Former Sporting Lisbon head coach urged the Russian outfit to outperform Real in the upcoming return leg at Santiago Bernabeu and tipped http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Seydou-Doumbia-c33175 to score.
CSKA Moscow are set to play the crunch UEFA Champions League return leg against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu after drawing the first leg 1-1 at Luzhniki stadium, Russia.
Pontus Wernbloom and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 scored for CSKA and Real respectively, as the Russian outfit halted Real's perfect record in the Champions League so far with an injury time equalizer.
Lokomotiv Moscow head coach, Jose Couceiro, has revealed that Los Blancos are a far superior team as compared to the Russian outfit but, at the same time, admitted that anything can happen in football.
Couceiro praised Los Blancos, highlighting their 10-point lead atop the league table and admitted that Real will be very difficult to play against at home. However, he motivated CSKA to take their chances well against them and
assured the fans of a great combat.
The former Sporting Lisbon manager revealed that CSKA have made decent purchases during the winter transfer window and urged them to give it all in Spain. The Koni signed Pontus Wernbloom, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar,
Gangneung City and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VVV-Venlo-c40915 respectively during the transfer window.
Wernbloom and Musa were called straight into action during the first leg. However, In-Sung remained on the bench as an unused substitute. Couceiro admitted that CSKA have a decent squad; however, he refused to draw comparisons
between the players ahead of the European meeting.
"Real Madrid have become stronger as compared to last year. Look at their lead on the league table, they are playing better than http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 at the moment. CSKA have some good players too, but you cannot compare them with those
of Real. But football is football and anything can happen.” The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 manager was quoted as saying.
The Portuguese tactician went on to reveal that the Moscow-based club are in decent form this season and they can prove their critics wrong by winning the upcoming European tie against the Spanish giants.
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