{"id":35924,"date":"2019-04-01T07:40:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T14:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=35924"},"modified":"2019-04-01T07:42:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T14:42:24","slug":"azmoun-double-guides-zenit-to-win-over-orenburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2019\/04\/01\/azmoun-double-guides-zenit-to-win-over-orenburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Azmoun double guides Zenit to win over Orenburg [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AFC &#8211; ST. PETERSBURG,<strong> Islamic Republic of Iran striker Sardar Azmoun scored another brace for his new club as high-flying Zenit Saint Petersburg came from a goal down to beat Orenburg 3-1, maintaining a six-point lead in the Russian Premier League on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old Azmoun, who joined Zenit from Rubin Kazan in February, also scored twice in their Europa League win over Fenerbahce and bagged a winner in the Russian league against Yekaterinburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The win keeps Zenit six points clear of defending champions Lokomotiv Moscow, who edged city rivals Dynamo 1-0 on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Krasnodar, who thrashed Anzhi Makhachkala 5-0, sit third, also on 38 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azmoun&#8217;s club form augurs well for Iran ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers which will kick off later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zenit dominated from the kick-off but midfielder Alexei Sutormin put Orenburg ahead in the 33rd minute when he scored off a left-wing cross by Sergei Terekhov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azmoun pulled Zenit level three minutes after the interval, redirecting a short cross by Yury Zhirkov into the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian full-back Yaroslav Rakitskiy Rakitskiy had Zenit fans on their feet in the 81st minute when he put the hosts into the lead firing the ball home with a well-struck 22-yard free-kick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azmoun netted his second of the match with two minutes to go to secure Saint Petersburg side&#8217;s well-deserved win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In the first half our <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">defence<\/g> played extremely badly and we paid the price for it,&#8221; Zenit manager Sergei Semak said. &#8220;Luckily we played much better football after the break.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Highlights Zenit vs FC Orenburg (3-1) | RPL 2018\/19\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ULBuunDc47o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC &#8211; ST. 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