http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vyacheslav-Malafeev-c36502 has hailed Igor Denisov after Zenit St. Petersburg progressed to the next round of the UEFA Europa League after defeating Liverpool FC on aggregate
Zenit St. Petersburg head coach, Luciano Spalletti, replaced defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 FC striker, Luis Suarez, stamped on the Belgian stopper during the UEFA Europa League round-of-16 tie at Anfield.
The match officials decided not to penalize the Uruguayan International after the questionable incident, despite his cruel reputation across the world, because it looked like an unintentional act.
Suarez served a six-match ban after biting Otman Bakkal’s shoulder
during a league tie between Ajax Amsterdam and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven
back in 2010. The 26-year-old attacker, meanwhile, picked up a red card in the semi-finals of the World Cup after intentionally handling the ball off the line.
Serious debate on social networks has started to flow since the controversial episode that caused a severe injury to the defensive powerhouse, Lombaerts, in the second half of the nail-biting European encounter at Lane 4.
Some of the fans believe that Suarez stepped on Hubocan by chance because there was nothing he could do to avoid it. Another part of the fans along with the Russian commentators considered Suarez’s innocent and backed the referee
over their decision.
Malafeev went on to lavish praise on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Denisov-c16694, saying that the midfielder played a significant role in helping the defending Russian Premier League champions secure a place in the next round of the European tournament.
“We expected a hostile reception in England and struggled to get the ball in the opening minutes of the game. However, we managed to get an early goal and it became difficult for the home team to score more goals.”
“At some point, we realized that we have a chance to progress but the opponents showed their class in the second-half. Denisov played brilliantly and brings to the team.”
“The crowd at Anfield was phenomenal and the reaction was different: clapping and singing," the UEFA Cup winner was quoted as saying.
The St. Petersburg club will now play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Basel-c39079 in the round-of-8 of the cup competition.
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