Zenit St Petersburg provided one of the all-time great comebacks from 3-0 down in the Europa League

Zenit St Petersburg provided one of the all-time great comebacks from 3-0 down in the Europa League

Heard the one about the team who were 3-0 down with 15 minutes remaining? They won 4-3.
No, that’s not a joke – but it is bordering on the ridiculous. Maccabi Tel-Aviv controlled their opening Europa League group game for 75 minutes, but were unable to do anything about Zenit St Petersburg’s incredible turnaround.
It was all going so well.

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But somehow, Zenit managed to level the scores – and what a point it would have been. But they refused to settle for it…
And when the momentum’s against you…
Football really is a ridiculous game.
The Maccabi Tel-Aviv Twitter account was far from impressed.
You rarely see comebacks like this.
And the ridiculous statistics just kept on coming.
Drink it in, everybody.
Football, eh? What a silly game.