The success of the first match with “Torino” (2: 0) 1/8 Europa League allowed the “Zenith” feel quite comfortable in the second match. However relaxed football did not work. Blue-white-blue fought the entire match and occasionally creating moments for yourself. Perhaps that was the plan, and Villas-Boas. But in the 89th minute, he has failed. As a result, St. Petersburg in the quarter-finals of the Europa League is still broke, but the nerves for six minutes added to their fans battered. Nevertheless, as one of the former coaches of “Zenith”, the main thing – the score.
The advantage of “Zenith” before the return match with “Torino” was quite comfortable. Pets 2: 0 allow blue-white-blue safely play on defense, and when it will rival counterattack. And indeed apparent reason for the defeat was not. “Zenith” in recent games (misunderstanding in the game with the “Torpedo” in the garden taken out of the brackets) looked like powerful. Is that bothered a series of injuries and illnesses. Nevertheless, the day before the meeting with the “Torino” André Villas-Boas praised the chances of success of their team as 50 to 50.
«Perhaps, in the second match of the” Torino “will be more aggressive than the first and thus we get a chance to find a gap in their tight defense. Of course, our main task – to score, and we set out to meet throughout the match to the opponent’s actions, “- said the Portuguese expert.
The main and really serious problem for the “Zenith” was the loss of Javi Garcia because of two yellow cards. Commenting on this loss, Villas-Boas said: “Of course, it is noticeable, but we have other experienced players – the same Tymoshchuk.”
As a result, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and replaced Garcia in the starting lineup. Also in the first minutes started the match on the part of the “Zenith” Yuri Lodygin, Domenico Criscito, Luís Neto, Igor Smolnikov, Ezequiel Garay, Oleg Shatov, Axel Witsel, Miguel Danny, Hulk and Solomon Rondon.
As expected, the owners began actively meeting: players “Torino” almost did not stay on their side of the field, just going on the attack. Another thing is that the defense of “Zenith” has so far been reliable. And where were wrong ones, helped luck. Especially the defenders of the blue-white-blue checkered Offsides that St. Petersburg repeatedly thwarted attempts to get closer to the Italian goal. In this situation, the most dangerous moment in the 15th minute was the penalty by Alexander Farnerud. Struck the feast for the eyes – a powerful, dense and with backspin, even though the ball flew almost grinding in the right-hand post. Slightly to the left – and Lodygin would be powerless.
The Italians are so eager to score that sometimes rushed forward, not noticing anything around. For example, in the middle of the half Fabio Kualyarella missed the ball over the sideline, but pretended that nothing had happened, and he was seen at a cruising speed to the gates of “Zenith”. The judge had already whistled, all players, including partners Kualyarelly stood up, but that it was uneasy. So he ran back to back to Lodygina and only stopped at the gate.
Gradually “Zenith” was able to bring down the zeal “Torino” and even ten minutes to press his opponent’s goal. However, the visitors quickly recovered and again rushed to the attack. And this time, their action gets more than dangerous for the “Zenith”.
First, the same Kualyarella struck free kick, the ball is caught in the wall of someone’s leg and changed the trajectory. Fortunately for the “Zenith”, the ball flew over the front. Immediately Lodygin wrong output and was almost punished for it missed a goal. But Yuri err partners.
On the 37th minute with a minus sign Tymoshchuk showed itself, in the opponent’s half of the field unnecessarily brought down with the feet of one of the players, “Torino”, for which he received a yellow card. It was the first in a number of subsequent “yellow card” discharged players “Zenith” – Criscito, nope, Danny, Rondon, Hulk. Criscito and Danny, by the way, because it will be forced to miss the next match in the Europa League.
In the second half turintsy understand that has nothing to lose, do not hesitate and began to put pressure on the referee, challenging literally every even slightly questionable moment.
In the 59th minute another yellow card was already Lodygin – for the delay time. Difficult situation creates a “Zenith” in the next round of the Europa League.
76 minutes into the match, head coach of the “Torino” Giampiero Ventura went for broke, releasing to replace Joseph Martinez, who became the third hitter-friendly Italians on the field. All or nothing.
The rate almost immediately just did not work, but beyond praise played Lodygin. After the first corner he parried a blow almost flush with the head, and a moment later made a second stunning save from already on finishing.
His “Torino” has made in the 89th minute. Kamil Glik blow head caught Lodygina protivohode and yet he brought the ball into the net “Zenith”.
The judge added six minutes, during which the blue-white-blue perfectly to score themselves, but it did not, the main thing, of course, is that they are not allowed to do so and the opponent. The final whistle recorded a loss of “Zenith” in this particular match (0: 1) and the victory of the opposition in general (2: 1). His opponent in the quarterfinals “Zenith” learns March 20, that is, today.
Artem Kuzmin, “to Fontanka.ru»
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