Midfielder Roman Shirokov scored twice to make the Zenit St Petersburg 3-2 win over Benfica in the first leg last 16 Champions League at the Stadium Petrovskiy, Wednesday (02/15/2012). The second leg will take place at the Estadio da Luz, 6 March.
Benfica went ahead thanks to goals from defender Maxi Pereira in the 20th minute. From close range, Pereira beat goalkeeper host by using a ball gag, free kick which striker Oscar Cardozo countered goalkeeper Yuri Zhevnov.
Seven minutes later, midfielder Roman Shirokov to change the position to be 1-1. With the right foot, he turned the defender Tomas Hubocan cross into the bottom left corner of the Benfica goalkeeper, Artur guarded.
Sergei Bush, who signed to replace Konztantin Zyryanov in the 46th minute, bringing Zenit back ahead 2-1 in the 71st minute. From close range, sending the ball bush midfielder Vladimir Bystrov midfielder shipment into the bottom right corner of goalkeeper Artur.
At the 87th minute, Cardozo scorers list. Goals stems from efforts to confront Zhevnov Nicolas Gaitan shot. The ball then rolled toward Cardozo, who conquered Zhevnov with a shot from close range.
Zenit only takes a minute to again be in a superior position. This time re-created goals Shirokov, utilizing the ball is not perfect anticipation Pereira.
During the fight, according to the UEFA, Zenit controlled the ball as much as 53 percent accurate and fired five shots from 11 businesses. The Benfica create eight chances out of 12 experiments.
The lineup
Zenit: Yuri Zhevnov; Nicolas Lombaerts, Bruno Alves, Tomas Hubocan, Alexander Anyukov; Roman Shirokov, Igor Denisov, Viktor Faizulin (Alessandro Rosina 89), Maksim Kanunnikov (Vladimir Bystrov 66); Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Konztantin Zyryanov (Sergei Semak 46)
Benfica: Artur; Ezequiel Garay, Luisao, Da Conceicao Emerson, Maxi Pereira; Axel Witsel, Nemanja Matic, Bruno Cesar (Nolito 76), Nicolas Gaitan (Miguel Vitor 90); Oscar Cardozo, Rodrigo (Pablo Aimar 30)
Referee: Jonas Eriksson
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