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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live commentary from the Champions League Round of 16 second leg fixture between Zenit St Petersburg and Benfica. This is Nick Royle (@nickaroyle) taking you through all the action from the Petrovski Stadium.

Champions League / Last 16
Petrovskiy / 09.03.2016
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Updated 09/03/2016 at 18:56 GMT


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Benfica are through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2012, winning 2-1 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate against Zenit.
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GOAL: Zenit St Petersburg 1-2 Benfica. Agg 1-3. Substitute Talisca scores with the final kick of the game.
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Benfica are doing well to mange the game now - Hulk fouls a Benfica player and gets a yellow and they will timewaste a bit more now.
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Danny puts in a good cross but there is no sky-blue shirt on the end of it. Talisca replaces Jonas for Benfica.
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There are five minutes of added-on time, but the Zenit players look beaten. They look in shock.
88'
Gaitan has four goals and two assists in the Champions League this season. Hulk sees an effort go well over the Benfica goal. Ederson goes down with 'cramp'.
87'
Semedo does well to hold off Dzyuba after a long ball into the box.
86'
Zenit need two goals in four minutes to stay in the tie.
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GOAL: Zenit St Petersburg 1-1 Benfica. Agg 1-2. Gaitan heads home into an empty goal after Lodygin can only tip Jiminez's long-range effort on to the post.
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84'
Shatov again shows great skill around the Benfica area, but from the second ball Dzyuba is caught offside.
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Lodykin makes comfortable save from Eliseu's effort from 35 yards
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Yusupov replaces Mauricio for Zenit. The home side are well on top now.
80'
Dzyuba is through after a Ricky Villa-type run but Ederson is alert and makes the save!
79'
Dzyuba concedes a free-kick for a foul on Samaris.
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Jiminez has a nibble at Neto and concedes a free-kick. Looking back on the earlier Neto 'foul', it was on Eduardo Salvio and it was a dive by the Benfica sub..
76'
Neto sticks out a foot and trips Jimenez when the Benfica sub seemed through on goal! Referee says no foul.
74'
Lindelof is unable to get a clear connection on Gaitan's angled free-kick cross from the left.
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Witsel is back up after seeming to be caught in the face by Jiminez.
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Eduardo Salvio replaces Pizzi for Benfica.