Zenit beats Manchester United to win Super Cup
Jerome Pugmire , The Associated Press , Monte Carlo, Monaco | Sat, 08/30/2008 2:39 AM | Sports
Zenit St. Petersburg beat Manchester United 2-1 to win the European Super Cup for the first time on Friday.
The match pitted the Champions League winner against the UEFA Cup champ from Russia, which led 2-0 then held on.
Pavel Pogrebnyak put Zenit ahead a minute before halftime from close range after Igor Denisov flicked on a corner from Alejandro Dominguez.
Danny, signed for a Russian record euro30 million (US$44 million) from Dinamo Moscow, added the second goal in the 59th when he drifted past two defenders and beat goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar with a low shot.
Nemanja Vidic pulled a goal back in the 73rd after good work by Carlos Tevez down the left, and substitute John O'Shea almost equalized for United in the 88th when his header was tipped over by goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev.
United midfielder Paul Scholes was shown a second yellow card and sent off in injury time for punching the ball into the net.
