On February 17, the Petersburg football club Zenit lost to the Spanish Betis in the first match of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League.
The game was held at the stadium “Gazprom Arena” in St. Petersburg and ended with a score of 3:2, specifies “Sport-Express”.
Spanish FC scored three goals in the first half. By the 18th minute, the guests were leading 2:0, then the Petersburgers equalized the score, but in the 41st minute, Betis took the lead again.
There were no goals in the second half.
Guido Rodriguez, Willian José and Andres Guardado scored in Betis. In turn, Artem Dzyuba played one goal in the 25th minute, and three minutes later Malcolm scored.
The return match will take place on 24 February. Since this season, the away goals rule has not been applied in European competition.
The fact that the players of St. Petersburg “Zenith” will compete for reaching the 1/8 finals of the Europa League with the Spanish “Betis” became known on December 13.
It was noted that in other play-offs, Sevilla will meet with Dynamo Zagreb, Atalanta with Olympiacos, RB Leipzig with Real Sociedad, Barcelona with Napoli, Borussia Dortmund – with Rangers, Sheriff – with Braga, Porto – with Lazio.
Zenit finished third in their Champions League group with Juventus, Chelsea and Malmö. Thanks to this, the blue-white-blue got a ticket to the playoffs of the Europa League. Betis finished second in their league quartet.
Source: IZ
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