The Russian Cup winner expressed desire to start the upcoming UEFA Champions League encounter against Los Blancos and assured fans of physical fitness
Despite drawing the first leg 1-1 against the Spanish outfit at Luzhniki stadium, CSKA Moscow striker, Tomas Necid, has urged his club to win the upcoming UEFA Champions League round-of-16 against Real Madrid
at Santiago Bernabeu.
The Armeytsy will now play the return leg against La Liga giants on March 14, 2012, in Spain.
Though CSKA made a poor start to the Champions League campaign, drawing the opening group stage game before losing to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan and LOSC Lille respectively, they turned the table to claim last gasp progression into the
pre-quarter-finals.
Furthermore, CSKA sealed the headlines by winning their last group stage tie 2-1 against Inter Milan at San Siro.
Necid, who failed to claim a place during the group stages after sustaining a knee injury, admitted to the difficulty playing the return leg on the away turf, revealing that the Koni will find it difficult to stop Jose Mourinho’s
men this time around.
“All these eight months, I counted the days and nights until the moment when I can get back on the field. And then it happened: I'm back.
I felt comfortable on the pitch against Real. It gave me a lot of confidence, which is important after the injury. ” The Russian Super Cup winner was quoted as saying was quoted as saying.
However, he urged the Moscow-based club to keep faith in themselves despite the opposition’s European reputation.
He paid tribute to Mourinho, admitting that the Portuguese tactician is doing a great http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078.
“Real will not be easy but we will try our best to upset Mourinho’s men. We are not afraid of any team. If you’re afraid of something, then you should not play football.” Necid said
The former Slavia Prague player admitted to the difficulty playing against the Champions League semi-finalists and warned his side against complacency.
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