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Zenit Triumphs Over Fakel in Tense Voronezh Encounter
Zenit St. Petersburg defeated Fakel Voronezh 2-0 in a match played at Stadion Fakel, Voronezh, Russia, as part of the 20th round of the Russian Premier League. The match, refereed by Vladislav Baranovskiy, was marked by tension and expulsions.
Zenit dominated possession (74%) and translated their superiority into two goals. The first came in the 19th minute thanks to L. Gondou, assisted by Gustavo Mantuan. The second goal arrived in the 57th minute, scored by M. Cassierra.
Fakel, on the other hand, offered little resistance, with only 26% possession and just 4 shots on target. However, the home team played a rough game, accumulating 20 fouls, 3 yellow cards, and a red card for V. Yakimov in the 37th minute. Zenit also suffered an expulsion, Wendel in the 74th minute, in addition to a yellow card for O. Mimovic.
Despite the expulsions and rough play, Zenit demonstrated greater effectiveness and takes the three points.
Substitutions zenit: at minute 46 M. Cassierra came in and M. Glushenkov went out., at minute 70 O. Mimovic came in and Gustavo Mantuan went out., at minute 70 A. Sobolev came in and L. Gondou went out., at minute 86 Y. Gorshkov came in and Luiz Henrique went out.
Substitutions fakel: at minute 46 M. Brahimi came in and N. Motpan went out., at minute 59 I. Kalinin came in and D. Mertens went out., at minute 59 A. Kashtanov came in and I. Alshin went out., at minute 70 M. Shchetinin came in and V. Iljin went out., at minute 70 A. Kovalev came in and A. Lomovitskiy went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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