The meeting, which took place at the Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg, ended with a score of 2: 1 in favor of the guests.

Club Brugge scored first.

At the 63rd minute, Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis scored.

In the 74th minute, Zenit leveled the score thanks to Ethan Horvath's own goal - after hitting the Petersburg defender Dejan Lovren, the ball hit the post, from which it ricocheted into the back of the Bruges goalkeeper and flew into the goal.

The victory for "Brugge" was brought by the goal of Charles de Quetelare, who distinguished himself in the third minute, compensated by the second half.

In the second round, Zenit in Dortmund will play with Borussia, and Brugge will take on the Roman Lazio in their field.

Earlier, Mikhail Boyarsky expressed the opinion that Zenit and Krasnodar would not qualify for the Champions League playoffs.