Petersburg "Zenith" ended its performance in European competition this season, failing to beat the Spanish "Betis" away in the second leg of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League in football.
The meeting, held in Seville on Thursday, ended in a draw with a score of 0:0. At the end of the match, Zenit defender Dmitry Chistyakov hit the hosts' goal, but the ball was canceled after watching the moment in the VAR system due to a foul in the attack by Alexander Erokhin.
In the first match, which took place a week ago in St. Petersburg, Betis won - 3:2.
The Imperial March was played at the Betis stadium during the presentation of Zenit Football Before the start of the match, the stadium workers in Seville tried to put pressure on Zenit, making a reference to the political crisis in relations between Russia and Ukraine.
During the announcement of the Zenith starting lineup, the "Imperial March" from the Star Wars movie saga was included with a hint that the St. Petersburg team represents the forces of evil.
Rakitskiy did not make it into the starting lineup of Zenit for the LE match with Betis ". After that, the St. Petersburg team moved to the Europa League.
After the departure of Zenit, Russia had one representative in European competition - Spartak Moscow, which directly qualified for the 1/8 finals of the Europa League.
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