Zenit Saint Petersburg 1-2 Borussia Dortmund Goals: 1-0 Driussi (16 ‘), 1-1 Piszczek (68’), 1-2 Witsel (78 ‘)
Deprived of a series of first-team regulars who joined Erling Haaland, Thomas Meunier and Manuel Akanji, Dortmund were slow in the first half and struggled to regain the pace. Zenit, who was already confident of completing casualties in the organization before this match, had nothing to lose and added some freedom to his game. The hosts took the lead in the 16th minute when Sebastian Driussi’s shot deviated Mats Hummels’ toe and beat Marwin Hitz on his first pole. Dortmund almost tied immediately, but Thorgan Hazard’s poor education was well stored through Mikhail Kerzhakov. The BVB had its most productive opportunities in part-time just before half-time, but Jude Bellingham was nearby and Marco Reus hit the pole with a shot from the edge of the area.
Dortmund had to thank Hitz for keeping them in the game moments after driussi’s double stop reboot. Zenit was pushed for a moment in the early stages, but the momentum tilted Dortmund with the arrival of Gio Reyna and Youssoufa Moukoko on time. , the latter making history as the youngest player in the competition. Needing a win to secure first place in the group, BVB began to show a larger incision at the front and improve when Piszczek drove diversity to the mouth after a corner wreaked havoc. In Zenit’s penalty area, he also got rid of Jadon Sancho from the bench to give another offensive push, and the replacement temporarily paid off when he controlled to bring Witsel back to sweep a shot into the back corner of the edge of the opposite area. to their previous look and boost Dortmund to the last 16 as winners of the segment.
Moukoko, the youngest player in Bundesliga history, beat Celestine Babayaro as the greenest Debutant in the Champions League here, at the age of 16 years and 19 days. Dortmund won the festival in 1997 and was runner-up at Bayern Munich in 20 thirteen. Zenit’s most productive functionality is to succeed in the eighth round, which it has done on 3 occasions. Dortmund won Group F with thirteen problems out of 18. Lazio finished the moment with 10 problems. Witsel scored 22 goals in 180 games as a Zenit player between 2012 and 2017, winning the Russian Premier League in 2015 Santos deArray El Zenit has already played 47 Bundesliga matches with Hamburg. Defender Lovren, while fluent in German, has never played in Germany.
Line up
Zenit: Kerzhakov – Sutormin, Prokhin, Rakitskiy (Lovren ‘), Santos – Ozdoyev (c) (Krugovoi 79′), Neighborhoods, Kuzyaev (Wendel 60′) – Malcom (Karavaev 79′), Azmoun, Driussi (Dzyuba 60’) ) Unused submarines: Vasyutin, Lunev, Mostovoy, Zhirkov, Erokhin, Musaev, Shamkin Out: Chistyakov (ineligible) Coach: Sergei Semak
Dortmund: Hitz – Piszczek (Sancho 72′), Hummels (Zagadou 72′), Can – Passlack (King 58′), Bellingham, Witsel, Schulz – Brandt (Moukoko 58′), Reus (c), Hazard (Knauff 83′) )) Unused submarines: Boerki, Drljaca, RaschlOut: Akanji (knee), Dahoud (sick), Delaney (back), Haaland (muscle), Meunier (calf), Morey (muscle),
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