{"id":97683,"date":"2017-10-24T11:11:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T11:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/basel-try-to-complete-cska-moskva-double.html"},"modified":"2017-10-24T11:11:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T11:11:30","slug":"basel-try-to-complete-cska-moskva-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/football\/basel-try-to-complete-cska-moskva-double.html","title":{"rendered":"Basel try to finish CSKA Moskva double"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">won 2-0 during PFC CSKA Moskva on matchday three<\/a>, FC Basel 1893 are good placed to swell from Group A as a teams accommodate in Switzerland for a initial time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Basel are second in Group A on 6 points, 3 behind leaders Manchester United FC; they will validate for a final 16 with a win if United equivocate improved during home to bottom side SL Benfica.<\/p>\n<p><!--End ad tag--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CSKA, who have mislaid a final dual after their matchday one victory, have 3 points and will be incompetent to finish in a tip dual if they remove and United win or draw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Basel<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Beaten 3-0 during Manchester United FC on matchday one<\/a>, Rapha\u00ebl Wicky&#8217;s organisation were though a feat in 9 European matches, home or divided (D3 L6), given a 2-1 home success over AS Saint-\u00c9tienne on 25 Feb 2016, before <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">thrashing SL Benfica 5-0 on matchday two<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 their record UEFA Champions League win.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Basel were separated from Europe final tenure following a <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">4-1 home detriment to Arsenal FC on 6 Dec 2016<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 usually their fifth improved in 23 European home games given a start of 2013\/14.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Basel had mislaid their dual prior European home matches, and\u00a0collected a singular indicate from their 3 games during St. Jakob-Park in final season&#8217;s organisation stage. The Benfica win was usually a Bebbi&#8217;s second in their final 8 European home fixtures, with 3 waste in that sequence.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Basel&#8217;s final home diversion opposite Russian antithesis was <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">a 2-0 delight over FC Zenit <\/a>in a 2012\/13 UEFA Europa League turn of 16 initial leg; a Swiss side went by notwithstanding a <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">1-0 divided loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Bebbi&#8217;s altogether record opposite Russian teams is W6 D2 L4. The matchday 3 feat means they have won dual of a final five.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Basel have won 4 of their 5 home matches opposite Russian clubs; a difference was a <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">3-2 improved by FC Spartak Moskva<\/a> in a 2010\/11 UEFA Europa League turn of 32 initial leg <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">(3-4 aggregate)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Basel competent by winning an eighth unbroken Swiss pretension in 2016\/17.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This is their eighth organisation theatre campaign, and their fourth in 5 years. Last tenure they came fourth in Group A, collecting usually dual points from their 6 outings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CSKA Moskva<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Until matchday three, CSKA had won all their prior meetings with Swiss opposition, including removing a improved of BSC Young Boys in this season&#8217;s play-offs (<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">1-0 away<\/a>, 2-0 home).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Moscow club&#8217;s usually other encounters with a Swiss side came in a 2010\/11 UEFA Europa League organisation stage, when they available dual fatiguing victories opposite Lausanne-Sport. CSKA won <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">3-0 in Lausanne<\/a> and <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">5-1 behind in Moscow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Russian Premier League runners-up in 2016\/17, CSKA are in a organisation theatre for an 11th time, and a fifth true season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CSKA have come bottom of their organisation in their final 4 UEFA Champions League campaigns. <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">In 2016\/17<\/a>, carrying competent automatically for a organisation phase, they finished behind AS Monaco FC, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Tottenham Hotspur FC in their section.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CSKA won their initial 5 European fixtures this term, a initial 4 though surrender a goal, including\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">triumphing 2-1 during SL Benfica on matchday one<\/a>;\u00a0however, they\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">went down 4-1 during home to Manchester United FC<\/a>\u00a0on matchday two, their heaviest home improved in European competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Their\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">2-0 first-leg feat during AEK Athens FC<\/a> in a third subordinate turn finished CSKA&#8217;s run of 10 European matches though a win (D4 L6). They had also mislaid 6 of their prior 7 European divided games, sketch a other.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The feat during Benfica was their initial in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre given a 3-2 home win opposite PSV Eindhoven on 30 Sep 2015; subsequently their record had been D4 L6. It was also their initial divided win in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre given a <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">2-1 success during Manchester City FC<\/a> on 5 Nov 2014. Their divided record given had been D1 L6.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coach and actor links<\/strong><br \/>\u2022 As a player, Basel manager Rapha\u00ebl Wicky conceded a chastisement during <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Switzerland&#8217;s 2-2 pull with Russia in UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying<\/a>; Sergei Ignashevich scored from a spot, one of his dual goals in a game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wicky was in a <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Hamburger SV organisation beaten 1-0 during CSKA<\/a> in a 2006\/07 UEFA Champions League organisation stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Alan Dzagoev struck twice in <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Russia&#8217;s 4-1 organisation theatre improved of Marek Such\u00fd and a Czech Republic<\/a> during UEFA EURO 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Such\u00fd played for Spartak Moskva between 2010 and 2013, creation 8 appearances opposite CSKA (W2 D2 L4). He was sent off in a 2-1 retreat in Apr 2012 though distinguished a 3-0 Spartak home win in his final diversion opposite CSKA, on 22 Sep 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Basel&#8217;s Geoffroy Serey Di\u00e9 was captain of a Ivory Coast side that kick Russia 2-0 in a accessible final March.\u00a0Igor Akinfeev and Aleksandr Golovin started, Viktor Vasin and Mario Fernandes were new substitutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 International team-mates:<br \/>Pontus Wernbloom  Alexander Fransson (Sweden)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Have played together:<br \/>Aaron Olanare and Mohamed Elyounoussi (Sarpsborg 08 FF, 2013)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Has played in Switzerland:<br \/>Georgi Milanov (Grasshopper-Club Z\u00fcrich, 2016)<\/p>\n<p>Article source: https:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefachampionsleague\/season=2018\/matches\/round=2000881\/match=2021635\/prematch\/background\/index.html?rss=2496802+Basel+try+to+complete+CSKA+Moskva+double<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having won 2-0 during PFC CSKA Moskva on matchday three, FC Basel 1893 are good placed to swell from Group A as a teams accommodate in Switzerland for a initial time. \u2022 Basel are second in Group A on 6 points, 3 behind leaders Manchester United FC; they will validate for a final 16 with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-97683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","tag-uefa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}