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Zenit, Betis’ rival this Thursday at the Benito Villamarín, needs to win as a visitor, something they haven’t achieved for more than four years, precisely, against a Spanish rival, Real Sociedad. The game in question was played on December 7, 2018 and in the ranks of the Basque team were Juanmi, Canales and Willian José. The final result was 1-3.
The Russian team was able to take advantage of three defensive errors by the home team to take victory in the last match of the group stage. The then coach of Real Sociedad, Eusebio, recognized that Zenit deserved the victory: «We wanted to win this game, but it couldn’t be. We have done everything to achieve it, we had many chances, but we did not finish.
However, the rival has been more successful and they have become worthy of first place, especially for their effectiveness. Through our chances we had them under control, but we didn’t make them happen and we lost the game.”
After the triumph against Real Sociedad, Zenit have played nine more away games in the Europa League and have not won any of them. The matches have been against Celtic (1-0), Leipzig (2-1), Dinamo Minsk (4-0), Molde (2-1), Copenhagen (1-1), Girondins de Bordeaux (1-1), Slavia Prague (2-0), Fenerbahçe (1-0) and Villarreal (2-1).
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