2018-02-22: Zenit St Petersburg 3-0 Celtic, UEFA Cup

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Trivia

  • Round of 32, 2nd leg Celtic won first leg 1-0 at home; Celtic out of Europe, 1-3 agg loss.
    Temperatures expected to have dropped to as low as minus 15 during the day in St Petersburg; Broony becomes a local celeb by going about in a Celtic training top braving the cold whilst rest were wrapped up.
  • Zenit St Petersburg were fined £26,500 by UEFA for their fans’ misbehaviour in Spain in Dec. The Russian side were charged by European football’s governing body after unruly scenes during their Europa League clash at Real Sociedad. And UEFA have ordered them to also repay the San Sebastian club for the damage to their Anoeta Stadium. Zenit were fined for: “Acts of damages; Setting off of fireworks; Throwing of objects and Lack of order inside the stadium”.
  • UEFA had sanctioned Roberto Mancini’s club with a partial closure of their Krestovsky Stadium for the return leg with the Hoops following the display of a banner calling war criminal Ratko Mladic a “hero” during their group stage clash with Macedonian side FK Vardar.
  • SFA is in talks with Queen’s Park about the possibility of buying Hampden Park from the League 1 club. Queen’s confirmed last night that they had been formally approached to enter into discussions about selling the ground to the Scottish game’s governing body.
  • Queen of the South could be without a back-up goalkeeper for Saturday’s clash with Dunfermline after Sam Henderson was hit by a runaway cow (not joking).

Review


The Celtic manager said: “Defensively, we lacked aggression, particularly in the first half. We talk about defending forward and we just didn’t defend forward well enough. We conceded poor goals from that.”

'The Celtic players disappointed the greatest support in the world by a performance which, in European terms, was a disgrace,' David Potter

(Nkrbhoy on Twitter)
A lot of over reaction from the Twitterati Celtic fans tonight

Poor performance – yes.
Defence needs fixed – yes.
Love Celtic – always

Brian McNally (@McNallyMirror) tweeted at 9:00 pm on Thu, Feb 22, 2018:
Game over once Zenit got a 3rd. A slight increase then in pace & few shots which didn't trouble the Zenit keeper.But couldn't see Celtic scoring- warning signs there for ages .
Anyone else worried about failing to score not so much v Zenit -but St. Johnstone, Killie & Rangers?

Brian McNally (@McNallyMirror) tweeted at 6:59 pm on Thu, Feb 22, 2018:
Atrocious first 45 from #Celtic Not one shot or even a threatening attack on the Zenit goal.Once again pointless, pedestrian possession & zero invention.Woeful marking from Simunovic on 1st goal & De Vries utterly pathetic on 2nd. Simply not good enough.Need a big lift. #ZENCEL


Fr. Paul Stone (@FrPaulStone) tweeted at 0:03 am on Fri, Feb 23, 2018:
Some very decent Celtic Twitter outrage tonight re why a club with turnover of £70m last season in a country populated by 5.5m people, couldn’t beat a club from a country of 150m who spent £187m on transfers alone last season.
Genuinely, the outrage is baffling.

(paul Wilson of KDS)
I don't know why people expect us to beat Zenit.
Look at their signings. £20m for one of their players. Expensive Argentinian and Italian imports, who are top players.
Celtic are not in their league financially.
If we lose to the likes of Malmo or Maribor then that is when questions need to be asked.
BR was brought in to get past such teams and into Champions League to get the cash.
He has done that.
He is trying to build a side on the cheap compared to Zenit.
They buy seasoned pros for top dollar. We generally just buy potential.
He has done a very good job until now.
If he wins the league and then fails to reach Champions League this summer – which will be harder than previous years due to the changes made by UEFA to the Champions' route – then that will be the time to question him.

(Asgardtreausre of KDS)
MON's Celtic had Henrik, experienced household names from the English premiership and other top players in their prime years and he lost I think 7 from 9 on the road in the CL. We lost away to a 10 man Anderlecht side, missing a penalty in the process. Third spot in the CL was the best that we ever managed under MON and that was with a side with several players of a quality which we could never afford now.
Zenit took 16 points from their 6 matches in the group phase. They spent some £80m on players during the Summer , apparently spending £20m on one player alone. Who are we kidding that we should have eliminated them ?
We had a great performance at Paradise and gave ourselves a great chance, but in the end we weren't good enough, and tbh, we never were, at least not on paper. The real surprise would have been Celtic coming out on top over the two legs.
I think for a lot of us this tie was a roller-coaster. Few gave Celtic a prayer before the first leg, but the bhoys did extremely well and gave us a result that had us all sitting up in expectation. Having had our hopes unexpectedly raised we then had to bear witness to a poor performance that saw our euro campaign fizzle out harmlessly. So I think that the emotional 'ups and downs' that this tie brought have distorted reality somewhat. We were always severe underdogs to get past zenith, and that's how it played out in the end.
The fact remains that we've had two consecutive seasons in the CL and we went a step further this year. That is not something to start greetin about tbh.

Teams

Zenit St Petersburg

  • 99Lunev
  • 60IvanovicSubstituted forSmolnikovat 87'minutes
  • 23Mevlja
  • 30Mammana
  • 4Criscito
  • 8Kranevitter
  • 5ParedesBooked at 21mins
  • 14KuzyaevBooked at 11mins
  • 10RigoniSubstituted forDriussiat 84'minutes
  • 9Kokorin
  • 29ZabolotnySubstituted forErokhinat 76'minutes
Substitutes
  • 1Lodygin
  • 3Terentjev
  • 7Poloz
  • 11Driussi
  • 18Zhirkov
  • 19Smolnikov
  • 21Erokhina

Goals

  • Ivanovic (7' minutes),
  • Kuzyaev (27' minutes),
  • Kokorin (61' minutes)

Celtic

  • 24 de Vries
  • 49 Forrest Substituted for Musonda at 71'minutes
  • 23 Lustig
  • 05 Simunovic
  • 35 Ajer
  • 63 Tierney
  • 88 Kouassi Booked at 36mins Substituted for Rogic at 45'minutes
  • 42 McGregor Substituted for Sinclair at 62' minutes
  • 08 Brown
  • 21 Ntcham
  • 10 Dembele Booked at 45mins

Substitutes

  • 04 Hendry
  • 11 Sinclair
  • 18 Rogic
  • 22 Edouard
  • 29 Bain
  • 59 Miller
  • 67 Musonda
Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
Attendance:50,492

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Zenit 3-0 Celtic (3-1 agg): Rodgers’ men crash out of Europe

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/zenit-3-0-celtic-3-1-agg-rodgers-men-crash-out-of-europe-1-4694950

Aleksandr Kokorin celebrates scoring Celtic's third. Picture: AP

The fresh hope Brendan Rodgers had nurtured of further European progress for Celtic was brutally undermined by familiar old failings on a bitterly anticlimactic night in Russia.

The roof of the Krestovsky Stadium may have been closed to keep out a temperature of -13 in St Petersburg but there was no escape from the chill of an emphatic defeat for the Scottish champions as they were unceremoniously dumped out of the Europa League.

Not for the first time on foreign soil, Celtic were the architects of their own downfall as they committed basic collective errors and made avoidable individual mistakes to assist Zenit’s recovery from their 1-0 loss in Glasgow seven days earlier.

First half goals from former Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic – on his 34th birthday – and Daler Kuzyaev put Roberto Mancini’s side in control before Aleksandr Kokorin effectively ended any Celtic hopes of a comeback midway through the second period.
It added up to a seventh defeat in 13 away matches in Europe for Rodgers as Celtic manager and indicates he still has much to do in order to effect the kind of consistent improvement at this level he has set out to achieve at the club.
All of the good work Celtic had produced in what Rodgers regarded as a ‘near-perfect’ performance in the first leg was negated by the calamitous defending which allowed Zenit to wipe out their 1-0 deficit before half an hour had passed.
While the Scottish champions enjoyed all the possession they could have wished for, it troubled Zenit not one bit in a first half in which home goalkeeper Andrei Lunev was not called into action at all.

Mancini’s men were content to allow Celtic to pass the ball among themselves in and around the centre of the pitch before breaking with pace and directness whenever the opportunity arose.
The opening goal came as a consequence of a corner conceded by de Vries as he scrambled to his left to turn behind a 20-yard shot from Leandro Paredes. The Argentinian midfielder took the kick himself and Celtic tied themselves in knots trying to deal with it.
Ivanovic was allowed a free header which he powered beyond de Vries, leaving the recriminations to begin as both Mikael Lustig and Jozo Simunovic berated Kristoffer Ajer, suggesting the young Norwegian should have been picking up the run of the goalscorer.
The pattern remained the same, Celtic seeing plenty of the ball without having any penetration in the attacking third of the pitch. Zenit continued to create openings with their more direct style and Kokorin should have done better when he was sprung clear, sending a tame shot into the grasp of de Vries.

Paredes was at the hub of most of Zenit’s most positive work, although he was overly ambitious with a free-kick from all of 30 yards which sailed over.
But the home side proved it wasn’t really such folly to try and test de Vries with efforts from distance when they made it 2-0 in the 27th minute. There appeared little danger when Kuzyaev cut in from the left but his right foot shot from around 25 yards left de Vries looking foolish, the Dutch veteran completely mis-reading the flight of the ball as it flew beyond him into the back of the net.
Spanish referee Antonio Lahoz, a man clearly happy to attract as much attention to himself as possible, was liberal with his distribution of bookings as Kuzyaev and Paredes for Zenit and the Celtic duo of Eboue Kouassi and Moussa Dembele picked up cautions. The visitors were angered on the half-time whistle when the official kept his card in his pocket when Kuzyaev might easily have collected his second yellow for a late challenge on Kouassi.
It was clear Rodgers could afford to waste little time trying to turn the tide of the tie back in Celtic’s favour and it was no surprise to see Tom Rogic appear at the start of the second half, the Australian playmaker replacing Kouassi.
Rogic immediately showed the kind of attacking ambition Celtic had lacked in the first half, striding forward and firing over a 22 yard shot. James Forrest then burst into significant action for the first time, forcing Celtic’s first corner of the night which Olivier Ntcham floated in for Ajer to head wide.

But just as Rodgers was poised to make his second change in an attempt to build further momentum, Zenit tightened their grip with a third goal. Yet again, Celtic’s defending left much to be desired as Ivanovic’s low cross from the right saw Lustig caught on the wrong side of Kokorin who bundled a close range shot beyond de Vries.
Rodgers made his planned switch, Scott Sinclair replacing Callum McGregor, but the horse had well and truly bolted from Celtic’s perspective as they now needed to score twice to salvage the tie.
Forrest made way for Charly Musonda as Celtic made their final substitution but Zenit saw out the remainder of the contest with a minimum of fuss to book their place in today’s last 16 draw.
ZENIT: Lunev, Ivanovic (Smolnikov 87), Mammana, Mevlja, Criscito; Rigoni (Driussi 84), Paredes, Kranevitter; Kuzyaev, Kokorin, Zabolotny (Erokhin 76). Subs not used: Lodygin, Terentyev, Poloz, Zhirkov.
CELTIC: De Vries, Lustig, Simunovic, Ajer; Forrest (Musonda 71), Kouassi (Rogic 46), Brown, Ntcham, Tierney; McGregor (Sinclair 62); Dembele. Subs not used: Bain, Hendry, Edouard, Miller.

Brendan Rodgers: Celtic weren’t brave enough

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/brendan-rodgers-celtic-weren-t-brave-enough-1-4695007

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Brendan Rodgers bemoaned a lack of bravery and belief among his players as Celtic’s European campaign came to a dispiriting end in Russia.

The Scottish champions’ hopes of reaching the last 16 of the Europa League were crushed by Zenit St Petersburg, who overturned a 1-0 first-leg deficit with a comprehensive 3-0 victory at the 
Krestovsky Stadium.

It was Celtic’s heaviest Europa League or Uefa Cup defeat since an ignominious 5-1 loss at Neuchatel Xamax in 1991.

It left Rodgers lamenting his team’s approach to the match, along with some wretched defending which contributed to goals by Branislav Ivanovic, Daler Kuzyaev and Aleksandr Kokorin for Zenit.

The Celtic manger said: “Defensively, we lacked aggression, particularly in the first half. We didn’t close the space quick enough. We talk about defending forward and we just didn’t defend forward well enough. We conceded poor goals from that.
“The first goal from a corner
is one that can happen. We were blocked off, Zenit worked it well and found the space – Branislav is outstanding in the air. The second goal, we didn’t engage quick enough from a throw-in. We’re too deep and have to press the guy who was shooting.
“At 2-0, we still have an opportunity in the game. But everything was too sideways and backwards. That’s about bravery and having that courage to play.
“With so many young players in the team, you see the contrast from last week. We started the second half okay but, again, we concede possession too cheaply and they work the ball round for a cross. We should never concede that type of goal.

“We were much better than Zenit in the first leg. If we played with a little bit more courage and belief tonight, we could maybe have got a result.”
Rodgers has led Celtic to the group stage of the Champions League in two successive seasons but admits they remain a long way short of the standard required to make significant further strides in European competition.
“There is still an awful lot of work for us to do,” he added. “When I take a step back, there have been a lot of positives for us in Europe this season. We have played very well in some games, shown some great qualities.
“Of course we are up against the best of the best. So there is a lot of learning taking place. It’s about consistency, really. Last week was an outstanding performance which would allow you to think you had a great opportunity to go through but if you don’t start with that aggressive mentality, then it’s really difficult.

“Over the course of both competitions in Europe, there have been aspects which pleased me. We are taking steps forward with a lot of young players. We now have to finish our domestic campaign as strongly as we can and create another piece of history on that front. We then need to look to take another step forward in Europe next season.”
Zenit head coach Roberto Mancini was understandably content with the turnaround in his team’s performance level after having been outplayed in the first leg.
“We deserved to win,” said Mancini. “We played a very good game. Celtic are a strong team but we played very, very well. Celtic’s tempo in Glasgow was very difficult for us. Tonight we scored three goals, had other chances and for 75 minutes didn’t concede any chances to Celtic.”

BBC
By Martin Dowden
BBC Scotland at the Krestovsky Stadium

Celtic's Europa League campaign ended at the first knockout hurdle as the Scottish champions succumbed to Zenit St Petersburg in their round-of-32 tie.
Branislav Ivanovic, given a free header inside the box, powered home a corner after seven minutes to level the tie.
Aleksandr Kokorin missed a great chance before Daler Kuzyaev's swerving 25-yard shot deceived Dorus de Vries.

Tom Rogic, Olivier Ntcham and Kristoffer Ajer had efforts before Kokorin bundled home Ivanovic's cross.
The visitors created very little on a miserable evening for Brendan Rodgers' side after the promise of their first-leg performance.
They will now turn their attention to the pursuit of another domestic treble, resuming their Premiership campaign against Aberdeen at Pittodrie on Sunday.
Rodgers started with the same line-up that overcame Zenit 1-0 in the home leg, hoping for a similar level of performance, one that would carry some threat.
Hope can be painful and so it proved.
The imposing Krestovsky Stadium was expected to be a factor but the home crowd was far less than anticipated.
With the roof closed, that support still managed to generate a significant din, a noise that went through that roof when the home side netted early on.
Celtic's defence was culpable. Ajer was blocked off at a corner, allowing Ivanovic an unchallenged header which flew past De Vries.
It was exactly what Celtic wished to avoid, but at that stage they remained very much in the contest.
But any sense of hope among the travelling support swiftly evaporated when Kuzyaev let fly from distance.
De Vries appeared to take a step to his right but the ball turned to his left, straight into the centre of the goal.
He seemed at fault but was not alone, Kuzyaev's chance developing from a simple throw-in.
After half an hour, it looked a familiar European script away from home. Rodgers' side could not muster anywhere near the level of pressure they did at Celtic Park, with goalkeeper Andrei Lunev largely untested despite the visitors enjoying a healthy share of possession.
Too often passes went sideways with Scott Brown operating very deep. There were few runs down the channels. Callum McGregor could not get beyond Moussa Dembele as he did to such effect in the first leg. James Forrest looked more like a right-back than the impressive threat he has been this season.
Zenit were, in contrast, far more effective than seven days ago, more like the side that was billed as favourites.
They were quick to attack and support Anton Zabolotny. Without the ball, they regrouped and were compact. They were far from outstanding but did not have to be.
Rodgers tinkered at half-time with Rogic introduced for Eboue Kouassi. The Australian immediately shot at goal but it sailed way over.
Celtic were better – Ntcham sending in a low shot, Ajer heading wide from a corner – but still lacked threat in the final third.
At 2-0 down, a goal would have turned the tie completely in Celtic's favour.
But as Rodgers prepared to introduce Scott Sinclair in search of a precious away goal, Zenit inflicted the decisive blow.
Ivanovic crossed from the right flank, Mikael Lustig dallied and Kokorin tapped home at the back post. It was all too simple and effectively decided the outcome.
Defensive errors proved costly after the promise of the first leg.
To progress further in Europe, it is an area that Celtic will have to address.

Match ends, Zenit St Petersburg 3, Celtic 0.

Full Time

Second Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 3, Celtic 0.
Moussa Dembele (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).
Scott Brown (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg).
Moussa Dembele (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
Attempt missed. Sebastián Driussi (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksandr Kokorin.

Substitution

Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Igor Smolnikov replaces Branislav Ivanovic.
Offside, Celtic. Kieran Tierney tries a through ball, but Scott Sinclair is caught offside.
Foul by Kieran Tierney (Celtic).
Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Sebastián Driussi replaces Emiliano Rigoni.
Hand ball by Moussa Dembele (Celtic).
Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit St Petersburg).

Substitution

Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Aleksandr Erokhin replaces Anton Zabolotny.
Attempt missed. Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksandr Kokorin.
Attempt saved. Scott Sinclair (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charly Musonda.
Attempt blocked. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Olivier Ntcham.

Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Charly Musonda replaces James Forrest.
Attempt blocked. James Forrest (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jozo Simunovic.
Attempt saved. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Sinclair.
Attempt saved. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg).
Foul by Scott Sinclair (Celtic).
Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Leandro Paredes.

Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Scott Sinclair replaces Callum McGregor.

Goal!

Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 3, Celtic 0. Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Branislav Ivanovic.
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg).
Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Olivier Ntcham with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Emanuel Mammana.
Attempt missed. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
Attempt blocked. Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandr Kokorin.
Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by James Forrest.

Second Half

Second Half begins Zenit St Petersburg 2, Celtic 0.

Substitution

Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Eboue Kouassi.

Half Time

First Half ends, Zenit St Petersburg 2, Celtic 0.

Booking

Moussa Dembele (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Moussa Dembele (Celtic).
Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Mikael Lustig.
Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Kieran Tierney.
Foul by James Forrest (Celtic).
Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Eboue Kouassi (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Olivier Ntcham.
Hand ball by Miha Mevlja (Zenit St Petersburg).
Attempt missed. Anton Zabolotny (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Leandro Paredes with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.

Booking

Eboue Kouassi (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Eboue Kouassi (Celtic).
Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leandro Paredes (Zenit St Petersburg).
Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Goal!

Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 2, Celtic 0. Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal.
Foul by Olivier Ntcham (Celtic).
Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Anton Zabolotny (Zenit St Petersburg) because of an injury.

Booking

Leandro Paredes (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leandro Paredes (Zenit St Petersburg).
Hand ball by Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg).
Attempt missed. Leandro Paredes (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic).
Leandro Paredes (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg).
Foul by Eboue Kouassi (Celtic).
Matías Kranevitter (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matías Kranevitter with a through ball.

Booking

Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
James Forrest (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg).
Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Anton Zabolotny (Zenit St Petersburg).

Goal!

Goal! Zenit St Petersburg 1, Celtic 0. Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Leandro Paredes with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Dorus de Vries.
Attempt saved. Leandro Paredes (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Jozo Simunovic (Celtic).
Anton Zabolotny (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Emiliano Rigoni tries a through ball, but Aleksandr Kokorin is caught offside.
Hand ball by Callum McGregor (Celtic).

Kick Off

First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.