Three years after CSKA Moscow's victory against Sporting, the UEFA Cup returns to Russia. To Saint Petersburg to be precise and into the trophy room of FC Zenit, who will be adding their first European cup to their club history record. At the City of Manchester stadium (home of Man City), the club sponsored by gas superpower Gazprom beat Rangers by 2-0, and prevented the Scottish team from returning to glory, 35 years after their Cup Winners' Cup triumph in 1973.
There will be no "quadruple" for manager Walter Smith this year. but no result was ever more just that Wednesday night's match. After Villareal, Marseille, Bayer Leverkusen, and Bayern Munich, the Russian Premier League champions got rid of Rangers as well, and by the looks of it that may not be their last European victim yet. UEFA Champions League teams beware...
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There will be no "quadruple" for manager Walter Smith this year. but no result was ever more just that Wednesday night's match. After Villareal, Marseille, Bayer Leverkusen, and Bayern Munich, the Russian Premier League champions got rid of Rangers as well, and by the looks of it that may not be their last European victim yet. UEFA Champions League teams beware...
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Original Story:
http://www.mcalcio.com/uefa-cup-2007-08-....
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