Rubin v Barcelona - "Third time unlucky"
Vasily Utkin is known as the voice of European football in his homeland, Russia. A TV show host and highly-acclaimed commentator, he writes daily blogs and records popular radio podcasts. Here he runs the rule over the big Champions League game on Wednesday night...
Rubin Kazan v Barcelona
Rubin played Barcelona twice in the Champions League last season and didn't lose either game. That was very surprising, and I would say that the chances of Rubin being the first team in the world to cause Barca those sorts of problems three times in a row are very low indeed. In fact, I'd say it's simply not possible.
In addition, Rubin are not in such good shape this season and I believe they will be very defensive against Barca and try to ensure that they don't concede, while hoping that a chance will come at the other end of the pitch.
But that sort of approach won't work, and I think a Barcelona goal will open the game up for them to go on and win. I'm pretty sure that Rubin won't score and a clear victory for Barcelona is on the cards.
Vasily's tips:
Back Barcelona to win at [1.65]
Back under 2.5 goals at [1.93]
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Published: 29 Sep 2010
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