EURO LEAGUE UPDATE:ZENIT COACH ANDRE VILLAS BOAS AHEAD OF SEVILLA FIXTURE

Zenit coach Andre Villas-Boas has played down
injury concerns surrounding three of his players
ahead of their UEFA Europa League quarter-final
against Sevilla.
Ezequiel Garay, Oleg Shatov and Anatoliy
Tymoshchuk are all in contention to feature in the
first leg in Spain on Thursday.
That is good news for Zenit, who will be without
suspended quartet Hulk, Danny, Igor Smolnikov and
Domenico Criscito.
"In reality, we aren't as unfortunate as UEFA says
- I don't know how many injuries they said we
have, but we do have four players out," Villas-Boas
told a news conference on Wednesday.
"Some didn't play in the last match because we
didn't want to risk an injury, like Garay, Shatov
and Tymoshchuk - they're at about 90 per cent, so
now they'll train and tomorrow they'll be available
to play.
"The four players out are obviously important,
although the squad is big and in good shape, and
we are confident that those players will be able to
help us in the second leg at home.
"Obviously it's important to get a good result in
this first match, and that'll be the most difficult
thing about tomorrow.
"This stadium is known for it's atmosphere, but so
is Petrovsky Stadium and that's why we want to
get a good result, so we can go to the next phase."