Smith might also have to do without Sasa Papac, prompting him to admit that he might have to abandon his usual 5-4-1 European formation in favour of a more attacking approach.

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Whittaker and Davis had low drives cleared from in front of goal, but Zenit broke clear and Arschavin beat Alexander only to have his chip towards goal headed off the line by Sasa Papac.

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Now, Sasa gave us the same consistent message when we interviewed him a while back, and he might actually have a point.

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