Zenit defeated Torino in the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League

The St. Petersburg football club Zenit in its field confidently beat the Italian Torino in the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. The meeting held on Thursday in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 2: 0.

The Belgian midfielder Petitsev Axel Witsel (38 ') opened an account after Igor Smolnikov struck the goalkeeper, and the Italian defender Domenico Krisito (53') doubled him after a shot in the performed by the Brazilian Halk.

In the 28th minute of the meeting from the field for the second yellow card, the midfielder of Torino Marco Benassass was removed.

The win -win series of Zenit in the home matches of the Europa League reached 13 matches and has 12 victories at one draw.

The reciprocal meeting of the teams will be held in Turin on the next Thursday, March 19, and a day later, the draw will be held in the 1/4 finals of the tournament.

Later on Thursday, the players of the Moscow Dynamo suffered the first defeat in the current European Cup draw, losing in Naples to the Italian Napoli in the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League with a score of 1: 3.

The hosts of Dynamo Kevin Kevin, who was already in the second minute, the hosts responded to the het-trick Gonzalo Iguin (25 ', 30' Pen, 55 '). At the same time, Dynamo from the 46th minute played in the minority: Roman Zobnin received the second yellow card.

The return match will be held a week later on the Dynamo field.