The Moscow army team, having hardly made it into the main round of the main European club football tournament, recognized their rivals on the evening of August 27th. Now Leonid Slutsky will have to more purposefully prepare his players for confrontations in the new European Cup season.
Moscow CSKA only in the last rounds of the last draw of the Russian Football Premier League was able to win second place in the standings. This result allowed the army team to start in the Champions League 2015-2016 from the third qualifying round. At this stage, not without difficulty, CSKA defeated the Prague “Sparta”. In the playoff round before the group stage, CSKA Moscow heroically beat Sporting Lisbon.
At the draw for the 2015-2016 Champions League group stage, CSKA was in the third basket, which already implied the presence of more eminent rivals in the group. The draw determined Slutsky's wards to play at the group stage with the Dutch PSV Eindhoven, the English club Manchester United and the German Wolfsburg.
From the first basket, the army team got not the most difficult opponent of all possible. He became the champion of the Dutch Ere division 2014-2015 PSV. “Eindhoven” last season did not leave any chances to other clubs in the championship of the Netherlands, confidently winning their next historic championship.
From the second basket, the army team got “Manchester United” - a club known throughout the football world. Louis Van Gaal's team finished last season only in fourth place in the Premier League. In the playoff round, Manchester easily defeated the Belgian “Brugge”. By the 2015-2016 Champions League, Manchester has significantly strengthened, so this particular club is considered the favorite of the V.
From the fourth basket, another serious club from the top European championship got into the group to CSKA. German “Wolfsburg” last season became vice-champion of Germany, losing the first line to Munich “Bavaria”. This team became a real discovery of the 2014-2015 Bundesliga season. The club is also considered by many football experts to be one of the Group B favorites of the 2015-2016 UEFA Champions League.
