Orbaiz: "Atletico still has a chance”

The 0-2 at the Vicente Calderon is not enough for Kurban Berdyev and his team has they focus on the 2nd leg of the UEFA Europa League tie. He praised Atletico and says they’ll come out with the same mentality as in the first leg.

Pablo Orbaiz is one of the three Spanish players in Rubin Kazan. Together with Cesar Navas and Marcano, they are now focusing on their clash against Atletico. Despite having a 2 goal lead from the first leg, they are not counting their chickens "The tie is open. Atletico is a very strong team. They won at the weekend 0-3 against Valladolid, a team who’re doing very well this year", said Orbaiz,

The Russian side is aware of the power of reigning UEFA Europa League Champions "it will be a tough match and very complicated. Atletico still has a chance, as they are very powerful. They have always been a very big team, but before had more ups and downs. Now they are on a roll. We'll play the same way, pressing down the field", said former Athletic player.