Football news - Zenit fans welcome team bus with spectacular fire display

ByLe Buzz

Updated 21/02/2019 at 22:33 GMT

Zenit St Petersburg fans created the ultimate arrival for their team ahead of the Europa League last 32 second leg with Fenerbahce on Thursday night.

Zenit fans + fire

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Hundreds of supporters lined the street to welcome the team bus and, one by one, released flares as it trickled towards the stadium.

The end result was a spectacular fireball, as seen in the tweet below:

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It had the desired effect. Zenit overturned a one-goal deficit from the first leg to win 3-1 on the night, progressing to the last 16 with a 3-2 aggregate win.

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