cska progress with three wins from three published: thursday 27 november 2008, 23.48cet pfc cska moskva 2-1 kks lech poznań goals from alan dzagoev and yuri zhirkov helped propel the army men into the round of 32 after surviving the visitors' rearguard action in moscow.
pfc cska moskva became the first side to book their place in the uefa cup round of 32, surviving a late scare to overcome poland's kks lech poznań in moscow.
third victory first-half goals from alan dzagoev and yuri zhirkov had put valeri gazzaev's team firmly in control at the luzhniki stadium, but a free-kick from semir stilić after half-time gave franciszek smuda's men hope. ultimately, though, they were unable to deny the 2008 russian premier-liga runners-up a third successive group h victory.
early chance cska took the game by the throat from the kick-off, with dzagoev's corner inside the first minute being headed over the bar by aleksei berezutski. jakub wilk carved out a chance for the visitors on 15 minutes, but his shot drifted wide of ıgor akinfeev's left-hand post. then, at the other end, ıvan turina did well to push sergei ıgnashevich's long-range strike wide.
dzagoev opener the deadlock was broken just after the half-hour mark with highly-rated 18-year-old dzagoev scoring his third group-stage goal, following his double in cska's 3-0 opening-night win against rc deportivo la coruña. vágner love's ball picked the midfielder out on the edge of the area and he slotted past turina. manuel arboleda passed up a great opportunity to level moments later.
lech rally ın first-half stoppage time, however, zhirkov made it 2-0, connecting with anton grigoriev's ball to volley home from close range. at that point, it seemed like it was all over for lech, but stilić's well-struck set-piece outfoxed akinfeev and 20-year-old forward robert lewandowski came close to equalising before cska confirmed their progress.
