After missing European football for two years, finally, Lokomotiv is back on European stage. Tonight, Lokomotiv will take on Swiss second tier outfit Lausanne-Sport and although they are huge favourites to win comfortably, European matches are never ever easy. For example, no one on earth would have bet that Sibir would manage to hold PSV Eindhoven to a draw, let alone came out as winners. Eventually, with the match finishing just minutes ago, Sibir managed to defie the odds and record a historic one-nil victory over their much more illustrious opponents. Although the tie is far from over as Sibir still have to travel to Holland, this result should serve as a caution to Lokomotiv. Although on paper it's an easy match, matches aren't won on paper. As Semin outlined, Lausanne have nothing to loose and thus they could be a real difficult opponent should Lokomotiv fail to respect their opponents and think that the match is over before it even started.
According to http://www.fclokomotiv.com/ and other reports, Semin is expected ring some changes from last Sunday. While Guilherme is an undisputed starter, one from Asatiani and Rodolfo can be droppoed to make place for young prospect Taras Burlak. Yanbaev should start on the left while one from either Shishkin or Smolnikov should get the nod for the right back slot. Tarasov should anchor the midfield, while Torbinsky is expected to be recalled back to the initial line-up following that he had to sit out last encounter due to suspension. Gatagov will be expected to make a rare start while Ignatiev could be in place to make his debut for Lokomotiv as according to emerging reports Wagner is out from the encounter due to injury. Ultimately Aliev will assist Sychev in attack.
Let's just hope that Lokomotiv come back home with a comfortable victory!!
The match will start at 20.30 and the referee will be Mr. Gediminas, from Lithuania.
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