But Igor Denisov played a one-two with Andrei Arshavin before firing home and Konstatin Zyryanov side-footed in to secure Zenit's first European trophy.

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Russia was represented in Riga not by the abrasive Vladimir Putin but by the man who was once his smooth summit sherpa, Igor Shuvalov (he is now the prime minister's senior deputy).

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Van Nistelrooy was generally kept quiet in the first half but his sharp turn and shot from the right had to be neatly saved by Igor Akinfeev while Kolodin nearly handed the Dutch the opener near half-time as his sloppy pass found van der Vaart who shot straight at the Russian keeper.

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But other composers subsequently incorporated Wagner tubas into major works, most notably Anton Bruckner, Igor Stravinsky and Richard Strauss.

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"I knew from my experience that asthma was not the boy's problem but rather it was reflecting a symptom of something that was going on with his digestion, " says Dr. Igor Cetojevic, who worked with Djokovic for a year up until his Wimbledon triumph in 2011.

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