Zenit made headlines on Thursday by fighting back from 3-0 down to secure a sensational 4-3 victory at Maccabi Tel-Aviv in their opening game of this season's UEFA Europa League. Like so many epic comebacks, the Russian side completed their win with a dramatic added-time clincher, Luka Djordjević heading in to leave the home fans bewildered.He also added Zenit's name to a long list of teams who have defied daunting deficits in the UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup – and UEFA.com now looks back at some of the most memorable. Shelbourne 3-5 Rangers, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg, 22
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Six epic EURO semi-finals
France 4-5 Yugoslavia, 1960The first ever game at a UEFA EURO finals set a thrillingly high standard, though there was little hint of the drama to come as half-time neared at the Parc des Princes. The two teams were locked together at 1-1, but François Huette fired Les Bleus in front on 43 minutes and he later added a second to make it 4-2. Yugoslavia, it seemed, were beaten. Instead, they had a shock in store for the home side, plundering three goals in the space of five minutes in what remains the competition's highest-scoring match.Yugoslavia 2-4 West Germany, 1976Holders West Germany were heading for
Kobe Bryant Makes Presence Felt In Epic Final Chapter Vs. Celtics
For an arena housing the second-worst team in the NBA, the Staples Center sure had plenty of buzz Sunday night. Such is the larger-than-life presence of Kobe Bryant. Running on fumes as he nears the end of his illustrious 20-year NBA career, the Los Angeles Lakers legend turned back the clock one more time against the Boston Celtics, dropping a game-high 34 points in a 107-100 loss to his old foe. Never mind that Bryant entered the game shooting just 35 percent from the floor and had scored seven points total in his previous two games. Sunday night belonged to Kobe, a fact he established immediately by drilling an 18-foot jumper and deep 3-poin...
Panthers Fan Destroys TV During Epic Rampage Following Super Bowl 50 (Video)
Losing never is easy, and freakouts are bound to happen as a result. But one Carolina Panthers fan took things to a whole new level after his team fell to the Denver Broncos 24-10 in Super Bowl 50. Charles Green, aka “The Angry Grandpa,” apparently had some pent-up aggression, and he let it all out following Sunday’s game. He started his epic meltdown by ripping the TV off its stand and throwing it against a table. He then proceeded to hit it repeatedly with just about any object he could find. You can check it all out in the video below, but it comes with a NSFW warning due to explicit language. That poor TV. Thumbnail p...