FK Ventspils' Grigori Chirkin, right, fights for the ball with Hertha's BSC Berlin Adrian Ramos during their Europa League group D soccer match in Riga, Latvia, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. 
FK Ventspils' Eduards Visnakovs, right, fights for the ball with Hertha's BSC Berlin Fabian Lustenberger during their Europa League group D soccer match in Riga, Latvia, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
FK Ventspils' Eduards Visnakovs, center, fights for the ball with Hertha's BSC Berlin Raffael, left, and Fabian Lustenberger during their Europa League group D soccer match in Riga, Latvia, Thursday, Dec. 03, 2009.
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