Zenit, wanting to get its preliminary appears within of the last 16

A showdown in between Zenit St. Petersburg and Nike Mercurial Superfly FC Porto on Tuesday will choose which of them advances toward following round in the Champions League.

With APOEL presently experienced from celebration G, getting the preliminary Cypriot part actually to produce the knockout round, two-time champion Porto should beat the Russian celebration to stay within of the tournament.

Zenit, which rallied to defeat Porto 3-1 in St. Petersburg, will go by means of using a draw.

“The preliminary just one to allow their shield reducing can be out,” Porto goalkeeper Helton said.

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Both clubs could nonetheless Mercurial Vapor Superfly deny APOEL from getting the best area within of the group. The Cypriot club has nine points, just one a good offer greater than Zenit and two a good offer greater than Porto. APOEL won and drew in opposition to its two closest rivals. Last-place Shakhtar Donetsk has only two points.

Zenit, wanting to get its preliminary appears within of the last 16, is coming away a 2-1 victory greater than Lokomotiv Moscow that kept it in the best in the Russian league, 6 factors obvious of second-place CSKA Moscow, forward of the three-month winter break.

“The celebration is in brilliant bodily problem in the finish off in the season,” Zenit instructor Luciano Mercurial Vapors Spalletti said. “I have no doubts that people will hold out a brilliant film game in opposition to Porto.”