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On Tuesday at 18.00 C.E.T Inter will face CSKA Moscow at the Luzniki stadium in the second round of the prestigious UEFA Champions League. In the first round Inter lost in an embarrassing match against Trabzonspor, a Turkish side which entered the tournament late due to Fenerbahce was kicked out and Trabzsonpor took their place.

Both Inter and CSKA played on Saturday in their respective leagues so they could prepare well and rest before their encounter in Moscow. This will be a much tougher match than Bologna and Inter should not underestimate their opponent.  Inter won their last football match, playing Bologna at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara with 3-1. CSKA's last match also ended with a win against Volga Nizhny Novgorod with the same numbers as Inter. Inter, now lead by their new coach, Claudio Ranieri have improved much just after one game. They went back to the original backline and both the defense and offense looked much sharper than before.

CSKA is second to Zenit in the RPL table at the moment but only with a two point difference. Our beloved Nerazzurri jumped up through the standings, although it is still disappointing to see such a team with such caliber with four points after four matches.

Looking at the squads, the Russian side have a big gap to fill in their formations. Two of their key players are injured for a longer time; the Russian goalkeeper, Igor Akinfeev and the Japanese attacking midfielder, Keisuke Honda.

Inter will be without Viviano, Poli, Obi, Cordoba, Motta, Forlan and their main star, Wesley Sneijder. Popular Wes will be out to late October. These are not good news to the Nerazzurri faithful, but some wound cleansing would of course be the return of the best right back of the world Maicon, and of course Dejan Stankovic.

Something interesting to watch out for in this match will be the Ivorian player Seydou Doumbia. He transferred to CSKA in 2010 from Young Boys, and has already scored 15 goals for the Russians this season. Our backline should be very sharp, because the forward teams up with four year old Vagner Love, and without great concentration these to players can hurt our team very badly.