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Even before Borussia Dortmund plays the third Champions League game from 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening, the parallel game in this group will be over. At 17:55 p.m. there will be a duel between Zenit St. Petersburg and Lazio Rome in Russia. A game in which the Russians already have their backs to the wall and Lazio could take a big step towards the knockout phase with a complete success.
The Russian double winner suffered a defeat on the first two match days and is consequently still empty-handed. The Romans of Simone Inzaghi lead the current table of this group with four counters. The BVB victory was followed by a draw in Bruges, despite the weakened team. Immobile & Co. are ready for use again for the appearance in Russia. Nevertheless, the best bookmakers rate the game on an equal footing, with even odds between Zenit St. Petersburg and Lazio Rome being found on the three-way market.
Zenit St. Petersburg:
For the ninth time in total, Zenit Saint Petersburg was crowned Russian champion last season, with a national double for the second time in the club’s history. As a result, Zenit qualified for the group stage of the UEFA premier class for the eighth time, so far Zenit has survived the group three times, but then had to give up in the round of 16.
Last season, the Russians reached seven points in the preliminary round and not only missed the winter in the premier class, but actually had to settle for fourth place. An extremely bitter end for Zenit, which meant that the Russians were unable to winter internationally for the first time since the 2009/10 season.
This scenario threatens the team of head coach Sergey Semak also this season. The Russians, who have only won two of the last eleven Champions League games, are still without counting and even a draw against Lazio could not be enough.
The bitter last-minute defeat against Club Bruges was followed by bankruptcy at Signal Iduna Park. Despite two buses that Zenit had parked, the goalless draw could not be made over time. In the game forward, Zenit has so far left a lot to be desired. In this regard, on Wednesday between Zenit St. Petersburg and Lazio Rome the prognosis is that both teams will not meet.
The almost non-existent offensive is surprising in that Zenit St. Petersburg plays pleasing offensive football in the league. With Artem Dzyuba, the team has a striker who can provide relief with his presence. Aleksandr Erokhin, Sardar Azmoun and Sebastian Driussi are actors who have their strengths especially in the area of play.
While there is not much of it to be seen internationally, Zenit St. Petersburg is currently one point behind leaders CSKA Moscow in the domestic championship after completing 13 rounds. The dress rehearsal for the home game on Wednesday was successful with a 2-0 win at Khimki. In the league, the Semak-Elf collected 15 out of 18 possible points in the Gazprom Arena.
Lazio Rome:
When Lazio returned to the UEFA Champions League, Ciro Immobile in particular was able to celebrate a prestigious win against his ex-club Borussia Dortmund. As a big BVB flop, he ensured the victory of his team with an extremely strong performance. In Simone Inzaghi’s team, Immobile once again stands out with its hit rate.
The fans from the eternal city of Rome actually had to wait “forever” for a game by Lazio in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. In the 2007/08 season Lazio was represented in the Champions League for the last time, the participation this season is the sixth in the club’s history.
After the successful start against Borussia Dortmund, successful coach Simone Inzaghi (in office since 2016) had to improvise a lot against Club Bruges. He lacked a large number of players due to known circumstances and thus almost the entire reserve bank consisted of youth players without professional experience. Despite the heavily weakened eleven, Lazio was able to achieve a 1-1 draw in Belgium and thus maintain the top of the table.
For the first time after 18 international games, a Lazio game ended with a division of points. In the recent past the Romans did not go as they wanted internationally – in the Europa League. A total of eight of the last twelve games ended in a Lazio defeat.
Lazio also had a successful dress rehearsal last weekend. Among other things, Ciro Immobile returned to the squad and his equalizer to 3: 3 from the penalty spot in minutes 90 + 5 should not be the end point. Two minutes later, thanks to a goal by Felipe Caicedo (also substitute), Lazio was actually able to turn a game believed lost.
An enormously important victory after the performances in the previous Serie A season were not really satisfactory. Ten points from six games currently make it ninth in the table in Serie A.