Kurban Berdyev glad to pick up vital points in the UEFA Europa League tie against Tottenham Hotspur
Rubin Kazan head coach, Kurban Berdyev, has spoken of his delight after winning the crunch UEFA Europa League group stage game 1-0 against Tottenham Hotspur at Tsentralnyi Stadion, Kazan.
Berdyev is of the belief that Rubin showed nerves of steel to deny the North London club’s repeated attacks and hailed his side’s performance.
The English Premier League club managed to pressurize the home team but both the clubs failed to score the opening goal of the match till half time. However, a terrific free kick from Bibras Natcho in the second period was enough
to separate the two sides in Kazan.
Rubin started off their Europa League campaign with a 3-0 win against Shamrock http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rovers-c40385 but failed to stretch the winning run, drawing against PAOK and suffering a 1-0 defeat against the Lilywhites in London.
Now, after the gruelling ninety minutes of action, Rubin earned vital Europa League points in the Group A. They are at the second spot on the group table, above the Spurs on goal difference.
“It was more difficult at 1-0. It was necessary to keep the ball possession late in the game and we denied the opponents from counter-attacking us and win. They created their chances but we acted accordingly.” The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Taraz-c39224
coach was quoted as saying.
Berdyev is of the belief that the Volzhane need to focus on the midfield area and admitted that their recent Russian Premier League defeat against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Rostov-c39192 was due to lack of composure from the central midfielders.
The Russian tactician admitted that he instructed his players to focus on the midfield area and warned them against Tottenham’s fast counter-attacks.
Speaking on the tactics, he said:
“We tried to control the midfield area and denied the opponents to build up their game from the middle. Further more I asked Noboa to play closer to the defenders and instructed the central midfielders to act more rigorous and
accurate.”
Berdyev revealed his satisfaction on the win, urging his side to put up similar displays in the remaining group stage games in the Europa League.
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