Aleksandr Bubnov has backed Zenit St. Petersburg, Rubin Kazan and Anzhi Makhachkala to win against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, Atletico Madrid and Hannover respectively
The fact that the Russian Premier League clubs including Zenit St. Petersburg, Rubin Kazan and Anzhi Makhachkala have reached the UEFA Europa League’s round-of-32 delights Aleksandr Bubnov, who has backed the Russian outfits to
continue winning.
The defending Russian champions have been drawn against Liverpool FC while mega rich Dagestani club and European famed Kazan-based club will play the pre-quarter finals of the European tournament against Atletico Madrid and Hannover
96 respectively.
Rubin will head to Spain to play the round-of-32 against La Liga club with confidence having already defeated http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan in the group stages of the cup competition by a 3-0 score-line at Tsentralnyi stadium.
Lastly, the Makhachkala-based club will play against the German outfit after securing second-spot on their respective group table.
Bubnov tipped Luciano Spalletti to watch the videos of the group stage match between Anzhi and Liverpool to figure out their weaknesses and strengths.
The St. Petersburg club, who managed to qualify after failing to live up their expectations in the UEFA Champions League, will play the first-leg of the much anticipated European encounter against the English Premier League giants
at Petrovsky stadium followed by the return leg at Anfield.
“In past years, Spalletti has shown that he can prepare the team for the European fixtures but I must admit that the Russian outfit is experiencing problems at the moment and they need to alter the situation.”
“I think Rubin can win against Atletico if they play to their strengths.” The Soviet Top League winner was quoted as saying.
Bubnov went on to tell the Kazan-based club’s defenders to keep their eyes wide open when they face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276, insisting that the Colombian International is in form of his life.
Speaking on Anzhi’s chances to enter the pre-quarter finals, Bubnov insisted that the Dagestani club will find it difficult to win against Hannover.
However, he backed Guus Hiddink to get a good result at Dynamo stadium (Makhachkala) on February 14th, 2013 before taking his troop to AWD-Arena.
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