Champions League - Team of the Week: Rubin Shazam

Eurosport - Thu, 22 Oct 09:55:00 2009

Rubin Kazan's Alexander Ryazantsev shocked Barcelona with a stonking strike and stars in our Champions League Matchday 3 Team of the Week.

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Team of the Week

(4-2-3-1)

GK: Hans-Joerg Butt (Bayern) - The veteran keeper pulled off two penalty saves at the Stade Chaban-Delmas against Bordeaux as well as a catalogue of others; despite losing, the 2-1 scoreline would have been very different but for the German.

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RB: Gary Neville (Manchester United) - Red Nev put in a solid performance for United in Moscow, creating chances with crosses and almost scoring a glorious opener with a cultured left-footed curler that just cleared the bar and landed on top of the net.

CB: Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla) - Squillaci netted twice to cap a fine display for Sevilla. The French defender was commanding at the back and always a threat in Stuttgart's penalty area.

CB: Matteo Ferrari (Besiktas) - Alongside Tomas Sivok the Italian formed one half of a resolute central defence that helped shut out the prolific Edin Dzeko in Wolfsburg.

LB: Gabriel Heinze (Marseille) - The former Manchester United defender scored the winning goal and drew on his vast experience to expertly marshal the French club's back four.

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RM: Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool) - The Israeli midfielder was the one Liverpool player who looked like creating something against Lyon. The Kop knew it too and booed Rafa Benitez's decision to replace him with five minutes to go.

CM: Taras Mykhalyk (Dynamo Kiev) - Mykhalyk was a commanding presence in midfield against Internazionale and opened the scoring with a cool right-footed finish in the fifth minute as his side earned a superb point at the Giuseppe Meazza.

LM: Alexander Ryazantsev (Rubin Kazan) - The midfielder unleashed hell from 30 yards to put Rubin one up inside the first minute before they incredibly went on to defeat European champions Barcelona in the Camp Nou.

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RF: Alexandre Pato (Milan) - A brace - including last-minute winner - from the livewire Brazilian was enough to see off the challenge of Real Madrid and get Milan's campaign back on track.

CF: Marius Bilasco (Unirea Urziceni) - Bilasco was instrumental for his side as they thrashed Rangers 4-1 at Ibrox - and capped his performance with a clinical finish in the 33rd minute to give them the lead.

LF: Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina) - His brace inside the first 20 minutes gave La Viola a 3-1 lead over Debrecen which they nearly squandered - but those two strikes proved decisive in a 4-3 win for the Italian side.

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  1. pajul_1295, you're a looser !!! Pato was the man of­ the that matchday !!! he scored the 2 wining goals, but­ he also played very good, some great dribbles that­ fooled the real madrid defenders !

    From Vik T, on Fri 30 Oct 10:51AM

  2. united are champions we ave 3 ina row

    From robertlynskey, on Wed 28 Oct 1:22AM

  3. Barca is not invinsible and was beaten by an unknown­ team so anything can happen in football so stop­ underestimating Real Madrid 'cause your bad times­ will come too.

    From Rosa C, on Sun 25 Oct 5:50PM

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    From Those Rats likes Bin dippin for free Cheeseburger, on Fri 23 Oct 3:11AM

  5. rubbish pick of the week...pato played like @#$% though­ scoring twice..seedorf deserve better

    From pajul_1295, on Fri 23 Oct 2:53AM

  6. What... no Rangers players??
    oh... sorry I thought it­ said embarrassment of the weak
    my apologies

    From FollowWithPride, on Thu 22 Oct 9:28PM

  7. im a man united fan and i cant beleve gary neville got­ in the team of the weak he got beat for pace twice i­ the 1st half and his crossing was awfull apart from the­ cross to nani!

    how the hell is seadorf not in the team­ he rolled back the years against madrid and lamps his­ pass to ashley cole for the 1st goal was class!!! who­ the yeck is Taras Mykhalyk when he's at­ home????

    rubish team of the week

    From mattneems, on Thu 22 Oct 5:29PM

  8. Chrls79M'UTD4life - that description you­ detailed for a "bin dipper" is actually­ listed in the Oxford & Webster dictionaries and is­ exactly as you described it. So well done on the good­ research carried out.

    From shujaahmad2004, on Thu 22 Oct 4:22PM

  9. THIS TEAM OF THE WEEK WOULDN'T RECORD MANY POINTS­ IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!!

    From Vítor, on Thu 22 Oct 3:53PM

  10. team of the week is right as always put all the awful­ players on but a decent keeper class lol

    From scotty_boy1995, on Thu 22 Oct 3:47PM

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    From Lucy, on Thu 22 Oct 3:34PM

  12. Chrls79M'UTD4life your a disgrace no wonder Man­ Utd are so hated

    From Alan F, on Thu 22 Oct 3:07PM

  13. no frank lampard and no georgio chiellini? chiellini­ gave juventus their first champions league win this­ season and not only that, he's a world-11­ defneseman to boot.

    From michaelrovezzi, on Thu 22 Oct 2:11PM

  14. what u all on about. lampard was overshadowed by deco­ in all honestly.. lampard is a very average player..­ worlds away from the top centre midfielders such as­ Kaka, Xavi, Gerrard and Fabregas.

    From John G, on Thu 22 Oct 2:03PM

  15. What no beach ball ?

    From art_tidesco, on Thu 22 Oct 1:11PM

  16. GARY NEVILLE????????????????????????????????. YOU WANT­ TO PUSH FOR A WORLD CUP SPACE? PLS THINK AGAIN!

    From rowland, on Thu 22 Oct 1:07PM

  17. Mark is a loser

    From yip, on Thu 22 Oct 1:02PM

  18. agree, what a load of rubbish, fair play one or two­ decent players, but where were the Chelsea players. ­ Frankie was definitely the best midfielder of the lot!

    From Shirley, on Thu 22 Oct 1:02PM

  19. Gary Neville?????.........Fabio was by far Uniteds best­ player!!!!!

    From mjmc2001, on Thu 22 Oct 12:56PM
  20. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Trivia bonus Question...

    What is a 'Bin­ Dipper'???....
    Abbreviation for "bin­ dipper" aka scouser..
    a derogatory­ term for a­ Scouser. A Liverpudlian. A resident of­ Liverpool­
    Scouser - Inhabitant of Liverpool (Self Pity­ City).a­ devout fan of Lfc around the world....

    Habits:­­
    Foraging for food in dustbins/Sewers/Drains &­­ waste Dumpsite...
    a Hermaphrodite:has both male &­ female gonads...
    has foul smelling body odour...­
    Addicted to grief/anxiety/dilemma­ & mental­ disorder..
    Mentally locked at the age of 12..
    Will­ fight with no provaction whatsoever..
    Acts like a­ complete r.etard/moron..
    Granny/maid stabbing & a­ child raper­..
    a Stained sniffin undies/panty liners­ pervy­ filth B.astard..
    Compensation/Corruption &­ Bankruptcy claims..
    Drug/Alcohol­ abuse & weed/pipe­ smoking addict..
    Complete lack of­ humility or self­ deprecation of­­ oneself..
    Thieving/Vandalising/Molesting/Raping &­­ Sodomising...
    Depositing phlegm/mucus & Semen/hot­ j.ism on anyone within a 8­ ft radius when­ talking/mumbling or­ Jerking....
    Stabbing people in­ Stanley Park/kids­ playground/Joint alley &­ Liverpool trainin­­ ground..

    STAMPED..SEALED..DELIVERED...

    From Those Rats likes Bin dippin for free Cheeseburger, on Thu 22 Oct 12:50PM
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