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"Zenit" started in the Champions League from victory at the "Metallier"
The St. Petersburg Zenit won a guest victory over the Spanish Valencia in the match of the first round of the UEFA Champions League group tournament.
The dramatic meeting in the arena of the "Retel" ended with a score of 3: 2 in favor of the visits, who led to a break with an advantage of two goals, but then almost missed the victory.
As part of the Russian champions, after the programs of Miguel Danny and Artem Dziuba, the Brazilian striker Khalk (9 ', 45') was noted, and the victorious ball at the most difficult moment for the St. Petersburg was scored by Axel Witsel (76 '), which was assisted by Oleg Shatov, who was replaced. At Valencia, the Portuguese Zhoau Kanselu (55 ') and Andre Gomesh (73') scored.
Note that the statistics of the match speak far from the team from the coast of the Neva.
“We played well, even though we allowed Valencia to own the ball for a long time. This was our strategy: we rely on counterattacks. So we scored all three goals. I am convinced that the result of the game. Basis of the ball in football still does not guarantee,” Andrea Villash -Boisha, UEFA.com , quoted the Zenit mentor.
We add that the blue-white-blue won the first visiting victory in the Champions League in Spain. Earlier, the Russian club lost all six official matches there - twice “Seville”, as well as “Villarreal”, “Malaga”, “Real” and “Atletico”.
In another match, the French “Lyon” missed the victory over the Belgian “Gent” (1: 1), which allowed Zenit to become the sole leader of the quartet n .
The results of the remaining matches:
| "Bayer" - BATE | 4: 1 |
| "Roma" - "Barcelona" | 1: 1 |
| Dynamo Zagreb - "Arsenal" | 2: 1 |
| "Olympiacos" - "Bavaria" | 0: 3 |
| "Dynamo Kyiv" - "Porto" | 2: 2 |
| "Chelsea" - "Maccabi" | 4: 0 |
The Russian club for the second time in a row triumphantly started in the group round of the Champions League. Last season, the blue-white-blue ones in the first round on the road beat the Portuguese Benfica, also thanks to the goals of Hulk and Witsel, but in the end they could not go to the playoffs.
The next match Zenit will hold at home on September 29 against Genta, and Valencia will pay a visit to Lion on the same day.