The Latvian footballer believes that CSKA Moscow will find it difficult to win the upcoming Russian Premier League tie against the newly promoted outfit
CSKA Moscow will go head to head with newly promoted Russian Premier League side, Alania Vladikavkaz at Luzhniki stadium on Sunday on the back of an impressive 3-0 win over Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian championship.
However, the Moscow-based club failed to live up to fans expectations in the UEFA Europa League after suffering a pulsating 2-0 defeat in the play-off round against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AIK-c38243 Fotboll on aggregate.
And while Leonid Slutsky still accessing player’s fitness after welcoming the entire squad back from the International duty at the World Cup, the former Uralan Elista manager is likely to play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandrs-Cauna-c4627 after the Latvian
midfielder recovered from his latest injury.
The 24-year-old midfielder was under an intense training program after suffering a knock in the European competition against the Swedish outfit.
Cauna has told the fans that he has recovered from the injury and is ready to play some part in Sunday’s thrilling contest against the Snow Leopards. He urged his side to extend the winning run and assured them of a decent display.
“I had a small problem with the Achilles. I received a severe knock on the leg whilst playing against FC Krasnodar. You can say that it is the recurrence of the same injury I sustained in the European match. But I have worked
very hard ever since. The leg still hurts a bit, but I am ready to play.”
“In my opinion, Alania are a very strong contender. They are a team who want to prove themselves in the Russian top division. It will be hard to defeat them.” The former Olimps Riga player was quoted as saying.
Though CSKA failed to get an impressive start to the league campaign after suffering two defeats in the opening three league meetings, they rolled their sleeves up to win back-to-back league games ever since their 3-1 defeat against
Zenit St. Petersburg.
As things stand, they are at the 3rd spot on the league table and trail the top spot by a single point.
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