• Benfica’s coach Rui Vitoria gestures prior to the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
    Benfica’s coach Rui Vitoria gestures prior to the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
  • Zenit’s midfielder Yuri Zhirkov eyes the ball during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
    Zenit’s midfielder Yuri Zhirkov eyes the ball during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
  • Zenit St Petersburg’s Artem Dzyuba in action against Benfica’s Ljubomir Fejsa. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
    Zenit St Petersburg’s Artem Dzyuba in action against Benfica’s Ljubomir Fejsa. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
  • Zenit’s Brazilian forward Hulk celebrates after scoring a goal during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
    Zenit’s Brazilian forward Hulk celebrates after scoring a goal during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
  • Zenit’s goalkeeper Yuri Lodygin reacts during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA
    Zenit’s goalkeeper Yuri Lodygin reacts during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA
  • Benfica’s Serbian midfielder Ljubomir Fejsa heads the ball during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
    Benfica’s Serbian midfielder Ljubomir Fejsa heads the ball during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
  • Benfica’s midfielder Renato Sanches (L) vies for the ball with Zenit’s forward Aleksandr Kokorin during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
    Benfica’s midfielder Renato Sanches (L) vies for the ball with Zenit’s forward Aleksandr Kokorin during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
  • Benfica’s defender Eliseu (L) vies for the ball with Zenit’s forward Artem Dzyuba during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
    Benfica’s defender Eliseu (L) vies for the ball with Zenit’s forward Artem Dzyuba during the second-leg round of 16 Uefa Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
  • Benfica's Anderson Talisca celebrates after scoring a goal. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
    Benfica's Anderson Talisca celebrates after scoring a goal. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
  • Benfica’s players celebrate a goal during the second-leg round of 16 UEFA Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA
    Benfica’s players celebrate a goal during the second-leg round of 16 UEFA Champions League football match FC Zenit vs SL Benfica at the Petrovsky stadium in St Petersburg on March 9, 2016. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA

Football

Hulk cannot save Zenit as Nicolas Gaitan and Anderson Talisca send Benfica into UCL quarters – in pictures

Robert Mickelson

March 09, 2016

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Images from Benfica's 2-1 win over Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday to advance 3-1 on aggregate to the Champions League quarter-finals.

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