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Match report
Football Elite
International Shield: Round 2 (setup 3, season 8)
Zenit
v.
Espanyol
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
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Craig GORDON17Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
13
Overall form:
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Nenad TOMOVIC728Francisco Javier Chica Torres, JAVI CHICA
Radek SIRL38Fausto Manuel PINTO Rosas
GUILHERME Milhomen Gusmão748Milos NINKOVIC
Ivica KRIZANAC57Nicolas Martín PAREJA
Adam MATTHEWS766Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA
Viktor FAYZULIN78José María CALLEJÓN Bueno
DANNY Miguel Alves Gomes78Joan VERDÚ Fernández
Oleg SAMSONOV96Ferrán COROMINAS Telechea
Szabolcs HUSZTI610Javier Márquez Moreno, JAVI MÁRQUEZ
Danko LAZOVIC611Ivica OLIC
Manager
Alessandro ROSINA12Marco MOTTA
Aleksei IONOV13Idriss 'Carlos' KAMENI
Deividas SEMBERAS146Juan Miguel Jiménez López, JUANMI
Michael LUMB15José RAÚL BAENA Urdiales
Mark GONZÁLEZ716Thilo LEUGERS

Zenit 3 Espanyol 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 21,834, Stadium: Petrovski, Referee: Francisco Javier MARTOS Espigares 8)
4 Fayzulin, 71 Lazovic, 77 DannyScorers59 Verdú
60 Samsonov <=> GonzálezSubstitutions52 Pareja <=> Juanmi
Sendings off
49 HusztiBookings
2Corners1
6Fouls9
4Offsides2
7Shots on5
4Shots off13
11Total shots18
3Shots saved3
42%Possession58%
Man of the match: José María CALLEJÓN Bueno
4GOAL!! A deep cross by LAZOVIC was met by FAYZULIN who stormed in to score. (1-0 Zenit)
10VERDÚ was put clear by PINTO and he beat the 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the near post.
13A shot from DANNY seemed a certain goal but the Espanyol 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
15The Espanyol 'keeper saved a neatly crafted strike from HUSZTI.
19LAZOVIC nutmegged JAVI MÁRQUEZ but drove the ball into the arms of the Espanyol 'keeper.
31VERDÚ's shot was well saved by the Zenit 'keeper.
35A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
43A lovely effort from PAREJA scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
45+1A fine ball from SIRL on the right fell to FAYZULIN who mishit his shot over the bar.
 
49HUSZTI cautioned for a clinical challenge.
57CALLEJÓN beat three Zenit players and thundered a great chance just beyond the far post.
59GOAL!! An energetic NINKOVIC ran down the right wing and pulled the ball back for VERDÚ to nudge home. (1-1)
61A strike from GONZÁLEZ held no problem for ÁLVAREZ.
69FAYZULIN poked an easy chance past the righthand post.
70DANNY brought the ball round NINKOVIC and rattled a weak shot past the post.
71GOAL!! An imaginative KRIZANAC played a great ball down the middle to LAZOVIC who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Zenit)
73The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from KRIZANAC dropped just over.
77GOAL!! A shot from DANNY dribbled through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted Espanyol 'keeper. (3-1 Zenit)
84VERDÚ flicked a right foot shot inches wide from long range.
86A right foot effort from VERDÚ was saved by the 'keeper.
88COROMINAS floated the ball to OLIC who touched it wide.
89A cross from VERDÚ left PINTO in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.