Villas-Boas fumes over 'questionable' Sevilla penalty

I watched the game yesterday and I think the referee was spot on with the penalty sha, anyways is normal with coaches this days to always look for faults when their team looses though.

Andre Villas-Boas was left fuming at the way Sevilla were able to take the lead over Zenit via a penalty call he branded "questionable".

Luis Neto was deemed by referee Nicola Rizzoli to have fouled Vitolo with a sliding tackle six minutes in, and Sevilla striker Carlos Bacca converted from the spot to give the Europa League holders the advantage in Thursday's quarter-final decider.

Goals from Rondon and Hulk in the second half gave the Russian hosts some hope as extra-time loomed, but Kevin Gameiro's late strike put Unai Emery's men into the semi-finals with a 4-3 aggregate win alongside Dnipro, Fiorentina and Napoli.

Villas-Boas, who won the competition with Porto in 2011, criticised the decision to penalise his player for what he felt was a fair tackle and lamented the absence of Ezequiel Garay in what he felt was a spirited showing from his side.

"We had no luck," the Portuguese complained to reporters. "It was hard to get back into the game after conceding a goal in the first few minutes.

"The 'penalty' was questionable, I don't think there was any contact at all. The team responded as best they could in the second half, playing with real spirit. We are disappointed but we must move on.

"We did everything we could. Without Garay in defence due to suspension, it hurt our defensive performance."