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ZENIT STEAL A POINT FROM BAYERN
Zenit snatched a valuable 1-1 away draw against Bayern Munich in UEFA
Cup semifinal first leg match.
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Photo: english.sport-express.ru
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Bayern posed a constant threat to the Russian champions'
goal and opened the score on the eighteenth minute already.
Ze Roberto earned a penalty for the German Bundesliga leaders when Fernando
Ricksen challenged him in Zenit area.
Vyacheslav Malafeev managed to pull back Ribery's shot, however the Frenchman
was the first to tuck in the rebound and give his side a 1-0 lead.
However the visitors kept on giving positive impression at Munich home
arena deserving a reward that came half an hour before the final whistle.
Lucio scored an own goal thus giving their opponents a valuable away goal
ahead of return game.
The tie will be decided on May 1 in St. Petersburg and the hosts are supposed
to find it difficult to settle up selection troubles.
Andrei Arshavin, Fernando Ricksen and Radek Sirk will miss the return
game after they got yellow cards in Munich clash.
Sport
Express Daily, 25 Apr 2008
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