The senior football analyst laments the Volzhane's 1-0 UEFA Europa League defeat against Olympiacos FC.
Rubin Kazan suffered a 1-0 UEFA Europa League defeat against Olympiacos FC, during the ongoing European campaign. The Kazan-based club failed to take advantage of the home game and went on to lose against the Greek club despite
having a numerical advantage for the last quarter of the match.
The goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roy-Carroll-c31810 produced an excellent
save.
Aleksandr Bubnov has revealed that the Russian outfit was poor on the pitch and warned them against complacency. He added that Rubin could have won the match had they scored first.
However, he praised the Red-whites' substitute goalkeeper, revealing that Carroll played a key role and helped Olympiacos claim all three points against the Kazan-based club.
“Olympiacos carefully studied Rubin’s game before entering the field. Even their reserve goalkeeper knew where Natkho will hit the ball.
“I think the lack of match practice inevitably affected the confidence of players. However, they still have a game left to progress to next round.
“Even when Rubin had the numerical advantage, they failed to seize the initiative. Olympiacos did not make too many mistakes but they should have not left http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gökdeniz-Karadeniz-c15085 unmarked in their penalty area.” The Soviet Cup winner
was quoted as saying.
He went on to admit that Rubin were lacking energy in the centre of the field. The Russian outfit certainly missed the services of their former midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Noboa-c9105, whom they parted company with during the winter transfer
window.
Bubnov admitted that Rubin will have to work very hard if they are to alter the situation. He tipped the Russian outfit to win the second leg against the Greek outfit.
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