Basel 2-0 Zenit: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 7 March 2013
Result
Basel 2-0 Zenit
Europa League · Thursday 7 March 2013, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Basel 2-0 Zenit: match report
Basel beat Zenit 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 7 March 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.
Marcelo Díaz opened the scoring in the 83rd minute. Basel's goals came from Marcelo Díaz (83') and Martin Liechti (90+4', penalty). Zenit did not score.
Discipline: Basel received 3 yellow cards; Zenit received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Basel were 31st on 13 points from 8 and Zenit 108th on 3 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Basel lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Zenit in a 4-3-3.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Axel Witsel
- 30'Yellow card · Philipp Degen
- 52'Yellow card · Serey Dié
- 72'Yellow card · Marcelo Díaz
- 83'Goal · Marcelo Díaz
- 90+3'Red card · Luís Neto
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Martin Liechti
Team news
Basel line-up (4-2-3-1)
Yann Sommer, Ju-ho Park, Philipp Degen, Aleksandar Dragovic, Fabian Schär, David Degen, Serey Dié, Marcelo Alfonso Díaz Rojas, Cabral, Mohamed Salah, Jacques Zoua
Zenit line-up (4-3-3)
Vyacheslav Malafeev, Nicolas Lombaerts, Luís Neto, T. Hubočan, Milan Rodić, Axel Witsel, Danny, Roman Shirokov, Igor Denisov, Hulk, S. Semak