Zenit St. Petersburg drew away with Malmo of Sweden in the match of the fifth round of the Champions League group stage. The correspondent of “Lenta.ru” informs about it.
The meeting took place on Tuesday, November 23, and ended with a score of 1: 1. In the 28th minute, Swedes’ midfielder Soren Riks scored. On 51 minutes, Zenit striker Artem Dziuba missed a penalty. In the 86th minute, Petersburgers were in the minority, defender Dmitry Chistyakov was sent off. In the second minute of the time added to the second half, the penalty kick was realized by Yaroslav Rakitskiy.
After five matches, the blue-white-blues scored four points and occupy the third place in group N. The Swedish club has one point in the asset and is inferior to the Russians.
In the next round, Zenit will host London’s Chelsea on 8 December. “Malmo” on the same day on the road will meet with Turin “Juventus”.
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