UEFA Europa League

Vardar vs Zenit St Petersburg, 2017-18 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
Vardar
    FT
    0 - 5
    Zenit St Petersburg
    • 6': Aleksandr Kokorin
    • 21': Aleksandr Kokorin
    • 39': Artem Dzyuba
    • 66': Branislav Ivanovic
    • 89': Emiliano Rigoni

    About

    Vardar are hosting Zenit St Petersburg at Tose Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 3': Attempt blocked. Dmitriy Poloz (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba with a headed pass.
    • 3': Dejan Blazevski (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 5': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
    • 6': Goal! Vardar 0, Zenit St Petersburg 1. Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Noboa with a cross following a corner.
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Alves (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan.
    • 13': Offside, Vardar. Hovhannes Hambardzumyan tries a through ball, but Tigran Barseghyan is caught offside.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba with a headed pass.
    • 14': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St Petersburg) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Noboa with a cross following a corner.
    • 15': Foul by Emanuel Mammana (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 15': Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Dejan Blazevski (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jambul Jigauri.
    • 20': Foul by Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 20': Vladica Brdarovski (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Goal! Vardar 0, Zenit St Petersburg 2. Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Dmitriy Poloz with a cross.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Christian Noboa with a cross.
    • 26': Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 26': Foul by Nikola Gligorov (Vardar).
    • 30': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 30': Foul by Matías Kranevitter (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 31': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Vladica Brdarovski.
    • 31': Boban Nikolov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Foul by Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 34': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 34': Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 37': Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Goal! Vardar 0, Zenit St Petersburg 3. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandr Kokorin.
    • 41': Delay in match Vladica Brdarovski (Vardar) because of an injury.
    • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 43': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 43': Alves (Vardar) is shown the yellow card.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Matías Kranevitter (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Noboa.
    • 44': Substitution, Vardar. Darko Glisic replaces Vladica Brdarovski because of an injury.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Vardar 0, Zenit St Petersburg 3.
    • 45': Second Half begins Vardar 0, Zenit St Petersburg 3.
    • 47': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Dmitriy Poloz.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 48': Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Nikola Gligorov (Vardar).
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan.
    • 50': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Domenico Criscito.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Darko Velkoski.
    • 53': Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Foul by Boban Nikolov (Vardar).
    • 54': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Matías Kranevitter (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 55': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Miha Mevlja.
    • 56': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Andrey Lunev.
    • 56': Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Foul by Jambul Jigauri (Vardar).
    • 56': Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 57': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Christian Noboa tries a through ball, but Aleksandr Kokorin is caught offside.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Branislav Ivanovic.
    • 64': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Emiliano Rigoni replaces Aleksandr Kokorin.
    • 64': Substitution, Vardar. Visar Musliu replaces Nikola Gligorov.
    • 64': Dejan Blazevski (Vardar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 64': Foul by Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 65': Corner, Zenit St Petersburg. Conceded by Darko Glisic.
    • 66': Goal! Vardar 0, Zenit St Petersburg 4. Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
    • 69': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Emanuel Mammana (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 70': Substitution, Vardar. Ytalo replaces Dejan Blazevski.
    • 71': Foul by Domenico Criscito (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 71': Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Delay in match Matías Kranevitter (Zenit St Petersburg) because of an injury.
    • 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ytalo.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Alves (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan.
    • 78': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Denis Terentjev replaces Branislav Ivanovic.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Ytalo (Vardar) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan with a cross.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alves.
    • 81': Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 81': Visar Musliu (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Delay in match Ytalo (Vardar) because of an injury.
    • 82': Substitution, Zenit St Petersburg. Yuri Zhirkov replaces Miha Mevlja.
    • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 84': Ytalo went off injured after Vardar had used all subs.
    • 85': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 85': Foul by Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 86': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Denis Terentjev.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Boban Grncarov (Vardar) header from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Boban Nikolov with a cross.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yuri Zhirkov with a cross.
    • 89': Offside, Zenit St Petersburg. Emiliano Rigoni tries a through ball, but Artem Dzyuba is caught offside.
    • 89': Goal! Vardar 0, Zenit St Petersburg 5. Emiliano Rigoni (Zenit St Petersburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Noboa with a through ball.
    • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Matías Kranevitter (Zenit St Petersburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuri Zhirkov.
    • 90'+1': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Christian Noboa (Zenit St Petersburg).
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Alves.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alves.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Vardar 0, Zenit St Petersburg 5.
    • 90'+4': Match ends, Vardar 0, Zenit St Petersburg 5.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 4
    0 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 1
    4 Corner Kicks 5
    5 Saves 0
    52.4 Possession 47.6
    13 SHOTS 13
    5 ON GOAL 5
    0.4 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    471 Accurate Passes 408
    533 Passes 478
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    5 Accurate Crosses 2
    14 Crosses 17
    0.4 Cross % 0.1
    60 Long Balls 54
    38 Accurate Long Balls 31
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
    3 Blocked Shots 3
    16 Effective Tackles 11
    21 Tackles 15
    0.8 Tackle % 0.7
    0 Interceptions 0
    18 Effective Clearances 13
    18 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Tose Proeski Arena
    Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
    Attendance: 11,118

    Line-Ups

    VAR Vardar (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    90 Filip Gacevski (GK)
    14 Darko Velkoski
    6 Boban Grncarov
    77 Vladica Brdarovski
    19 Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
    70 Juan Felipe Yellow Card
    10 Boban Nikolov
    16 Nikola Gligorov
    11 Tigran Barseghyan
    7 Jambul Jighauri Yellow Card
    9 Dejan Blazevski
    Vardar Substitutes:
    Filip Stojcevski, Igor Aleksovski, Vanja Markovic, Ytalo, Darko Glisic, Visar Musliu, Besir Demiri.

    ZEN Zenit St Petersburg (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    99 Andrey Lunev (GK)
    23 Miha Mevlja
    30 Emanuel Mammana
    4 Domenico Criscito
    60 Branislav Ivanovic
    8 Matías Kranevitter
    16 Christian Noboa
    14 Daler Kuzyaev
    22 Artem Dzyuba
    7 Dmitriy Poloz
    9 Aleksandr Kokorin
    Zenit St Petersburg Substitutes:
    Emiliano Rigoni, Denis Terentjev, Mikhail Kerzhakov, Yuri Zhirkov, Aleksandr Erokhin, Sebastián Driussi, Igor Smolnikov.

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