The Málaga reaches its zenith in Champions

A lack of time for completion of the group stage of the Champions League, the Costa del Sol can boast his team and not only qualified for the knockout stages, whose pass certified a couple of weeks , but him as top of Group C, which is framed with Milan-second-, and third and Zenit-off this year-and Anderlecht-quarter and likely to snatch the Russians a place in the Europa League. Manuel Pellegrini's team is still one of the best football they have practiced in a tournament in which debuted, and will be presented in the next phase with the same audacity that has faced the first.

In the cold St. Petersburg, a classification and Malaga in his pocket, took the license to play with some of the regular members of the bench. They had minutes, and could claim their place at the men-white schemes or Seba Fernández Buonanotte, authors, both of the two goals that won the squad Malacitana always complicated scenario in Russian. Zenit, a set designed for more and that follows the trail of Manchester City - money is not everything - and has failed to reach the last date with opportunities to be among the best. Certainly not in the Champions League has shown, and therefore does not deserve that place.

The clash lived two distinct parts. In the first, Malaga went ahead and even extended an advantage that seemed nonnegotiable. In the blink of an eye with a 0-2 found that the resumption traced its rival. Without their great figures, Isco and Joaquin was Seba which ran down the right wing after eight minutes to serve Buonanotte, which presaged much that, a good night. Only a minute later gave the ball Malafeev Santa Cruz, who put himself in the second tray Fernandez. With virtually muss, and against an opponent who risked his life, Andalusians are the foundations of a point to prove, in the end, gold.

The Spalletti reacted with a flurry of chances in the first half did not materialize for the greatness of Willy Caballero. But the second did show his Atino Malacitana front of goal. Danny pulled one back just outside the locker room and turned on Zenit attack. The Portuguese ruled the impossible in the play's second Fayzulin work in 86 'after a series of reject. But there was no time for a comeback that fell halfway and left by the side of one of the heavyweights of this predictable Champions. The Zenit and their petrodollars say goodbye while Malaga, its not as many petrodollars and maximum big illusion greet the knockout.

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