Terek Grozny v Zenit St Petersburg review
By: j | August 13th, 2008In a match that just concluded Zenit Saints Petersburg defeated Terek Grozny 3-1 in a very aggressive battle. With Dick Advocaat watching from the press-box due to his one match ban, Zenit came out with conviction and the midfield of Konstatin Zurianov, Igor Denisov, and Viktor Faitzulin fed Andrei Arshavin and Fatih Tekke with splendid scoring opportunites and controlled play. However much can be said of the Terek Grozny squad as it has radically improved offensively with Florentin Petre, Andrei Margaritescu and Daniel Pancu in the lineup.
In the early stages of the match, Zenit, in a text-book fashion pulled Terek wider, then drew their attack inside waiting for over-commitment to shoot through the seam. As the first half continued, Zenit began to tear apart Terek. Zenit took the lead off a corner at the seventeenth minute and while I couldn’t make out who made contact it appears on the score-sheet as an own-goal of Radoslav Zabavnik. The Zenit onslaught continued as Konstatin Zurianov scored from a ridiculous angle at the thirty-six minute mark, fed down the right side of the box from Andrei Arshavin. Florentin Petre drew one back for the visitors a few minutes into the second half but six minutes later Fatih Tekke headed home a beautiful goal to return the two-goal advantage to Zenit.
This victory moves the reigning champions Zenit back in the thick of the race however the biggest news and a bit of a surprise, is the return of Pavel Pogrebniak. Looking fit and healthy he entered the match for Andrei Arshavin with roughly five minutes left to the delight of the home fans. He moved very well, looked solid in a number of flurries and nearly scored within a minute of being on the pitch. Having Pavel Pogrebniak, arguably the best Russian striker, back for Zenit will make this already exciting race even more difficult to call.
Category: Team News
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