In the second leg of 1/8 finals of the Champions League Benfica beat Zenit in St. Petersburg 2: 1. Goals from Hulk for the home team and Gaitan and Talisca for guests. In the first meeting of the team from Portugal was the top, and he advanced to the quarter-finals.
The Russian team was that their stadium she could turn the tide of competition and the first time in the club’s history to find the best eight of the Champions League. However, little was missing that at the beginning of the meeting with a shot from a free kick Jonas dispelled these hopes, Łodygin managed to defend its impact. Zenit also had their chances in the first half, the best two of them wasted Artyom Dzyuba.
coveted goal came only 69 minutes when Zhirkov first pushed one of the defenders, then ran with the ball in the box, the then he crossed to the head of the Hulk, who had no problem to the closest distance to put futbolówkę in the grid. When it seemed that the players Zenit fail to lead to extra time, Raul Jimenez gave a powerful shot from distance, which the home keeper could only parry at the bar, deflected shot went feet Gaitana, and he placed it in an empty at this point goal.
players from St. Petersburg tried to answer yet, but it is ultimately Benfica in the fifth minute of added time sealed their success through goal Anderson Talisci. The Portuguese won the tie so the 3: 1 and will play in the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time since the 2011/12 season.
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