http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vladimir-Dyadyun-c36340 believes Rubin Kazan can outcast Olympique Lyonnais in the UEFA Champions League
Rubin Kazan striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Lebedenko-c16722, was a last minute substitute in the Rubies second leg win over Dynamo Kyiv in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie. The Rubies progressed to the next round of the tournament by winning 4-1 on aggregate.
The draws for the playoff round in the Champions League took place in Switzerland and Rubin are tied against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130.
Lebedenko admitted that the team is ready to play against the Ligue 1 giants and highlighted that it will be a whole new experience to play at Stade de Gerland. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Lokomotiv-Moscow-c39150 striker heaped praise on Lyon by revealing
that they are the champions of the French league and admitted that the French club has vast experience of playing in the Champions League.
The 28-Year-Old revealed that Rubin are enjoying good form at the moment after defeating the Ukrainian Premier League giants and they are ready to play against Lyon.
The promising striker highlighted that he still remembers Les Gones victory over the La Liga giants, Real Madrid. Lyon managed to win on aggregate but were defeated in the semi-final of the Champions league by Bayern Munich, two years
ago.
“I know this team for several years, the champions of France. Lyon plays at a high level and finished third last season. They outplayed Real Madrid in the Champions League. This suggests that they are strong and ambitious. The game will turn out to be very
hard, but we must believe in ourselves.” The former FC Saturn Moscow player was quoted as saying.
The prolific striker revealed that the Volzhane are currently preparing for their upcoming league encounter against the league leaders, CSKA Moscow, and hoped to claim a win.
Rubin Kazan are currently at the fourth spot of the league,, table trailing Dynamo Moscow by two points, Zenit St. Petersburg by six points and the Army Men by eight points in the Russian Championship.
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