"Zenith" unsuccessfully started in European competitions

Petersburg "Zenith" was defeated in the debut match of the UEFA Cup of the season 2004/2005. On Tuesday, in the first meeting of the second qualifying round of this tournament, the wards of the Petergeela in Austria lost to the local "Pagring" with a score of 1: 3.

As the Soviet Sport notes, the St. Petersburg team lost on the road through all the articles, and if it weren’t for the goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev, then the account could be completely devastated.

In this match, only the owners scored the balls - in the 10th minute, Kafas, interrupting Arshavin’s shelter on Kerzhakov, cut the ball into the gate of Shiklgruber. After that, the Austrians twice scored after Gorak’s mistakes - at first he played his hand in his penalty area and Glider calmly rolled a penalty against Malafeev’s corner. And 10 minutes before the break, after a long pass from the center of the field behind the back, Gorak Mairleb jumped one on one and struck it strongly into the far corner.

In the second half, Pashing continued to attack, in the 50th minute the ball rubbed the Zenit gate with the barn-outs a few centimeters after the Vizio strike. Zenith did not work out a meaningful game, several attacks of Bystrov did not pose any danger to the goalkeeper of the Austrians. As a result, the Shumulikoski, which was still a break, was dropped in the penalty of the mayerle instead of Gorak and made it possible to make a blower from a 11-meter mark. Moreover, at the very end of the match, St. Petersburg rescued Malafeev twice after the corner draw.

Now, Zenit will have to eliminate the difference in two goals in two weeks in two weeks. Of course, this is possible, although the wards of the Polesie Petrgela will have to try very much to make their fans believe in the accident in Austria.