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St. Jakob-Park - Basel 07/03/2013 - 21:05CET (21:05 local time)
Round of 16, First leg
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Basel - Zenit 2-0 - 07/03/2013 - Match page - UEFA Europa League 2013
Basel bruise Zenit with late double
Published: Thursday 7 March 2013, 23.00CET
FC Basel 1893 were rewarded for their patience at St. Jakob-Park, biding their time to earn a notable victory against FC Zenit St Petersburg in a fascinating UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie.
The hosts were a danger thanks to their pace during a lively start and just as it seemed the opportunities were drying up on the night, Marcelo Díaz and Alexander Frei struck to open up a notable advantage ahead of the second leg in Russia, which Luís Neto will miss after his late red card.
Lineups
 | Basel |  | Zenit |
| 1 | Sommer (GK) (C) | 16 | Malafeev (GK) |
| 3 | Park Joo Ho | 6 | Lombaerts |
| 4 | P. Degen 30 | 10 | Danny 82 |
| 6 | Dragovic | 13 | Luís Neto 90+3 |
| 7 | D. Degen62 | 14 | Hubočan |
| 8 | Serey Die5369 | 15 | Shirokov (C) |
| 16 | Schär | 21 | Rodić |
| 21 | Díaz72 83 | 25 | Semak46 |
| 22 | Salah | 27 | Denisov |
| 24 | Cabral | 28 | Witsel19 |
| 31 | Zoua79 | 29 | Hulk |
Substitutes | |||
| 18 | Vailati (GK) | 30 | Zhevnov (GK) |
| 13 | A. Frei79 90+4 | 3 | Bruno Alves |
| 14 | Stocker | 9 | Bukharov |
| 15 | Voser | 11 | Kerzhakov82 |
| 26 | Sauro | 20 | Fayzulin46 |
| 27 | Steinhöfer62 | 24 | Luković |
| 33 | Elneny69 | 34 | Bystrov |
Coaches | |||
| Murat Yakin (SUI) | Luciano Spalletti (ITA) | ||
Referee | |||
| Daniele Orsato (ITA) | |||
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
The final whistle is blown.- 90+4A. Frei (Basel) scores from the penalty spot.
- 90+3Luís Neto (Zenit) is shown the red card.
- 83Díaz (Basel) scores!
The hosts take the lead after Vyacheslav Malafeev dives to his right to keep out Mohamed Salah's low effort from the edge of the area, before the Chilean pounces to slide in the loose ball. - 82Kerzhakov (in) - Danny (out) (Zenit)
