Paris (AFP) – Holders Sevilla host a Zenit Saint Petersburg side ripped apart by suspensions in the Europa League quarter-final first leg on Thursday.Andre Villas-Boas’s Russian league leaders travel to Spain missing no fewer than five first team regulars.Defenders Domenico Criscito and Igor Smolnikov, skipper Miguel Danny and Brazilian star striker Hulk are all banned after collecting third bookings in the last 16 return leg against Torino.Villas-Boas’s plight is compounded by the absence of Russian international midfielder Viktor Faizulin, recovering from knee surgery.”We have to think hard (about our line-up on Thursday) since we have four players that are suspended …read more
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