Manchester United 1 v 2 Zenit St. Petersburg: Zenit Win UEFA Super Cup in Monaco

Manchester United have been beaten 2-1 in Monaco by UEFA Cup winners Zenit St Petersburg. Goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak and new £25million signing Danny put Zenit 2-0 up, before a Vidic close range effort gave United hope of a comeback.

Zenit were the better team throughout the 90 minutes, and always looked worthy winners. With more creativity, flare and zest about them, the Russians made United look poor. Read more

Pavlyuchenko To Sign For Spurs

Spartak Moscow striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has announced that he is set to join Tottenham Hotspur.

The 26-year-old appeared for Guus Hiddink’s Russian team in Euro 2008 in the summer, and finished as the team’s top scorer with 3 goals, Read more

Tottenham Interested In Arshavin

Latest reports suggest that Tottenham Hotspur are interested in replacing Dimitar Berbatov with Russia’s Euro 2008 star Andrei Arshavin.

Arshavin hit the headlines in June, after his two appearances for Russia against Sweden and the Netherlands - winning the man of the match award in both, and single-handedly turning Guus Hiddink’s team Read more

UEFA Cup Final 2008: Zenit St Petersburg Beat Rangers to Win UEFA Cup

Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg have beaten Glasgow Rangers 2-0 to win the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.

Zenit started the match strongly and held possession well. Rangers struggled to get the ball out of their own half at times, and the first half was relatively scrappy. Zenit passed the ball better than Rangers, but failed to create many clear openings thanks to some resolute and determined defending from Rangers. Read more

UEFA Cup Final: Zenit St Petersburg v Rangers

With the UEFA Cup final due to get under way in under an hour, now would be a good time to preview the match. For live updates during the match, stay here. We will update you on all events worth talking about!

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