a:2:{s:4:"TEXT";s:578:"He will be assisted by fellow Spaniards Juan Carlos Yuste and Roberto Alonso. VAR will be run by Jose Maria Sanchez and Juan Martinez Munuera, with the fourth official being Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez.

Carlos del Cerro Grande has overseen Zenit twice previously, in 2017 when we saw off Utrecht 2-0 at home and the 2-1 away defeat to Molde in 2018. 

The match with Benfica will take place on Wednesday 2 October at 10pm at the Gazprom Arena. Tickets remain on sale at tickets.fc-zenit.ru.";s:4:"TYPE";s:4:"HTML";}