In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
--------
Question: Philippe Coutinho will more than likely be sidelined for Liverpool's Europa League clash with Bordeaux on Thursday after suffering a minor hamstring strain at the weekend. The in-form Brazilian scored the Reds' second goal in their 4-1 demolition of Manchester City on Saturday but limped off in the second half with a leg problem. A scan on Monday night revealed no major damage and the 23-year-old is a chance to be involved when Swansea City visit in the Premier League on Sunday. Although only a minor set-back, the blow comes at a terrible time for Coutinho after he's managed to string together a series of stand-out performances.Philippe Coutinho was replaced in the second half of Saturday's winIn-form Brazilian more than likely to miss Thursday's visit by BordeauxThe forward was diagnosed with a minor hamstring strain after scansHe's a chance of being fit for Sunday's Premier League clash with SwanseaJohn Aldridge: Jurgen Klopp is Liverpool's 12th man 
 Question:'It's been personally a good year for me, with big moments, some good goals and receiving awards,' _ told liverpoolfc.com.

Answer: Philippe Coutinho


Question: (CNN) -- A federal court on Monday sentenced a Somali man to 30 years in prison for acts related to high-seas piracy, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia. "Today marks the first sentencing in Norfolk for acts of piracy in more than 150 years," U.S. Attorney MacBride said in the statement. "Piracy is a growing threat throughout the world, and today's sentence ... demonstrates that the United States will hold modern-day pirates accountable in U.S. courtrooms." Jama Idle Ibrahim pleaded guilty in federal court in August, admitting he had intended to seize a U.S. merchant vessel on April 10 and hold it for ransom.NEW: A Somali man is sentenced to 30 years in prison in high-seas piracy attemptJama Idle Ibrahim is one of a group of would-be pirates who were capturedHe has admitted to trying to seize a U.S. merchant vessel and hold it for ransomUntil this year, the last piracy-related conviction in the United States was in 1861 
 Question:Ibrahim and five other would-be pirates learned too late that they had instead pulled alongside a _.

Answer: U.S.


Question: Near Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) -- In the wake of Russia's invasion of Crimea, the mood here Tuesday was tense, but the streets appeared eerily calm. Ukraine's Crimea region has become the flashpoint in a geopolitical crisis that has embroiled London, Washington, the United Nations and NATO. In the days since they crossed the border into this strategically important peninsula on the Black Sea, Russian forces have surrounded 10 Ukrainian military bases -- 16,000 troops in the past week, according to Ukrainian officials. There has been no fighting -- or loss of life -- but there were ample signs of preparation.NEW: A supporter of Ukrainian forces says talks, not fights, will solve problemsRumor, confusion and outlandish claims mix freely in Crimea's capital"Mother, I'm sorry I had to go," reads poem at memorial in Kiev's Independence SquareProtesters in Kiev say they are outraged, willing to fight Russian troops 
 Question:"It will mean either we have full autonomy or we disconnect from Ukraine and join fully with _.

Answer:
Russia