Dundalk. Ciarán Kilduff replaces David McMillan.
  10. 72' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Mauricio replaces Javi García.
  11. 77' Goal! Dundalk 1, Zenit St Petersburg 2. Giuliano (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Axel Witsel.
  12. 79' Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Luka Djordjevic replaces Robert Mak.
  13. 79' Substitution, Dundalk. John Mountney replaces Robbie Benson.
  14. 86' Substitution, Dundalk. Dean Shiels replaces Chris Shields.
  15. 90'+1' Brian Gartland (Dundalk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+1' Penalty saved! Mauricio (Zenit St Petersburg) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right 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.