Roman Eremenko has motivated the Russian Premier League club to win against Atletico after reminding them their famous win in the UEFA Champions League against FC Barcelona
Though extreme weather conditions have restricted Rubin Kazan to play in the Russian Premier League, the Volzhane will play the first leg of the UEFA Europa League round-of-16 against Atletico Madrid at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon before
hosting the Spanish side at Tsentralnyi stadium.
There is little arguing to the statement that Atletico are enjoying top form at the moment. As things stand, they are at the second-spot on the league table and trailing the table-toppers by just nine points.
And despite the fact that the Red and Whites have lost just two matches from their last 18 matches in the Europa League, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Eremenko-c31621 is of the belief that the Tatary can outperform them in the tournament.
Eremenko, who moved to Russia after leaving Dynamo Kyiv back in 2011, has revealed that Rubin can qualify to the next round of the European tournament after defeating the Madrid-based club just like FC Barcelona in the past.
The Kazan-based club stunned the world after claiming an unbelievable 2-1 win in the UEFA Champions League’s group stage match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 at Nou Camp back in 2009 under the supervision of Kurban Berdyev.
Berdyev along with Real Madrid head coach, Jose Mourinho, are the only two coaches at the moment who have managed to claim a win against the Barcelona-based club since the start of the 21st century.
Eremenko motivated his side to claim a decent result against the Madrid-based club after reminding them their sweet win in the continental tournament.
“Atletico are favourites to win the match but we will go there with confidence, knowing that we have defeated teams like Barcelona in the past. We just have to show the game we usually play. Rubin have always tried to play quality
football with good discipline on the field.” The Ukrainian Super Cup winner was quoted as saying.
The 25-year-old went on to warn his side against in-form http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276, saying that the Colombian International will not give them a moment of piece.
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