St. Petersburg club Zenit won the UEFA Super Cup Bashny.Net

Petersburg football club "Zenith" beat last night the best football club in Europe, the Cup of the Champions League, "Manchester United» (Manchester United).




"Zenith" became the first Russian club-owner of the UEFA Super Cup, beating English club with a score of 2: 1. Goals implemented Pavel Pogrebnyak and newcomer "Zenit" Portuguese Danny (Danny). The match was played at a neutral venue - the stadium of Monaco.



The captain of "Zenith" Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and striker "Manchester United" Carlos Tevez (Carlos Tevez).





The main target of criticism for the British observers became a veteran of the English team - Paul Scholes (Paul Scholes). When the "Manchester United" like leveling the score to Paul Scholes is so clearly in this case handball that the referee had no alternative but to show the red card to the Englishman.



Pavel Pogrebnyak - author of the first goal.



Portuguese footballer, the newly "zenitovets" Danny (Danny) scored the second goal in the gate "Manchester».







Christiano Ronaldo (Christiano Ronaldo) attended the match as a spectator. The fact that the midfielder "Manchester United" suffered in July surgery on his right ankle.





FC "Zenit" won the UEFA Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup 2008), winning with a score of 2: 1: "Manchester United". Photos: Reuters.