Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has scored against his countrymen from Rubin Kazan to give Tottenham a narrow 1-0 home win on Matchday 3 of the Europa League. The Londoners left several of their leading players, including midfielder Rafael van der Vaart, on the bench and were under serious pressure from the Russian visitors throughout the [...]
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October 21, 2011
October 20, 2011
Loko to play 100th game in Europe
Lokomotiv Moscow is going to make a bit of history this evening. The Railway Men take on Greek side AEK Athens for the Europa League in what will be the 100th European fixture for the Russians. Although, the Railway Men’s head coach Jose Couceiro claims this should not affect his players’ motivation.“It’s a good number [...]
September 30, 2011
Rubin and Loko lose points in Europa League
The Russian sides failed to capitalize on home-pitch advantage in the Europa League. Rubin played a 2-2 with PAOK, while Lokomotiv went 2-0 down to Andrelecht. Rubin Kazan 2-2 PAOK Rubin had to work hard to come from a goal down in Kazan after Stefanos Athanasiadis gave the Greeks a 23rd-minute lead. The second-half pressure [...]