Rubin Kazan coach Kurban Berdyev admitted that he didn't think his side could win against the UEFA Champions League holders after he masterminded on of the biggest shocks in the tournaments history by securing a 2-1 win over Barcelona at Camp Nou.
Aleksandr Ryazantsev gave the visitors a shock lead inside four minutes with a fabulous strike from distance and although Zlatan Ibrahimovic equalised, Karadeniz Gokdeniz struck the winner for the visitors.
"We didn't think we could win. We tried to commit ourselves to playing well and hoped to make a good counterattack and, thank God, that has been the case," Berdyev was quoted as saying afterwards by AS.
"It is a feast for the fans, they really deserve it," he continued before praising the commitment of the entire team.
The win puts Rubin level with Barcelona and Dynamo Kiev on four points after three games played, with Inter last with three points and the Russian side may now harbor notions of emerging from a group which would have seemed a fanciful dream when the draw was made.
No comments:
Post a Comment